Mannequins braided signal combiner: a ring of six DC-coupled inputs (plus a seventh ALL input at centre, normalled to all six) scanned by SPOT into the LIGHT/SHADOW foreground stereo pair, with analogue (BBD) delay, a scanner/mixer, master-bus compression, and reverb pulling signals into spatial relationship.908
FOCUS drives a bucket-brigade delay on the SHADOW output, ranging from short flanges at noon to swampy grumbles at both edges.908
Reverbreverb
BLUR smears the background stage in time for ambient reverb-like trails.908
Scanner / Interpolating Selectorscanner
SPOT continuously scans a ring of six inputs, blending nearest neighbours into a foreground LIGHT output.908
Stereo Mixerstereo-mixer
Six inputs arranged in a ring are combined into a foreground pair and a stereo background pair with binaural rotation; mix/split mode combines foreground into background for a single stereo output.908
Jacks 12 (8 in / 4 out)
Name
Signal
Voltage
Description
Inputs (8)
ALL
mixed
—
Central seventh input normalled to all six ring inputs; each jack inverted relative to its neighbours, enabling phase cancellation exploration. Useful for setting a main input overridden at specific SPOT positions.908
Input 1
mixed
—
Ring input 1 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
Input 2
mixed
—
Ring input 2 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
Input 3
mixed
—
Ring input 3 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
Input 4
mixed
—
Ring input 4 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
Input 5
mixed
—
Ring input 5 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
Input 6
mixed
—
Ring input 6 of six DC-coupled inputs arranged in a 2D ring.908
SPOT CV
cv
-5V to 5V
CV input for SPOT modulation; ±5V spans a full 360-degree rotation of the scanner. When unpatched, an internal modulator is driven by the attenuverter instead.908
Outputs (4)
LEFT
audio
—
Left channel of the stereo background output, capturing all inputs outside SPOT's focal point and arranging them in binaural space.908
LIGHT
mixed
—
Foreground dry output — the direct (undelayed) signal from whichever input(s) SPOT is currently pointing at.908
RIGHT
audio
—
Right channel of the stereo background output, capturing all inputs outside SPOT's focal point and arranging them in binaural space.908
SHADOW
mixed
—
Foreground wet output — the SPOT-directed signal pushed through a BBD delay whose depth is set by FOCUS. Together with LIGHT forms a dry/wet analogue delay pair.908
Parameters 7
Name
Type
Range
Behavior
ATMOS
menu_setting
—
Modifies how LENS-driven gain reduction affects the background bus; in its linear mode acts as a VCA over all six channels, reducing to silence.908
Controls the BBD delay depth on the SHADOW output. At noon the delay is very short (flange-like); at both extremes it becomes longer and tonally darker. In mix mode, also controls the stereo width of the LIGHT/SHADOW blend.908
LENS
knob
—
Controls background level; fully CW is full volume; CCW reduces gain progressively. When coupled with ATMOS, the gain reduction takes on different dynamic characters.908
mix/split
switch
—
Toggles between combining the foreground into the background for a single stereo mix (mix) or keeping them as separate output pairs (split). In mix mode, foreground outputs remain active.908
SPOT
knob
—
Continuously scans a ring of six inputs, blending nearest neighbours into the foreground LIGHT and SHADOW outputs. An attenuverter controls modulation depth; when no CV is present the attenuverter drives an internal modulator.908
SPOT Attenuverter
knob
—
Scales CV applied to SPOT; also drives an internal modulator when no CV is patched, allowing asymmetric scanning patterns when dialled up.908