A feature tour of the upcoming Instruō module.
This video was shot quickly as a tutorial of the feature while I get round to writing the full user manual. Marcas (greeted at the start of the video) received the very first module to go out into the big wide world! After some nice feedback on the video, I have decided to published it in HD here on my channel while I work on the manual and a future higher production quality demo! (please excuse the iphone audio, it came out better than expected but still... phone sound!)
Currently (as of May 13th 2017). The module is in prerelease. I am building them to order in small batches before a production model if built in larger quantities.
For information on purchasing, questions on life and the universe, or just to chat please get in touch!
maker@instruo.media
Cheers!
Jason
www.instruo.media
About the Module:
The Harmonàig is a polyphonic, diatonic CV quantizer module.
It has a main CV input for quantizer mode which can be scaled and/or inverted with an attenuverter.
The module generates 4 CV outputs. The module works with -10V to +10V CV ranges in and out giving it a potential 20 octaves range.
The CV outputs voltages are designed to control the 1V/octave inputs of 4 independent oscillators.
When the oscillators are all tuned to a unison, the Harmonaig will generate all the note interval CV offsets to automatically tune the 4 voices to 4 part 7th voice chords.
The chord quality is determined by the incoming voltage being quantized. The tonality is defined in musical modes (ionian, dorian, mixolydian etc), but knowledge of modal and music harmony theory isn’t required. Within any musical modal centre, all chords generated for any note will be harmonically relevant to the modal centre.
I designed it to be patchable and intuitive to how most monophonic quantizers work, but with the polyphonic chordal capabilities for creating chord progressions and voicings.
A secondary mode allows the keyboard to be directly performable for selecting chords.
Manual/CV control over the chord quality is also possible with the addition of 4 user definable chord voicings that can be programmed in.
Additional features are a trigger/gate output: triggers are generated in quantizer mode everything a new note is latched to, keyboard mode generates gates when notes are held.
Chord inversions and voicing spread can be controlled via pots and CV for changing the note order and range distribution of the notes.
The CV outputs have their own independent slew limiters which allow for varying amounts of glide between notes, per voice.
There is a fader which has various functions for transposing within the defined scale as well as globally.
This module is something I’ve been developing conceptually for a number of years now and I am very happy with it.
I have performed with prototype version in my own performance setup for a while now. I’m hoping it resonates with other users and creates some exciting music :)
11 май 2017
