How to make a Morphing Filter with TRACE // DivKid & Vostok Instruments

video upload by DivKid

"Inspired by a comment asking if Trace could take static filter mode outputs (LP, BP, HP etc) and add a CV controllable mode/filter type morphing to those outputs ... here's a video that does just that!

With 4 community favourite filters (thanks to the QOTD in the DivKid Discord) and 4 examples going from smooth filter mode shifts, through rhythmic sequenced filter type changes, creating a unique tone shifting VCA response out of a Wasp filter and going complex and abstract with filter pings for the finest discerning filter ping connoisseurs out there."

Trace demo // • Waveform Scanning & Modulation Morphing //... [posted here]
Expand your VCOs with Trace // • Expand your VCOs with TRACE // 5 Technique... [below]

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & previews
00:54 What are we doing here?
03:00 Beautiful filter type morphing with polymetric duophony
Joranalogue Filter 8
08:18 Exciting rhythmic filter mode sequencing
Make Noise QPAS
12:16 Expanding the idea into a unique sound morphing VCA
Doepfer Wasp
16:05 Slowed down “zoomed out” unique VCA response
Doepfer Wasp
17:53 Abstract & complex west coast filter pings + thick bass!
Instruo I-047
21.17 Mixed modulation of morphing
22.46 Adding FM tones

Waveform Scanning & Modulation Morphing // Trace by DivKid & Vostok Instruments

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Announcing PATH an analog morphing router for audio & CV by DivKid & Vostok Instruments

video upload by DivKid

"Come and meet PATH the new DivKid & Vostok Instruments analog morphing router that is OUT NOW as assembled modules and DIY kits. Path builds on the interpolating scanner technology of Trace and performs the opposite function, rather than Trace doing 4 input scanning to 1 output, Path takes 1 input and morphs it across 4 outputs. Like a quad panner, open for creative audio and CV routing."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & previews
01:37 What is Path? Feature run down
03:08 Advanced FX sends with trails
06:19 Powerful modulation (+Trace combo!)
11:42 Unique panning FX (alternative to a quadrophonic panner)
14:39 Distributing triggers for filter ping riffs!"

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

"Path is a four-channel Interpolating Router created in collaboration between Vostok Instruments & DivKid.

Born from the roots of our previous module, Trace, Path picks its central concept and does something relatively simple yet powerful: it flips it.

The circuit routes one signal to four possible outputs, fading from one to the next following a soft slope response to ensure smooth transitions.

Path counts with Trace’s best features. It shares the same DC-coupled interpolating circuit at its heart, making it perfect for experimenting with any signal on any of its inputs.

Thanks to the fixed voltage normalled at its main input, Path is also a versatile and unique modulation source out of the box.

Its compact size and layout make Path a very performative and handy tool for adding an organic layer of movement and experimentation to every patch."

Waveform Scanning & Modulation Morphing // Trace by DivKid & Vostok Instruments

video upload by DivKid

"Meet Trace! The latest DivKid module this time made in collaboration with Vostok Instruments. Trace is a 4HP, all analogue, interpolating/morphing scanner. It takes 4 inputs, morphs through them and outputs that scanned signal. It works with audio and/or CV inputs and the scan CV input takes CV or audio rate scanning too.

The 4 patches in this announcement demo are documented in the manual which you can find here // https://www.vostokinstruments.com/trace"

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*

INTRO
00:00 Hello & patch previews
00:53 What is Trace? What are Interpolating Scanners?
02:02 Features & controls

PATCH 1 // WAVEFORM MORPHING & COMPLEX OSCILLATOR TONES
03:13 Waveform morphing
04:32 Wavetable style drones?
05:00 Make it musical
05:30 Audiorate scanning - complex oscillators tones from 1 VCO

PATCH 2 // MODULATION MORPHING
07:30 Modulation morphing
08:22 Modulation blends (my favourites)
09:34 Sequenced scan for dynamic modulation patterns

PATCH 3 // SOUND SELECTOR & PATTERN MAKER
10:32 Scanned sound selection
11:27 Smooth fading sampled sound blends
12:07 Inverted scan CV for new patterns

PATCH 4 // MAKE MELODIES FROM MODULATION
12:58 Modulation as a source for melody
14:56 Random scan CV for evolving melodies

Trace | Interpolating CV and Audio Scanner | by DivKid and Vostok Instruments

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"As a 4HP utility module, the Trace isn't that special. It's basically four inputs and one output, with a slider to crossfade between the inputs. But still. If you'd want to do something similar, you would need to patch precise CV to smoothly scan through these inputs with a mixer that supports crossfading. Buchla's Voltage Math (Tiptop 257T) has two crossfaders on board, and you may have a MakeNoise XPAN nearby. I also think it would be possible with a big mixer and a Mutable Tides to slowly fade in/out. The vintage and discontinued MakeNoise RxMx was all about scanned mixing and offered six channels. But I don't think there's anything that can do this in 4 HP. DivKid has a talent to identify the things we're missing in our cases and the Vostok/Divkid Trace is a valuable addition to any patch that involves a VCO with multiple outputs or lots of CV. Highly recommended and lots of fun."

Vostok & Divkid Trace demo

video upload by Stazma

"Today I'll show you some patches with the new module made by Vostok Instruments and Divkid: Trace.
It's a scaner, that will let you morph between four inputs to one output, very handy to blend audio or modulations."

00:00 Intro
01:28 Module Overview
05:02 Varispeed Envelopes
07:51 Scanning Sequence
11:15 Nonlinear Macro
14:21 Effect Scanning aka Breakbeat Torture Patch
17:27 End Talk

Overview of Vostok Instruments in VCV Rack

video upload by Omri Cohen

"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / vostok-patches-138135115"

Introduction - 00:00
Subtractive Voice - 00:22
Atlas scanning - 06:00
Path and Trace - 11:55

5 Ways to Enhance Eurorack Patches with Interpolating Scanners // Unique Sound Design & Modulation

video upload by DivKid

"Here's a video with 5 patches showing relatively simple ways to enhance what you have in your Eurorack modular synth with interpolating scanners. Whether it's searching for unique sounds and tones from your oscillators or morphing creatively through your modulation sources.

I'll be using the Vostok Instruments & DivKid Trace module throughout but these patches are applicable to many of the options for scanning that are now in Eurorack and some of them will work well with standard CV controlled switches too."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & previews
00:35 What are we doing in this video?
01:58 Modulation morphing
04:06 Complex VCO tones from a single oscillator
05:58 Blending octaves & fifths with audiorate modulation
08:35 Dynamic dual velocity envelope rhythms
10:55 Sample selecting morphing & making “hooks” from scanning