via Toppobrillo:"each section can be:
either:
a VC lag that can be made to hold-state on command. also can be put into cycle mode as well, giving a wide-range VC linear triangle LFO that ranges from around 500-600 Hz to 30 seconds or so per cycle.
or:
a sample and hold with controllable input slew [or sample 'correlation' ] the control input is the same. ['s/h' in the drawing].
when cycle is selected in Hold mode, the section will generate complex staircase waveforms that are synced to input pulses.. [BTW the input signal doesn't have to be a pulse, but just about any rising slope, this was done to allow for even more inter-compatibility between the 2 sections.]
finally, the unlabeled jack in the middle is a gate output that compares the top section's output with the bottom. this was heavily inspired by the serge 'smooth/ stepped generator' but expands on it by offering dual mode operation , much wider control range and improved functionality."
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"500-600 Hz to 30 seconds or so per cycle"
ReplyDelete"much wider control range"
The STS/Serge Smooth Stepped Gen has a much wider range than that. It goes from minutes per cycle to thousands of Hz. It also has more than "dual mode operation" by patch programming. Not sure what you mean by "improved functionality" but there dosen't seem to be anything more than the Serge is capable of. Much of what the Serge is good at relies on patch programmability which is only possible with banana jacks.
..nevertheless this looks like a very interesting new Euro module.
ReplyDeletehey thanks for the comments- the control range referred to is the manual range, with CV it can go much further of course. the response is exponential.
ReplyDelete'dual mode' just means that the top and bottom sections can either do 'A' or 'B' task [they are identical] according to the mode they're in. there are a few things that have to be switched in or out of circuit in order to achieve this, so it is done electronically. of course theres a million ways to patch it together either way..
cycle mode is switched electronically as well and takes priority over an ext input, so you don't have to patch it.
the End out is not the same function. it is an adaptive circuit that derives a usable gate from just about any input, bipolar or not.