Expert Sleepers Silent Way v2.4.3 - Manual (Page 28)

To the right of the menu are the controls that apply in
Decoder mode. The ‘Bipolar’ button puts the Decoder
into Bipolar mode, as discussed above. The ‘Scale’
knob is a simple multiplier on the CV. It can take nega-
tive values in order to invert the signal.
The ‘ES-2 Offset’ control is used only in ‘ES-2 Decoder’
mode - see below.
The ‘Smooth’ control has the same effect as that in the DC plug-in (see below ).
Setup - with ES-2
In contrast to the usage with a VCA described above, using the CV Input plug-in with an
ES-2 module does not require an instance of the plug-in in Generator mode. Both channels
of the plug-in should be placed in ‘ES-2 Decoder’ mode.
Hardware setup is also much simpler. The CV of interest is connected to one of the ES-2’s
inputs, and the corresponding output of the ES-2 is connected to an input of your com-
puter’s audio interface. That audio input should then be routed directly into the CV Input
plug-in.
The only required setup is to adjust the ‘ES-2 Offset’ control. This should be adjusted so
that a zero CV entering the ES-2 generates a zero CV on the output of the plug-in. Note
that a zero CV is not the same as simply leaving the ES-2’s input unconnected - you actu-
ally need to patch the input to a source of 0V (e.g. a mixer with all the inputs turned down,
or a gate signal in the ‘off’ state).
In this mode, the ‘Bipolar’ button has no effect - the ES-2 module always handles bipolar
signals.
The ‘Scale’ knob still applies a simple scaling of the outgoing CV, and the ‘Smooth’ knob
works as usual.