Which came first?

Category: Forum · Tags: visualcortex · Posts: 5

#1 — prakodr · 2022-07-03

So, I have two Visual Cortex ( cortices?) and they are slightly different. One has pots labeled out/in, smaller switches, and has a serial # tag on the back circuit board. The other’s pots are rise/fall, larger switches, and the tag is on the back of the front panel.

Curious which is older/younger? How long was this in production?

#3 — destroythings · 2022-07-03

I picked mine up in November 2015 and i cant remember which face plate it had originally as i later had issues and visited Lars who replaced the circuit board but i think i kept my original face plate which has the Out/In text.

#4 — prakodr · 2022-07-03

Hmm The mystery increases! And when did production stop?

They seem functionally identical - were there any changes?

#5 — eyesnoface · 2022-07-03

No Electrical changes as I recall. The frontpanel legending changed from an initial multi-color silkscreen process to the more common metalphoto process, and the switch cutouts sized up to accommodate the same slide switch used on other Expedition series modules.

#6 — Robbertunist · 2022-07-04

It’s interesting to see some of the differences between the 2 panels, the naming conventions: the Multiply & Sum/Additive switch; the Composite/VC writing just above the jack to the right of the previous switch; the shape/contour switch in the ramps section; & then there’s the slightly stronger blue used for lines & most naming text compared to all black & slightly thinner lines on the later revised panel (right side of photo at the top of this thread).

& now I’ve only just giving the digital render of VC, as seen in @7pip’s comment (no.2 above), a closer look & it seems to be a mixture of both panels yet calls the Composite/VC Jack (above RGB2/CH.2) Crossfader which is how I’ve always thought of it because plugging into it disables the built-in crossfader, by cutting off it’s functionality, in favour of the new CV or Video-rate signal.