Euclidean LFO. In a simplistic way, The Mod Medusa could be described as an Euclidean LFO : an “algorhythmic” modulation source which produces variable period LFO signals synced to rhythmic patterns. Those patterns are generated by algorithms such as the Euclidean one or different ones coming from the White and Knight's Gallop. The Mod Medusa has 4 outputs generating 4 correlated LFOs, which give different “polyrhythms” according to the chosen mode. Generated waveforms can easily be twisted using the symmetry and shape parameters which continuously morph the signal into different waveshapes. Many on-panel controls, assignable Gate and VCA Inputs turn the Mod Medusa into a strong performance tool. A very unique approach which leads to instantaneous and original results. Here you can see a demo video.

Features
• Unique concept of sequenced LFO
• Four outputs which can be correlated or independent
• Four correlation modes : Main, Compute, Random or Phase
• Eigth tables generated by algorithms producing different rhytmic patterns
• Length (from 1 to 16 steps), density and shift controls over the sequence
• Shape and symmetry controls over the generated waveforms
• Unipolar or Bipolar outputs
• Peak Sync function allowing to synchronize the LFO differently to the incoming clock
• Assignable gate input which can work as ratchet, track and hold or one shot mode.
• Assignable VCA input which can be assigned to any output.
• On board clock divider
• Bipolar CV inputs (except for the VCA input)
• Current state storing

Power: 60mA @ +12V; 20mA @ -12V
Width: 12 HP
Depth: 21 mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

The Harlequin's Context is a theatre piece in 16 scenes and 4 acts. In those scenes, four channels can shapeshift into different roles such as: offset, random, LFO or envelope. Scene selection can be done manually or can be addressed / sequenced with the CV and gate inputs depending on the set configuration.

Packed in 12 HP with a ton of features, the Harlequin's Context is a powerful tool to prepare a live set with, and to create very peculiar modulation signals in the studio.

Features

• Quad channel modulation presetter

• 16 scenes manually selectable, CV adressable or sequenceable with a clock signal

• 15 different modulation algorithms : Offsets, LFOs, Randoms, Envelops or Serial

• 14 different sets, defining the way the module reacts to the CV and Gate inputs

• Morphing mode allowing to morph different modulation types

• Non-volatile memory of 16 slots of 16 scenes

• Select bus compatible as tranmsitter or receiver

Power: 65mA @+12V, 10mA @-12V

Width: 12 HP

Depth: Skiff friendly

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Stereo Spectrum Slasher - The Dual Dagger is a double-sided weapon, carefully sharpened to chop stereo signals. The module gives independent control over low-pass and high-pass cutoff frequencies, and an assignable resonance is shared on one control. The Link function turns the dual filter into a band-pass filter, with control over frequency, bandwidth and band edges resonance! The module is carefully calibrated to share the exact same parameters on both audio channels and thanks to the pan function, it is easy to break up the cutoff frequencies of each side up, which leads to a whole new territory of stereo treatments!

Features

• Dual 24dB/octave (low pass and high pass) stereo filter

• Individual control on the low pass and high pass frequencies

• Shared and assignable control upon resonance

• Link function turning the module into a 48dB/octave bandpass filter

• CV input over low pass frequency, hi pass frequency and resonance

• CV input for “panning” control of the low pass and the hi pass

• Heavily calibrated module for identical left and right channels behaviour

• 6 hp wide

Power: 65mA @+12V, 80mA @-12V

Width: 6 HP

Depth: 29mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Aeolus Seeds manipulate the dynamics of a fully analog signal path through four VCAs driven by a handy multi channel modulation source. As well as an obvious tool for quadraphonic spatialisation, Aeolus Seeds is also a useful device for vector synthesis, thanks to its Sum output. The CV output also pushes the exploration further by providing signals to other modules, enabling you to breathe more life into the sound spatialisation of a quad environment.

Features
• Full analog path quadraphonic spatializer
• 6 main modes of modulation including LFO, envelops and randomness
• 6 different configurations (which path the sound takes in the quadraphonic space)
• Sync input allowing resettable and synced modulations
• CV output providing different parameters of the modulation such as the angle or the distance from the center
• Suitable for vector synthesis, scanning or morphing applications thanks to the Sum output
• Bipolar CV inputs
• Current state storing
• Skiff Friendly
• Djtechtools rubber injected potentiometers

Power: 70mA @ +12V, 40mA @ -12V

Width: 10 HP

Depth: 40mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Aeolus Mixer is a 6HP quadraphonic unity mixer. Three quadraphonic inputs and two stereo outputs are mixed to provide a quadraphonic output with 5.1 compatibility.

