The Taperack system needed a noise source and after listening to Delia Derbyshire describe white noise I felt inspired…

What better noise source than a radio between stations?

Imagining what it would have been like to make Tape music before synthesizers led me to start experimenting with my Nans old radio. I loved the plethora of material available for sampling as well as well as using the static noise between stations.

As I don’t make a Beepboop Oscillatior I think a radio is a rather fitting sound source for the Taperack system. Perfect for sampling into the uTape scrubber (or upcoming 1U Taperack system).

The module is a manually scannable CV FM radio for eurorack. The radio is tuned using either it’s main manual frequency scanning knob or with a bipolar CV signals

The large TUNE knob scans the full range of FM stations.

The smaller knob can be used as a fine tune when no CV is patched into the CV input jack.

Once CV is applied to the CV input jack the second smaller knob acts as an attenuverter and is best suited for signalS between +/-5V but will accept up to +/10V.

The module supports Worldwide FM band (64–109 MHz) but has been adjusted so that BBC Radio 2 (88mHz) is furtherest on the left and Hits radio (106.5mHz) furthest on the right of the main tune knob. This covers almost all FM stations avaliable in the UK and arouind the world.

Try moving the main knob to the centre postion (BBC Radio 1), now apply CV to the CV in. The station is retuned by the CV up or down depending upon the volatge at a maximum rate of 200ms.

It is possible to scan to beyond 88MHz and 106.MHz by applying CV while the main tune knob is at either extreme.

The module responses best to step volatges when jumping between station. Try patching a sequencer to the CV input and then tune each step to a diffrent station.

The module comes fitted with standoffs ready to install an AM coil which will be included with the upcoming expander kit to allow for exploration into other bandwidths….. stay tuned!

Without the AM coil the module is 34mm deep.

With the expander AM coil fitted the module will become 46mm deep as seen in the product photos.

This will still makes the module skiff friendly as it is under 50mm (but It is possible to use smaller stand offs if you require the module to fit into an Intelijel palette case (45.5mm)

Includes power cable and mounting screws.

Specifications

• Width: 18hp
• Depth: 35mm without AM coil, 46mm with coil
• Height: 1U
• Power: +12v 28mA / -12v 10mA

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Features

• Loop or echo time is synchronized to a clock
• 87 seconds of delay/loop time maximum in mono mode, 43 seconds in stereo mode
• 48kHz/24-bit sampling rate, loop recorded at 16-bit (24-bit optional)
• Extremely quiet, low noise and low jitter design
• Tap tempo button and clock Ping input set the basis for one “beat”
• Delay/loop time set as a number of musical beats (or fractions of beats) using the Time knob, switch, and CV jack
• Sample-accurate clock output for perfect synchronization
• Loop clock output
• Time switches change range of Time knob from 1/8th notes up to 32 bars
• Digital feedback, up to 110%
• Delay Feed control, independent of dry/wet signal mix
• Infinite Hold mode disables recording input and fixes regeneration at exactly 100%
• Reverse mode plays memory contents backwards
• With an infinite loop locked, knobs or CV can “window” around memory, by shifting the loop
• Trigger inputs for toggling Infinite Hold and Reverse
• Send and Return for applying effects to feedback with external modules
• In stereo mode, Send and Return function as Right Channel Audio Out and In
• CV jacks to control Time, Level, Feedback and Dry/Wet Mix

Specifications

• Width: 16hp
• Depth: 28mm
• Power: +125mA / -45mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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Pressing Play or firing a trigger into the Play Trig jack will play the sample. Holding the Play button down for a second will toggle looping.
There’s also a Reverse button and jack for backwards playback, and an End Out jack for synchronizing loops, or cascading sample playback with other events.
If a sample file contains cues (labels or markers), the Start Pos and Length knobs will snap to these cue points.

To record samples, hold Play and Reverse for two seconds. Press Play again or fire a trigger into the Play/Rec Trig jack to start and stop recording. Each recording will create a new stereo 48kHz 24bit .wav file in the current bank’s folder. Recordings can be as long as your card has the capacity for: a 256GB card is 18 days of continuous recording (432.9 hours). Audio data is split into maximum 4GB wav files on the microSD card.

Samples are arranged into banks by placing .wav files into folders (each folder is a bank). A maximum of 10 samples can be loaded in a bank. There is a maximum of 60 banks (600 samples maximum total).

Sample files are limited to 4GB each, which is over 6 hours at 44k/16b/stereo.

