User Guide

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A look at control features in general
Stick controller
The resynators’ and silver module’s principal control
features are stick controllers.
Every stick is surrounded by four cross-x displays
showing individual parameters and current settings.
Parameter value changes are indicated directly.
Opposite parameters (for example, big and small) are
arrayed diametrically. Logic dictates that the sum of
their values is always equal to the peak value.
Parameters that are not opposite each another can
be edited independently.
The jaw-dropping power and finesse of this
unprecedented set of control features is definitely
unmatched. They enable everything from the
subtlest to the most drastic modulations.
The stick’s mushroom-like contours facilitate
handling. A stick may be gripped with the thumb and
(index) finger or guided by inserting a finger into a
trough-like groove on its surface.
When you move a stick, the first of the parameters
that you have just edited (generally at the top left)
appears in the main display. Use the rotary knob and
navigation stick located next to the main display to
edit the values directly and in numeric increments.
Experience has shown that this method of using the
stick intuitively to make a rough adjustment and
then fine-tuning the setting numerically works well.
Calibrating stick controllers
Owing to their physical makeup, the resynators’ and
silver module’s three stick controllers and control 1 /
pitch stick have certain mechanical manufacturing
tolerances. The sticks must be calibrated to
compensate for these small deviations. The process
of calibration adjusts the stick’s mechanical travel to
match the value range it is designed to cover.
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