At its heart lies a refined high-stability triangle core voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), with performance matching or exceeding that of much bigger and costly oscillator modules.

Instead of a coarse frequency knob, a 7-position octave switch is provided. This in combination with a perfect fifth transposition switch and factory pitch tuning, makes Cycle 5 an exceptionally straightforward and musical VCO to use: simply centre the fine tune knob, and the module will be instantly tuned to reference C.

Meanwhile, its dual precision volt per octave inputs add a great deal of versatility. For example, one could be used for pitch sequencing and the other as a generic exponential FM input, or both sequenced together for transposition effects — the dual inputs serving as a built-in precision adder.

Sporting all the classic waveforms, ranging from sine wave, triangle, saw and square/pulse, as well as a hard sync input and low frequency oscillator (LFO) mode, Cycle 5 makes for a real workhorse VCO. The novel trigonometric waveshaper results in a very clean sine wave, ideal for sub bass duty.

Cycle 5’s highlight however, is its vari-wave feature. By adjusting the vari-wave knob, the waveform on the matching output will smoothly morph from sine, to triangle, saw, square and finally a very narrow pulse. The vari-wave parameter can be CV controlled, up to audio frequencies for some intense timbres.

Equally at home as a modest modulation companion to big VCOs, as being in the spotlight in miniature or polyphonic systems, Cycle 5 might just be the most multi-talented tiny analogue oscillator yet.

Features

• High-stability precision analogue triangle-core VC(LF)O.
• Octave and perfect fifth switches—all intermediate frequencies can be reached using the front panel controls.
• Dual volt per octave FM inputs.
• Outputs: sine, triangle, saw, square/pulse (PWM) and vari-wave, smoothly morphing between all waveforms.
• Reset (hard oscillator sync) input.
• Wide frequency range: 48 mHz (20 seconds) to 3.7 kHz.
• Don’t waste time tuning: pre-tuned for 0 V = C.
• Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour vari-wave LED.
• Trim potentiometers accessible from the front panel.

Specifications

• Width: 6hp
• Depth: 30mm
• Power: +12V 75mA / -12V 70mA

Manufacturer product page here.

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The module’s top section is a 4-to-1 router. Any of the four signal inputs may be selected to be mixed into the section’s output, as determined by the control inputs.

Control can either be gate or latch driven—in the latter case, the signal inputs are toggled on and off by received trigger pulses. Meanwhile, the solo/multi switch determines whether the inputs are exclusive, or if multiple may be active at the same time.

With each input socket biased by a +1 V precision voltage source when left unused, gate or trigger controlled transposition of pitch sequences becomes a breeze.

On the bottom, the 1-to-4 router provides the same feature set, with a single input being routed to up to four outputs and normalisation between the sections adding some patching convenience.

All signal paths are designed for use with any Eurorack signals, whether they be control voltages, audio or gate streams. Visual feedback is provided by 10 responsive LEDs, continually displaying the status of the routers.

With Route 4, an 8 HP super-flexible analogue mixing and routing powerhouse has arrived to fuel your patching imagination. The ability to redirect signals within a modular system on the fly, with an unparalleled level of control, is sure to excite even the most seasoned patcher.

Features

• Analogue dual signal router in 8 HP, combining 4-to-1 and 1-to-4 routing.
• Precision circuitry to route any signal, including pitch CV, accurately.
• Routing inputs are equipped with a +1 V normal, allowing for easy octave shifting of pitch CV.
• Intra-router normal path simplifies patching.
• Independent control mode switches for each router: gate/latch and solo/multi.
• Impedance-compensated outputs.
• Precision-milled 2 mm anodised aluminium front panel with high-resolution, non-erasable graphics.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
• Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications

• Width: 8hp
• Depth: 35mm
• Power: +35mA / -20mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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An indispensable utility module, Bias 2 provides a compact yet precise solution to quickly interface signals between modules within a Eurorack modular system, without interrupting your creativity.

Comprising of two independent sections, each with dual inputs and dual outputs, its carefully selected combination of normalised reference voltages and amplification/attenuation factors makes it a breeze to convert between the most common signal ranges: -5 to +5 V, 0 to +5 V and 0 to +10 V.

Precision comes standard on Bias 2, with meticulously engineered analogue signal paths providing absolutely transparent performance for any Eurorack signal: CV, audio or gates/triggers.

Beyond the voltage conversion application, Bias 2 is a true all-rounder, capable of functioning as a pair of dual input unity gain mixers, -6 and +6 dB audio gain stages or a multi-output fixed voltage source.

