Tiptop Z4000 Envelope Generator - Manual (Page 4)

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The Attneuverter is a voltage attenuating and inverter; this means that in the 50%
position, the Z4000 willl output no signal, turning the knob CW the envelope
will become a positive voltage and CCW will turn it into a negative voltage. The LED
will indicate those states with either an unlit, red, or yellow state, respectfully.
In addition, the envelope signal passes through yet another cv processor circuit
called the Deviater. What this does is add a static voltage to the signal, this is a
mathematical analog function of summing. The static voltage can be set to negative
(CCW) or positive (CW). So when summing the static voltage with the envelope
voltage, a lot of interesting things can happen such as offsetting, mirroring and
clipping. But voltage manipulation doesn't end there, the Devater includes a VC
input allowing you to inject even more static signals or dynamic signals into the
analog “calculator”. Go wiled with the Deviater plug in audio or another envelope?
Attenuverter and Deviater Explained
In its classical use, the retigger input is there to provide retriggering of the envelope
when used with CV/Gate keyboards playing legato notes. In this case, the envelope
will retrigger even if it is in the ON state, providing an accent effect to the new
note that had been played.
But the use of the retrigger doesn't end there: using pulses other then the
gate input signal will give an extra cycle of the attack segment, this can be very
musical and fun to play with. Use clock dividers or any other pulse source to
experiment.
Retrigger input explained
How annoying it is to lose a module due to reverse plug-in? The Z4000 is totally
immune to that; no matter how you are going to hook it up, it will not cause it
to burn. This protection is infinite, meaning that even if you keep it connected in
the wrong way for very long time, there will still be no issues and no overheating
or damaging of the module or the power supply.
We hope you will enjoy your Z4000, it’s an analog envelope made with love.
Reverse Polarity Protection