Ultra-newbie Question: Is There A Port Activity Color Decoder?

Hello

I have observed different colors appearing at active ports in my patches, but so far I’ve been unable to find a key or legend or definitions for the various colors in the manual.

If I make assumptions based upon my experience going all the way back to the analog audio domain, I could guess that Green = It’s Working! while Red means, Too Much!! Too Much!!

But being on new terrain here, I’m not comfortable basing my conclusions on assumptions from a different context. And even those doesn’t account for the Blue or Yellow appearances I’m seeing. The colors don’t seem to match patch cable coloration, so I don’t think it’s that.

At this stage, my patches are mostly a matter of exploratory “guess & go” (I’m on a pretty steep learning curve) and they can get chaotic as I try this, try that, try the other thing.

If the colors signify something specific and significant, I’m eager to learn that visual language.

I’m also not clear whether or not some of the port colors other than green (which I’ve noticed from my first experiments) are proprietary to specific modules, and not to be interpreted generally.

Thanks! o-2k

It indicates voltage, red = -10V, green = +10V.

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As Ewen said :

And blue is polyphonic.

Thank you very much!

Just to ensure that I understand the behavior properly, are the Blue / Red voltage indications you describe in the nature of binary, “Maximum Value Reached”- type messages?

I’m asking to clarify my understanding that, by comparison, (MIDI) keyboard-triggered semitones send incremental values between -10 & +10.

But if I connect my MIDI keyboard controller and observe the MIDI-CV Module’s V/OCT port when when I play semi-tones, I wouldn’t expect to see gradients reflecting the in-between values…

…Or would I…

Must haul the controller out and try it!

All the best, o-2k

Assemble this:

Tweak the offset knob & observe.

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Yes and the -10V will be red 0V is off +10V will be GREEN.

And that is indeed what happens.

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Thank you! Enormously helpful – I have noticed that behavior and just accepted it, now I understand it!

All the best, o-2k

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