i find mine requires a good amount of pressure, but not TOO much,
perhaps it's your unit

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Monroe Eskew < monroe.eskew@... > wrote:
> What happens when you tune the dials on the pressure section, like
> lowering the threshold or increasing the CV scale Is it more
> sensitive then (Just curious, I don't own one.)
>
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:26 AM, mm123 ah wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks to Josh for answering my BBD question. Now here's one about
>> the A-198 Trautonium / Ribbon Controller.
>>
>> Is it normal for the pressure gate on the original
>> A-198 Trautonium / Ribbon Controller to require a very uncomfortably
>> heavy "touch" to activate the pressure gate I use the word touch in
>> quotes because it requires so much weight to activate (even at the
>> lowest threshold setting) that it feels like I'm having to
>> practically jump on it to get it to gate. The way this unit's
>> responding, I feel it puts a dangerous amount of strain on my
>> fingers and wrists to be able to use it regularly.
>>
>> I'd like to be able to play melodies on the ribbon controller the
>> way one would use a standard keyboard controller, with an envelope
>> controlled VCA thats got a significant release time. The way things
>> seem to be set up, when hold is set to off, the gate is activated on
>> ribbon contact and deactivated when the ribbon is released. At the
>> same time, the CV output drops suddenly when the ribbon is released.
>> This obviously won't work for most sounds that haven't got an
>> immediate release. If the hold switch is set so the output CV
>> doesn't drop off upon ribbon release, the CV holds well enough, but
>> the gate remains on. Is this normal
>>
>> Is it possible to set up the ribbon controller (without using
>> additional modules) to play a sound with a decent release without
>> its pitch changing on release I thought perhaps the pressure gate
>> could be used, but like I said above, it requires an uncomfortable
>> amount of pressure. Plus, when the pressure gate is used, the normal
>> (non-pressure) output CV increases on ribbon release (!). Is
>> something wrong with this unit or is this just the way it was
>> designed
>>
>> Please reply to me directly at minime123 at onebox dot com as I
>> don't check my hotmail account too often.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mini
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