OVERVIEW
With its smoothly responsive precision joystick, Planar
2 facilitates hands-on vector control of two
entirely independent sets of outputs (quadrants A-D, and axis X/Y), plus the ability to capture and
playback your gestures. Recording your joystick movements enables the creation of organic and
complex envelopes, wild and wobbly LFOs, or extended sonic evolutions. It mixes, morphs, routes
and pans audio inputs; triggers gates; outputs control voltages and is itself CV-controllable. Planar
2
puts the ‘joy’ back in ‘joystick,’ and the ‘fun’ back in ‘function generator.’ Its multitasking and tactile
interface makes it a flexible and unique control device, no matter what your musical genre.
Features
● Vector control of two independent sets of outputs: one quadrant-based (outputs A, B, C, D) and
one dual-axis based (outputs X and Y).
● X/Y Controller: two-axis CV generator sends either unipolar (0V to +10V) or bipolar (-5V to +5V)
signal out the X and Y outputs.
● Four Quadrant Controller: With nothing connected to inputs A-D, outputs A-D become
joystick-controlled individual unipolar (0V to +10V) control voltage sources.
● Quad mixing & crossfading: Vector mixing and crossfading of four independent inputs (A, B, C,
D) to either individual outputs or the mixed output.
● Quad panning: connect a mono source to Input A and use the joystick to pan it to any of the four
outputs. Connect a stereo signal to Inputs A and C and pan it forward and backward in
quadraphonic space.
● Quad routing: Send audio to Input A and patch outputs A-D to four different processors
(i.e. VCF, wavefolder, delay, etc.), then use the joystick to dynamically route the signal through
the different effects.
● Gate Generator: Generate gates either manually (by pressing the Manual Gate button) or
automatically whenever the joystick is in motion.
● CV Gesture Recorder: Record joystick motions (including gates) to play back either as 1-shot
complex function generators or as looped, LFO-like functions. Start time and length can sync to
an external trigger, and punch-in/out recording is supported.
● External CV Inputs: In addition to its built-in joystick, Planar
2 has two CV inputs, which allows
external CV control of quadrant outputs A-D and axis outputs X/Y. A mode switch alters how CV
affects these outputs, allowing for some advanced automation techniques (such as circular and
spinning motions) that would otherwise be difficult to automate.
