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CHAPTER 4 -
Modular Components of the TimewARP 2600
CHAPTER 4 -
4.1.12
Jacks, Patchcords, and Default Connections
The panel has eighty-one mini-jacks. Forty- ve are inputs, twenty-nine are outputs, and
7 operate as both input and output.
Of the 45 inputs, 32 are in a row running across the center of the panel. (There are
actually 34 jacks in the row, but the two labeled “gate” and “trig” are
outputs.
) This row
of input jacks divides the control surface almost evenly in half.
Above this row, in the upper half of the control surface, there are only three
input
jacks.
input jacks. input
They are at the upper right corner, labeled
Left Input, Pan,
and
Right Input
respectively. All
Right Input respectively. All Right Input
of the other jacks in the upper half of the control surface are
outputs.
In the lower half of the control surface are inputs to the voltage processors, and of the
column of four jacks in the section labeled
Sample & Hold,
the upper and lower jacks are
inputs.
The seven jacks that are both input and output, belong to the
Electronic Switch
and the
Multiple
outlet. Because the switch works in either direction, it has either two inputs and
one output or one input and two outputs. The
Multiple
output distributes at least one
input to 1, 2, or 3 outputs.
All the remaining jacks are outputs. Most of them are labeled as such; a few are not, but
have arrows pointing to them. For example, in the
Voltage Processor (VP),
the three jacks
furthest to the right are outputs; and in the
Envelope Generator
section of the upper half
of the panel, the two jacks labeled
Gate
and
Trigger
are outputs.
4.1.13
Sliders and Slider Operations
There are  fty-eight sliders. Thirty-six of these are plain old signal attenuators. And of
those 36, 29 are all in a row across the middle of the panel. (There are actually 31 sliders in
the row, but the two on either side of the box labeled
Attack Release
are
not
plain old signal
not plain old signal not
attenuators.)
Most of the attenuators are directly associated with either an input to something or
an output from something. Each vertical attenuator across the middle of the panel, for
example, adjusts the strength of the signal coming in from the input directly below it.
4.1.14
Normalled Jacks
The most commonly used signal connections are “normalled” (i.e. defaulted). A default
signal is identi ed by a small icon at an input jack.
To see a simple example of this, note that the  rst input jack on the left, in the row
of jacks running across the middle of the TimewARP 2600, is an input to the
Envelope
Follower.
The symbol underneath this jack indicates that the default signal to this input
comes from the
Preamp.
That means that the
Preamp
output is prewired to the
Envelope
Follower
input, except when a plug is inserted into the jack.
Follower input, except when a plug is inserted into the jack.Follower
For another simple example, note that in the same row of jacks, the third one from the
right is a mixer input, and that the symbol just beneath it indicates that the default signal
to this input comes from the
Voltage-Controlled Filter (VCF):
Note again that the  fth of the  ve audio inputs to the
VCF
is similarly defaulted from the
VCF is similarly defaulted from the VCF
Noise Generator
(counting across from left to right this is the 21st jack):
Noise Generator (counting across from left to right this is the 21st jack):Noise Generator