Intellijel Designs Plonk

MUSICAL FEATURES

Plonk is aimed for the sound generation that is percussive which even a pace signal of 1V / Oct can control in the voice module which modeled the pronunciation mechanism of the straight musical instrument. It was developed by collaboration with Applied Acoustic Systems which released physical modeling- based plug in including Chromaphone quickly.

Model in a process beating quality to lead to the pronunciation with the physical modeling synthesizers such as PlonkExciter) and model of the process that an object vibrates afterwards and becomes the pedal point, and dampsResonatorI put two of) together and set a tone.
The exciter has mallet and two kinds of types called the noise. Resonator has the types such as a beam, a marimba, a drumhead, a film, a board, the string. Each model of exciter and resonator has a lot of parameters that I For example, it is a kick, tom, cymbals, crap, traditional straight drum sounds such as the conga, a vibraphone, a marimba, can coordinate and can non-create various percussions sounds to the existing real sound from the existing real sound. the sound with the intervals such as guitars and the electronic percussion sound which is different from it at all.

Because a tone makes a dynamic sound to change with time, Plonk reacts to modulation input including the velocity dynamically.DuophonicBecause I can let you pronounce it until the sound of two at the same time, even in the case of the tone that the second sound is totally different from the first sound, an original tone continues changing into the first sound regardless of the second sound.

Plonk of 128 can memorize pre-setting it, and there is many it, pre-setting it is included at the time of the shipment (can overwrite in a user). A computer can store a patch by MIDI SysEx through the back Universal Serial Bus port.I can control pre-setting it in CVIn addition, the orchid lump is of the parameter by the trigger, the morphing by CV are possible, too. The X, Y, Mod control can assign almost all synthesizer cis parameters.

Interface

Parameters

Every exciter and resonator have a setting parameter in Plonk. Exciter button, the parameter of resonator choose Object button with push, an encoder, and, please set the parameter of the exciter.
 

Parameter of the exciter

• Mallet / Noise Mix: I control mallet in an exciter and the ratio of noise
• Mallet Stiffness: I control hardness of the mallet. It becomes the sound that is clicky so as to be obstinate
• Noise Density: I control the pitch of the sound of the noise
• Noise Lowpass / Highpass Cuttoff / Q: I control a cut-off and the resonance of a low-pass and the high-pass filter that requires a noise
• Noise Attack / Decay / Envelope Type: I regulate an attack and the D Kay of the envelope of the noise to use as an exciter, a type.

 

Parameter of Resonator (Object)

• Resonator Type: I set a type of resonator. I choose it among String, Beam, Marimba, Drumhead, Membrane, Plate.
• Resonator Decay: I set D Kay time of resonator
• Resonator Low Cut: I set frequency to perform low-frequency cut of resonator
• Resonator Position: I set it which part of resonator an exciter beats. Constitution of the frequency of resonator in this way changes. The setting that an edge criticizes towards 0, the middle becomes 127
• Resonator Tone: Every frequency of resonator changes D Kay of (partial). This supports that material of resonator changes
• Resonator Inharmonicity: I change frequency included in resonator. Frequency nears a fundamental tone if small, and each several ken of cycles open if a value is big.
• Resonator Pitch Envelope Amount: I can regulate the strength of the envelope which I can hang in the pitch of resonator with -64 (-1 octave) --63 (octave)
• Resonator Pitch Envelope Time: I adjust the time of the envelope which I can hang in the pitch of resonator
• Polyphony: I am set like monophonic synth, and 1 sound eyes do not sound when they set it to 1 when 2 sound eyes are triggered when 1 sound eyes sound. I can let it becomes duophonic and pronounce it until two sounds at the same time when I set it to 2. Even in the case of the tone that is totally different from the first sound in the second sound, as for the first sound, an original tone continues changing regardless of the second sound.

List of special parameters that I can assign by Mod input

By the Mod input, I can assign the following parameters other than a parameter of exciter and resonator mentioned above, too.

 

• It is King super: While gate ON is input into MOD input, a sound in front does not sound while a new sound sounds when the second exciter is triggered (it becomes the banging such as monophonic). The choked sound is available from resonator, noise exciter, both
• Preset Step: I call was appointed by the voltage of the Mod input, pre-seting it and sound it whenever I receive trigger. In the case of setting, the range of I call, pre-seting it pushes the encoder and appoints pre-seting it in the range of A --B by appointing A and B by indication of Pst A: B. (A to pre-set at 0V, B to pre-set at + -5V, the middle voltage pre-set the mean time)
• Randomize: ) which is orchid lump is possibility just to push the encoder when I choose (Randomize changing exciter and all the parameters of the object at random when I receive trigger in Mod)
• Morphs: I can change between I appointed, pre-setting it with pre-setting it at the present smoothly by MOD CV when I choose Morph among Mod. Maufe can choose former, pre-setting it by pushing the encoder when I choose Morph.
  * The type of resonator cannot change smoothly.

Item to set from Config button

The items which I can set from the Config menu are as follows.

• Gain: I coordinate the gain of an output sound
• Well: I set behavior of the velocity input.AccentSetting to attach an accent when a gate is in is Vel, and to pronounce,DynamicsI control the strength of the exciter by the voltage to is Vel progressively.VolumeSustainably uses Vel input for volume control of the output.
• Init Presets: I return a parameter of pre-setting it of the present to initial state
• Send Presets: I transmit pre-seting it through USB-MIDI. I connect to the computer by USB at the same time to tie Plonk to the euro rack power supply and I stand and give the software that Laser Mammoth, SysEx, SysEx transfer such as MIDI- OX are possible. The transmission to a computer of pre-seting it is possible if I push the encoder. When I send pre-seting it to Plonk from a computer, I can send pre-seting it using the SysEx transmission from the software of the errand.

DEMO

firmware Update

The procedures of the firmware update are as follows.

1. I drop the power supply of the module
2. I connect a USB cable to a computer from the module back.
3. IntellijelPageI open up the updater that downloaded, and a choice does a module and a version from a drop-down.
4. I spend the power supply of the module again while pushing the button of the module back
5. The retainer of the updater has itUpdateA progress bar begins when I push the button and is the update end if a message called "Update completed successfully" is displayed last
6. I work in new firmware if I reboot a modular