{"id":517,"date":"2010-04-04T16:43:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/?p=517"},"modified":"2010-06-13T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T15:57:45","slug":"remote-manual-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/remote-manual-controllers\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Manual Controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/remote-manual-controllers\/hand-controllers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand-controllers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-518 aligncenter\" title=\"hand-controllers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hand-controllers.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I came up with an idea for audience participation.\u00a0 It involves handing out two or three controllers to audience members at a live concert in a close setting.\u00a0 Each controller is patched in somewhere and the participant has to figure out by listening what his\/her controller impacts.\u00a0 Of course I decide in advance what parameters are controlled and set limits on them.<\/p>\n<p>The controllers patch using an insert cable with a TRS plug on one end that breaks out into two cables with TS plugs on the other.\u00a0 They are color coded red for the input and blue for the output.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like having a pot in the middle of a patch cable.\u00a0 The big red button has to be held down to enable the pot.\u00a0 By default, the output is at ground.\u00a0 When the button is pressed, the output connects to the pot wiper.\u00a0 So the participant can choose to hold the button and sweep the pot, or to set the pot and press the button to jump to the the pot setting.\u00a0 I have a couple of 18-foot insert cables, plus a 6-footer for use in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>The enclosure is a Bud box from Mouser, #563-AN-1300.\u00a0 The button is NKK, Mouser # 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