Features
• Quadraphonic unity mixer
• 3 quadraphonic inputs with mono and stereo normalisation
• 2 stereo inputs with mono normalisation
• Cross switch on the second stereo input allowing stereo crossing in the quadraphonic space
• 5.1 compatible outputs thanks to the center and sum output in addition to the four main outputs
• Jumpers on the back on the module for gain reduction
• 6 hp wide

Power: 20mA @ +12V, 20mA @ -12V

Width: 6 HP

Depth: 40mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Tap your beat! Far beyond basic step sequencing logic, the Four Bricks Rook brings a highly intuitive interface to all your rhythmic duties and provides a diverse array of features including CV addressable memory of 128 thirty-two steps tables where you can store your own sequences, precision timing to allow non–quantized/off-beat rhythms, an auto randomizer/pattern filler, and four modes defining the pad's behavior : play & record, recall patterns, play fills, or mute your sequences. Check the video.

Features

• Variable length sequences (up to 32 steps)

• Shift function scanning through different segments of the sequence

• Non-volatile memory allowing to store and recall patterns (16 slots of 8 - 4 tracks / 32 steps - patterns)

• Potentiometer and CV input for table addressing

• Quantize function per track

• Two playing buffers A and B

• Play Mode allows to play and record your sequence on pads

• Table Mode allows to read and load sequences stored in the non-volatile memory

• Fill Mode allows to use the tables in a more dynamic way

• Mute Mode allows to mute tracks and erase part of the sequences

• Random generator allowing to automatically fill the sequence or create random sequences

• Adjustable trigger length per track

• Current state (buffers / rndm / pointed slots / trig length) storing

• Factory tables including pre-programed beats and specials clock divisions such as triplet ones.

• Elektron style push buttons

• High quality metal potentiometers with double rubber injected knobs

• Bi-polar (-5V - +5V) CV inputs

Power: 20mA @ +12V, 20mA @ -12V, 30mA @ +5V

Width: 16 HP

Depth: 26mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here.

Made-to-measure Pitch. The Tessitura Tailor adds or substracts a precise voltage (from -2 to +2 volts) to the signal received at the CV input. This signal is transposed by octaves, depending on the rotary switch’s position. As the CV input is normalised to 0 volt, the module works without any input as an octave switch.

• Switchable CV transposer/generator

• Stepped potentiometer allowing transposition from -2 to +2 octaves

• Precison trimmer at the back of the module for fine-tunning.

• Skiff friendly (25mm deep)

• Intellijel and Pulp Logic format supported

Power: 10mA @ +12V / 10mA @ -12V

Format: 1U

Width: 10 HP

Depth: 25mm

DIY level: easy. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Clock Sorcery. The Time Apprentice is a compact dual configurable clock divider. The dividers have their own set of divisions, perfect for applications such as clocking and resetting sequencers, syncing pingable modulation sources or triggering events. A set of jumpers at the back of the module allows for personalisation of the divider’s behaviour.

• Dual clock dividers

• Dedicated potentiometer for each divider with two different ratio ranges

• 4 jumpers at the back allowing customisation of the dividers (triggers/gates, auto-reset, alternative clocking)

• Skiff friendly (25mm deep)

• Intellijel and Pulp Logic format supported

Power: 10mA @ +12V

Format: 1U

Width: 14 HP

Depth: 25mm

DIY level: easy. Building instructions can be downloaded here. All SMD parts are pre-polulated, THT parts to solder.

Math & Rythm! Two outputs and five different rhythmic flavors multiply by a load of “algo-rhythmic” processing to result in a practically infinite number of polyrhythms. That’s the fundamental formula that produces the Knight's Gallop principle: a dual trigger generator providing sequences according to tables and modes. Here is a demo video.

"The knight’s Gallop is a cool tool. Groovy and unusual patterns are easy to stumble upon. Moving around the tables, modes and sub-modes offers a lot of variety. I will be using it a lot."

Martin Gore - Depeche Mode, 2016

• Dual Output Trigger Generator
• Variable length sequences (up to 16 steps)
• Length and Pulse amount potentiometers and CV inputs
• Shift + & shift - buttons allowing to shift the sequence forward and backward
• Main (MN) mode providing a lot of utlity modes for the second output : reset, no shift, invert and reverse
• Compute (CP) mode calculating associated sequences for the second output delivering very musical polyrythm
• Random (RD) mode adding randomness on the sequence feeding the second output, 4 amounts of randomness determined by the sub mode
• Dual (DL) mode allowing to set the two outputs seperatly
• Record (RC) mode turning the Knight's Gallop into a “play your sequence on the buttons and record it” module
• Five different kind of tables for five different rythmic flavours : Classic Euclidean (CE), Revised Euclidean (RE), Erdos Deep (ED), Divide Integer (DI) & Divided sequences (DS)
• User replaceable firmware chip

Power: 22mA @ +12V

Width: 8 HP

Depth: 25mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here.

