Plum Audio ARBA - 1U Quad VCA / Limiter / Soft Clipper / Distortion - Silver

ARBA provides four Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCA) with linear response. It may look like a simple VCA module but under the hood it is packed with features that unleash a variety of uses.
 

Three features that distinguish ARBA:

• Normalization: Everything is normalized to everything – all of the inputs, CV inputs andoutputs are normalized between the four channels so you can use a variety of configurations depending on how you patch it.
  As a result of this feature, you can get a significant gain boost (with CV control!) when you chain several channels together.
   
• Variable sensitivity: Unlike most VCA's in Eurorack that clip easily due to the 5V unity gain – the cause of this annoying clipping is that many envelope generators output a standard voltage of 8V – with ARBA you can set the sensitivity of each of the channels (or - how much voltage needs to reach the CV input to get unity gain at the output) using the four trimmer resistors located on the back of the module.
   
• Limiters: soft clipping diodes will limit the outputs to 10.2 volts peak-to-peak and warm up the sound (the limiters can be disabled using switches on the back of the module).
   

The combination of these three features allows a variety of uses, for example:

• Quad simple linear VCAs Stereo VCAs
• Summing VCAs
• Soft clipperDistortion with CV control
• Level booster (instrument or line level to Eurorack level)
• And much more...

Specs:

• Size:
  Intellijel 1u format / 18HP
  20mm Deep
• Current Draw:
  +12v - 50mA, -12v - 50mA, +5v - 0mA