Features

• Precision analogue dual scaler/offsetter in an ultra-narrow 2 HP.
• Designed to simplify interfacing between common Eurorack voltage ranges: -5 to +5 V, 0 to +5 V and 0 to +10 V.
• Each section can be configured to add or average signals.
• Top section has a +5 V reference normal and ÷2 attenuation output, bottom section a ?5 V normal and ×2 gain output.
• High gain accuracy, very low offset, noise and distortion, flat bandwidth to 20 kHz: suitable for any signal.
• Impedance-compensated outputs.
• Precision-milled 2 mm anodised aluminium front panel with high-resolution, non-erasable graphics.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
• Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications

• Width: 2hp
• Depth: 40mm
• Power: +20mA / -20mA

Manufacturer product page here.

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While the patch programmability of a modular system is its greatest strength, it can also be a weakness: quick experimentation is often hampered by the need to repatch the synthesiser to change the signal flow.

Pivot 2 offers a unique solution: a compact, fully voltage controlled variable signal router. At the turn of a single knob, any signal can be routed through two external modules in series, parallel or reverse series, as well as any combination in between.

Experiment with patching wavefolders before, after or alongside filters, shuffle multiple delay lines, precisely dial in two-stage audio compression or easily control intricate feedback patches.

Looking beyond the basic signal routing application, Pivot 2 will also function as a complementary pair of counter-acting linear voltage controlled amplifiers (VCAs), a voltage controlled crossfader or a voltage controlled panner.

Features

• Analogue voltage controlled send/return router.
• Seamless transitions from series, through parallel on to reverse series effect routing.
• Also functions as a complementary VCA pair, voltage controlled crossfader or panner.
• Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour LEDs.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications

• Width: 10hp
• Depth: 35mm
• Power: +25mA / -29mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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The high-efficiency PWM dimmers run at high frequency, ensuring flicker-free and noise-free operation. Additionally, extensive line filtering keeps your Eurorack power supply happy and clean.

Not limited to just manual control, both dimmers also feature control voltage (CV) inputs, turning the connected lamps from simple light sources to voltage controlled audio-visual spectacles.

While the use of the included BNC LED lamps is recommended in order to keep power consumption low, halogen lamps may be used as well. Provided your power supply is beefy enough, up to 6 W of power may be drawn from each output. This even makes it possible to drive 12 V LED strips, truly making your patches shine bright.

Features

• Dual high-efficiency analogue BNC lamp dimmers in 4 HP.
• 20 kHz PWM frequency for noise-free operation.
• Logarithmic dimming control law ensures a natural brightness curve.
• Voltage control inputs with normalisation path.
• Delivers up to 6 W (500 mA at 12 V) of power from each output.
• Independent overcurrent protection for both dimmers.
• Includes two gooseneck LED BNC task lights with detachable heads, compatible with standard 2.1 mm DC barrel jacks.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications

• Width: 4hp
• Depth: 30mm
• Power: +12v 150mA / -12v 5mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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The first hardware release to be co-developed by acclaimed musician and YouTube sensation Hainbach, Collide 4 builds upon on the lock-in amplifier concept, and brings it into the Eurorack world. These atomic age physics research instruments are known for their raw power when used in musical applications. Now, any synthesist can experience this for themselves, at a fraction of the size and weight of a vintage unit, and with full voltage control.

The result is a wholly new kind of analogue synth voice and audio processor, with capabilities far beyond what the avant-garde pioneers could have imagined. Collide 4 is an expression of Hainbach’s extensive experience in exploring the deepest musical realms contained within vintage test equipment, and the Joranalogue philosophy of electronic instrument design.

Honouring its innovative dual-phase architecture, this new kind of musical generator and processor has been christened the ‘quadrature spectral computer’. The sound? Quite simply: it’s smashing!

Features

• Pingable variable bandwidth filter with self-oscillation capability.
• Dual ring modulators with output low-pass filters.
• Extensive output section, including magnitude and phase analogue computing outputs.
• CV control over everything, with temperature compensation and excellent volt/octave pitch tracking.
• Impedance-compensated outputs with dual-colour LEDs.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.

Specifications

• Width: 20hp
• Depth: 30mm
• Power: +12V 200mA / -12V 200mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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Except when you don’t have to choose. Step 8 represents a new type of modular building block: a sequential tracking/sampling register, which can be configured to provide any of these functions, and many more.

At its heart lies an analogue 1-to-8 signal switch feeding an octet of high-stability track/sample-and-hold stages. Each of these has its own analogue output with an attenuation slider, in addition to a gate output. LEDs visualise the status of each stage in real time. The switch can be controlled sequentially using the built-in 8-step counter, or addressed directly by an analogue control voltage (CV).

Numerous advanced circuit techniques are used to avoid the issues that often plague analogue switching and memory modules. The result: totally transparent signal paths with low noise, distortion and voltage ‘droop’, yet high bandwidth and precision.

