8hp version of the popular Mutable Instruments Frames module.
"The heart of Frames is a 4-channel digitally controlled analog VCA. Through flexible input/output mixing and normalling options, it can be patched to serve the following purposes (among others): * 4-channel attenuator/VCA. * 4-channel mixer. * 4-channel programmable CV source. * Quadraphonic panner.
But what makes it truly unique is the way in which channel levels can be controlled, using a technique inspired by computer animation. Frames allows up to 64 configurations of the 4 level knobs to be stored and recalled throughout the course of its big "Frame" knob. By rotating the knob (or sending a CV to the Frame modulation input), the configurations are morphed into one another.
To fine-tune the animation and get varied morphing or sequencing results, the following options are available for each of the 4 channel: * Easing curve (stepped, linear, exponential, logarithmic, sine, bouncy) * Attenuation response of the level knob, from linear to logarithmic
With a bit of patching and imagination, Frames can also be re-purposed as a 4-channel sequencer, a multi-stage envelope generator, a trajectory generator for quadraphonic panning...
I/O: * 4x DC-coupled signal inputs * 4x Attenuated signal outputs * Global signal input normalled to all inputs * Mix output * Frame control CV input * Frame change trigger output
Controls: * 4x Channel level control with LEDs for visualizing levels * Frame control with RGB LED backlight * Frame CV attenuverter * Keyframe creation/suppression buttons"
