Getting started with the SSP?

[jjterbeek]

Dear SSP users!

I need some help with the first steps into the Percussa SSP. Not with al off the possibilities but (for starters) getting basic sounds out of it.

I would like to start with a WTO or VCO. My questions:

1. how do I create 4 input modules with:

• CV in, from a eurorack sequencer (not midi or usb controller, like all the video’s)
• Trigger / gate in, from sequencer

2. input for external modulation (like external LFO or function generator)

3. output from SSP: stereo out.

Thnx!

[bert]

I need some help with the first steps into the Percussa SSP. Not with al off the possibilities but (for starters) getting basic sounds out of it.

I’d recommend you watch the videos by Matt Hodson which contain a lot of good info about how to get started. The first video in the series of five is here -

After that I recommend you go through the patches that came with your SSP and see how the modules are interconnected. You can then use the search function of the forum (top right corner) to find info about each of the modules and what their inputs and outputs do, if it’s still not clear.

There are complex multi-voice patches in the patches that came with the SSP but also a lot of simple patches consisting of just an input / output module and a sampler/sequencer, for example.

how do I create 4 input modules with:

CV in, from a eurorack sequencer (not midi or usb controller, like all the video’s)
Trigger / gate in, from sequencer

input for external modulation (like external LFO or function generator)

output from SSP: stereo out.

Just insert an INPUT and OUTPUT module into the patch and a WTO module. Then go to the P-page of the WTO module and load a WAV file as wavetable (for example the file in the wt/ folder which is the wavetable that comes with the SSP).

Then go back to the network page and patch an output of the INPUT module to the pitch input of the WTO module, and patch the output of the WTO module to an input of the OUTPUT module.

The INPUT and OUTPUT modules represent the physical jacks on the SSP. The INPUT module also has scopes on the P-page to show you which signals are coming in on which jacks.

The inputs and outputs of the SSP are bipolar -5V/+5V so you might need to scale/offset signals coming fro your eurorack sequencer before you feed them into the SSP. Some sequencer’s voltage output range might be 0…10V so you have to offset that to -5V…+5V, otherwise you won’t get the full 10 octaves.

After that you can add an ENV module to your patch in the grid. Again patch the INPUT module to the ENV module gate input, and the output of the ENV module to the amp input of the WTO module such that the envelope amplitude-modules the WTO. On the P-page of the ENV module turn off the looping feature (envelopes loop by default).

Hope this helps and welcome to the forum.

[2disbetter]

The input module is one of the more in depth modules, because it is the gateway to using the SSP’s expansive and powerful inputs. It is important that you first understand the basic way modules are connected to each other, and then how the input module allocates the input jacks making it possible to then connect them to other modules.

Give it a whirl, and then post here if you have any problems. I’d be happy to give you a hand.

Trust me though, once you’ve done this, you’ll have the SSP essentially figured out.

[jjterbeek]

Thnx Guys, but nothing yet.

The video with maths als LFO start with a MIDI and then moves to CV.
When i plug in Maths als LFO nothing happens. I see a fixed high CV and no motion.

Same with te CV/Gate sequencer. A cannot get any CV from a CV/Gate sequencer in the input module to a WTO or OB4…

Is there a video out there explaining step by step how start from scratch using a SSP synth and controlling it with a CV/Gate sequencer?

Step 1: select the input module
Step 2: Turn 4th large knob to select… in the right screen
Step 3: Push…
etc.

Thnx!

[bert]

When i plug in Maths als LFO nothing happens. I see a fixed high CV and no motion.

keep in mind that maths might output voltages beyond the +5V/-5V range of the SSP’s inputs. So this means that you have to scale/offset the signals from maths, before you feed them into the SSP. I have a maths myself and had to do this. Maths has offsetting/scaling features I think but you can also use another module like an intellijel triatt.

Always double check what the voltage outputs are of your modules when you connect them to the SSP’s inputs.

Other than that, did you watch all 5 videos by Matt Hodson? I believe he covers the input module.