Add to this the ability to ‘mute’ the inactive stages, pause the counter, reset it, change its direction or even shift the stages on each step, and the possibilities quickly become near-endless. A scanning output takes things even further, particularly making sequencer or addressed voltage source use easy and intuitive.

For those who are feeling adventurous, there are always more applications to try: configurable voltage mapper, hocketing controller, clock divider, graphic waveshaper, multi-output analogue downsampler… Discover a new world of sequential synthesis with Step 8.

Features

• Analogue 1-to-8 voltage tracking or high-speed sampling register.
• Precision circuitry to process any signal, including pitch CV, accurately.
• Cycling or shifting sequential control modes.
• 8 high-performance ‘low droop’ hold circuits with solo function.
• Integrated sequential counter with step, pause, reset and reverse inputs, and step button.
• Step trigger output for easy tempo synchronisation of additional modules.
• Stage input to directly address the register via control voltage.
• Impedance-compensated individual stage analogue outputs with LED-equipped attenuation sliders.
• Scanning output for sequencer, addressed voltage source or waveshaper use.
• Individual stage gate outputs with LEDs.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
• Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications

• Width: 16hp
• Depth: 35mm
• Power: +110mA / -45mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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Unfortunately, controlling stereo signals can be a challenge within a modular system. This realisation led to the development of Enhance 2: a convenient yet high-fidelity tool for stereo enhancement. It can be used to adjust balance, width and spectral content, while also opening up a world of mid/side processing; all under voltage control and in just 8 HP.

The primary stereo parameters are balance (moving the sound left or right) and width (making it narrower or wider). The balance circuit uses a true constant-power gain law, while the width stage allows for seamless transitions from pure mono to extra-wide stereo.

In addition, tone control is provided by a pair of unique, wide-ranging mid/side voltage controlled tilt filters with selectable corner frequency. These make ‘cleaning up’ a muddy-sounding mix straightforward, but also provide unique binaural effects when modulated.

Mid/side processing encodes the stereo signals into one containing only the mono material (mid), and another containing the differences between both channels (side). Apart from the internal tilt filters, mid/side outputs also enable external signal processing such as compression or reverberation. An integrated mid/side decoder returns the results back to standard stereo. And at all times, a LED bar phase meter ensures that phase correlation can be easily maintained.

Stereo field modulation, mid/side equalisation and beyond; Enhance 2 brings true analogue stereo control to the Eurorack world.

Features

• Analogue stereophonic signal enhancer/processor.
• True constant-power voltage controlled stereo balance.
• Voltage controlled stereo width, from mono to ultra-wide.
• Unique, wide-ranging voltage controlled mid/side tilt filters with selectable corner frequency.
• Stereo to mid/side and mid/side to stereo conversion.
• Impedance-compensated outputs.
• 7-LED phase correlation meter.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
• Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications
Width: 8hp
Depth:
Power: +12 70 mA, ?12 70 mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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While there is a bewildering array of filter types within the synthesiser world, most wavefolders fall within only a few categories. Diode wavefolders in particular come in just two variants: series and parallel circuit topologies. Choosing a specific folder also means being limited to specific sounds and capabilities.

For the first time, Fold 6 puts forward a 6-stage hybrid series/parallel topology, yielding a greater sonic palette than ever in just 4 HP. Having both main (series) and alternate (parallel) outputs means a single module now gives access to just about all wavefolding tones imaginable.

To take things even further, an integrated symmetrical soft clipper limits the output signals to approximately 10 Vpp, keeping the amplitude within typical Eurorack levels and making it easier to create overdriven sounds at high fold ratios. This clipping stage can be driven continuously using the shape parameter, smoothly transforming the folded waveforms into pulse waves for even more harmonic content.

Two signal inputs are included, to mix audio signals or add in a DC voltage for asymmetric folding. The symmetry can also be manually controlled using the dedicated knob. Of course, both fold and shape parameters feature voltage control, to enable continuous timbral modulation.

Moving beyond simple signal processing, Fold 6 also lends itself perfectly for feedback patching, CV folding or frequency multiplication; its modest size belies the sonic capabilities within.

Features

• Simultaneous series and parallel analogue diode-based six-stage wavefolder in just 4 HP.
• Symmetry control allows for asymmetric folding.
• Soft clipping stage keeps output amplitudes to manageable levels.
• Voltage controlled overdrive shaping for added harmonics.
• Dual signal inputs increase patching flexibility.
• Precision-milled 2 mm anodised aluminium front panel with high-resolution, non-erasable graphics.
• Bullet-proof design: polarised power header and MOSFET protection circuit.
• Includes 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power ribbon cable.
• Premium mounting hardware: black screws, black nylon washers and matching hex key.
• High-quality components and assembly; designed and made in Belgium.

Specifications
Width: 4hp
Depth: 35mm
Power: +40mA, -40mA