Stereo Dynamics & Dual VCA

This 6hp skiff friendly amplitude processor is a very handy module to control the dynamics of two signals or mess with the stereo image. Based on a pair of high-end VCAs, an audio to trigger converter and a smart modulation source, the Gemini’s Path allows numerous operations such as decay/gate on amplitude, auto accentuation, sidechain compression, auto pan and more ! Here is a teaser video.

• Dual VCA

• Stereo / dual mono dynamic and pannig processor

• Low noise and distorsion That Corp dual VCA core

• Trigger detector section extracting gates & triggers from any audio / CV signal

• 4 dynamic modes : pump, animated pump, expander and holder

• 4 panning modes : LFO pan, random pan, auto-pan and granuliser

• Simple VCA mode giving direct access to level and panning

• Flexible control assignement : shared, dual or independent control with ability to load different modes for each channel

• Audio and external inputs DC coupled

• Unipolar CV inputs

• User replaceable firmware chip

• Digital jumper allowing to set dynamic modes sensible to triggers or gates

• Current state storing

• Skiff Friendly

• Djtechtools rubber injected potentiometers

Power: 50mA @ +12V, 30mA @ -12V

Width: 6 HP

Depth: 25mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here.

The Time Wizard got a bag full of arcane time-warping tricks. All his magical feats are based on 6 dividers with selectable division factors and 4 switches providing 81 routing variations. This module's occult powers have been harnessed to easily clock and reset other sequencers with odd time signatures, provide weird clock division/multiplication ratios, and create complex poly-rhythms. Here is a demo video.

• Sextuple clock divider divided in two sections A and B
• Dedicated potentiometer acting on the division factor for each divider
• Clock multiplying and weird div / mult ratio abilities for the first section, first section incoming clock can be multiplied by 3 or 4, allowing to get easily triplets from a 16th clock or mult / div association as x4 / 7
• Independent clocking or divider association abilities for the second section, so B5 and B6 can get their clock in internaly from B4. For example, associating B4 = /7 and B5 = /16 provide a hit at each clock begining of 4 bars with a 7/4 time signature
• Auto-reset available for the first section or the whole module, the autoreset is provided by B6
• Additional logic functions for divider A2 : A2 output can provide the following functions : A2 AND B5 or A2 OR A3
• Jumper on the back for Trigger or Gate selection for B5 and B6
• User replaceable firmware chip

Power: 20mA @ +12V

Width: 8 HP

Depth: 22mm

DIY level: medium/easy. Building instructions can be downloaded here.

The Clock O’Pawn is a useful clock sourcing device that performs as your system’s true chef d’orchestre. Its transport section lets you start, stop, and reset connected instruments which are synchronised to an intuitive internal clock source or dancing along with your analogue and MIDI equipment. If you get bored by a metronomous clock, turn up the swing function and the maestro will lead with a nice shuffled feel! Here is a demo video.

 
• Dual Output Clock Generator
• 4 different clock sources: BPM potentiometer, tap tempo, external clock in or MIDI in
• Reset output generating a reset trigger slightly preceeding the first clock signal
• Swing function, controlled by a potentiometer, swinging from slight groovy swang to triplets
• Ergonomic transport buttons allow the user to start, stop, pause and reset the module
• Second out providing a copy of the first out non affected by the swing, by the stop or by both
• MIDI to TRS adapter included (assembled & kit)
• User replaceable firmware chip
• Elektron style push buttons
• High quality metal potentiometer with double rubber injected knob

Power: 10mA @ +12V

Depth: 6 HP

Depth: 25mm
 

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here.

Basically, the Bishop's Miscellany is a dual stepped CV/Gate Recorder. It records two CV’s and two Gates on steps a bit like an analog shift register but with a lot more. First, plug in your CV/Gate keyboard, your MIDI interface, your ribbon, your joystick or your favorite CV/Gate controller and record a sequence. If you are too lazy to play something, you can even use the internal random generator to feed the inputs. Then, play the sequence and mangle it, it's that easy! Here is a demo video.

• Dual Stepped CV / Gate Recorder

• Variable length sequences (up to 32 steps)

• Shift parameter scanning differents segments in your original sequence.

• AB switch allowing to record two different 32 steps sequences.

• Random value generator very handly to create random loops or to play sequences randomly

• Cut funtion hacking the gate out 1 for more dynamic phrases

• CV inputs for Length and Shift functions

• Gate inputs for all the switch functions (Record, AB, Cut and Random)

• Input & Outplut voltages 0 - 5V

Power: 25mA @ +12V

Width: 12 HP

Depth: 22mm

DIY level: medium. Building instructions can be downloaded here.