Mylar Melodies - Random8 Assembled Module

The module provides 8 independent stepped (or smooth) random voltage generators packed into as compact size as possible. Feed the inputs triggers, and with every trigger, you get random voltages at the red output sockets on that channel and below it. Users can insert additional triggers into lower-down channels to break the normalisation and create groups of voltages. There is an output attenuator for each channel controlled with a trim pot. By pressing a button, channels will toggle between looping – it will repeat the last 1-32 steps indefinitely – and evolving, where voltages in memory change slowly over time. If users like what they hear they can press again, and now that phrase is locked, till they press again. This makes capturing voltage loops into a single action that can be performed in a split second. To return to full randomness, double tap the channel button.

Additional features are contained in 8 menus which are all one layer deep. We have taken great care to keep it simple and consistent to understand and use despite having no screen. Hold a labeled button for 1 second, let go. Lights confirm you are in the menu that corresponds to that label. Now turn any of the 8 dials to edit that menu setting for any or all 8 channels at once. Only the controls you interact with will change. Push any button to immediately exit the menu and return to looping and evolving. Users can, for example, add slide per-channel to turn these stepped voltages into complex smooth LFO shapes. More details below.

FEATURE DETAILS

• 8 channels which produce random, looping, or partially looping voltages that evolve over time. You tap the button to cycle between looping or slowly evolving, then double tap to return a channel to producing randomness.

   

• A pitch quantizer can be enabled on each channel, turning any channel into a source of endless riffs. 16 scale options (including unquantised) are included, including an 1V stepped ‘Octaves’ scale, the output of which can be precision-added to 1V/Oct sequences for pleasing ‘acidic’ octave jumps.

   

• Slide lets a user smooth out the hard steps between voltages, allowing for the creation of acid lines (slide is post-scale quantisation), complex LFO shapes, and with low probability or infrequent triggers, lets slow evolving smooth voltages to be generated like an invisible hand turning the controls.

   

• 8 different styles of random voltages are available at launch, selectable per channel. 5 different distributions of random voltages, one alternating ‘high-then-low’ voltage, two ‘wandering’ voltages (like invisible hands turning controls).

   

• Per channel probability lets a user make it less likely that a channel will create a voltage on a step adding temporary randomness back in to locked loops, and making voltage changes less regular.

   

• Input divider means it takes from 1-8 input steps to create a new voltage at the output, allowing for voltage phrases where the same voltage is repeated multiple times, without requiring an external clock divider.

   

• Offset lets users raise up voltages to ‘clip’ them to the ceiling, useful for placing voltages in satisfying ranges, and controlling VCAs to add per-step volume variations to sonic elements such as drums and basslines, which may not have an accent input.

   

• Users can easily reset individual channels or whole module with long presses. Hold a channel button for 5 seconds to reset to default settings. You can reset multiple channels at once, or all 8 channels by holding the top and bottom buttons.

   

• Loop length can be varied from 1-32 steps per channel.