Features

• Hundreds of samples included on microSD card
• Extremely quiet, low noise and low jitter design
• Stereo or Mono output
• Play button/trigger jack: Tapping the button or receiving a trigger starts/re-starts the sample
• Sample CV/knob: select which sample within the channel’s bank
• Pitch CV and Pitch knob: playback pitch (-10 to +4 octave range)
• Start Pos CV/knob: position in the sample to begin playback (loop start point)
• Length CV/knob: playback time (loop end point)
• Length knob at max: entire file is played
• Length knob 50%-99%: 200ms – 5s of the sample is played (beginning at the Start Position)
• Length knob <50%: Percussive decay envelope is applied to the playback (attack-only envelope if playing Reverse)
• Length <1%: Tiny grains are played (can be used to sweep through sample file data manually)
• Reverse button/jack: toggles forward/backwards
• Bank button: selects channel’s bank
• Reverse+Start Pos button/knob combo allows for setting volume of playback
• Maximum file size for playback: 4GB per file (6.7 hours per file at 44.1kHz/16b/stereo)
• microSD Card is hot-swappable when Busy light is off: no power-down required to change cards.
• Samples that are pre-loaded into memory can continue playing while card is swapped.

Specifications

• Width: 16hp
• Depth: 28mm
• Power: +145mA / -41mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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• Dedicated blend controls for Feedback, Panning, Mix, and Reverb (similar to Monsoon)
• All eight modes from Parasites and Kammerl
• Stereo VCAs
• Input/output mutes
• Exponential and linear pitch controls
• Universal CV routing and random CV signals

Usage tips:
Press and hold time to swap between modes, then press the time to cycle through the options (* = lit LED)

• *OOO – Granular Clouds (Parasites)
• O*OO – Pitch Shift / Time Stretch (Parasites)
• OO*O – Looping Delay (Parasites)
• OOO* – Spectral Processor (Parasites)
• O*** – Oliverb (Parasites)
• *O** – Resonator (Parasites)
• **O* – Beat Repeat (Kammerl)
• ***O – Spectral Clouds (Kammerl)

Use the buttons next to the VU meters to mute either the input or output.
Aux CV input is routed to all CV inputs.

Helpful links

1. The original manual gives a great intro to the basics
2. The Microcell manual has a good overview of the additional controls (it uses the same firmware)

Open Source Hardware
Original Clouds:

• Hardware: cc-by-sa 3.0 – E. Gillet / Mutable Instruments (GitHub)
• Software: MIT License – E. Gillet / Mutable Instruments – (GitHub)

Typhoon:

• Derivative Panel, PCB & Schematic provided by Jakplugg under creative commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 license
• Software:
  • SuperParasites – MIT License – Patrick Dowling – (GitHub)
  • Which is based on:
    • Parasites – MIT License – Matthias Puech – (GitHub)
    • Beat Repeat – MIT License – Julius Kammerl – (GitHub)

Specifications

• Width: 16hp
• Depth: 25mm
• Power: +160mA / -35mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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Features

• Beat Repeat/Glitch Engine
• Create complex stutters and digital aliasing
• Dedicated Triplet button/gate input
• Click-less Glitching

Specifications

• Width: 2HP
• Depth: 45mm
• Power: +83mA / -8mA

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Features

• Beat Repeat/Glitch Engine
• Create complex stutters and digital aliasing
• Dedicated Triplet button/gate input
• Click-less Glitching

Specifications

• Width: 2HP
• Depth: 45mm
• Power: +83mA / -8mA

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Create pads, basslines, riffs and drums. All in one module.

Group voices into parts and assign each voice a different engine or parameter settings to create complex patches.

BIG SOUND

Lots of computing power to deliver rich sounding engines, in an 8 voice package.
One voice can have 8 oscillators depending on the engine, which means up to 64 oscillators at the same time!

POLYPHONIC

Coral features 8 full voices with independent filter, amplifier and modulation envelopes per voice.
Individual FX sends and individual parameter can be set per voice!

MULTIENGINE

Different sound engines can be assigned to each voice from the 10 available.
New engines will be availabe through firmware updates.

MULTIPART

The 8 voices can be freely split into different parts. Every single parameter (filter, envelope settings, engine, FX sends, pan, etc.) can be independently set for each part or voice to create complex patches out of the box.

SAMPLE PLAYBACK

CORAL supports almost any kind of wav file: 16, 24 and 32 bit mono and stereo files, no limit to playback time!
Add overdrive to your samples, sculpt them using the filter and envelopes, pitch them up and down in tune and even modulate the sample file or folder in real time using the CV inputs or CC MIDI commands!

CUSTOM WAVETABLES

You can load any wavetable .wav file to the SD card for the Wavetable engine. The wavetable can be morphed in 3 dimenstions. Use our OXI Wave APP to create and edit 3D wavetables.

MIDI INTEGRATION

Control any part’s parameter via MIDI CC, from FXs sends to sample selection.
Combine it with CV signals for a killer compact combo.

EFFECTS

Space engine to create deep atmospheres and rich ensemble chorus.
Every effect send can be set per voice.

Specifications

• Width: 14hp
• Depth: 30mm
• Power: +110mA / -10mA

Manufacturer product page here.
Product manual here.

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Features

• 2 voice intuitive sample player with 8 banks
• Zero-latency sample playback — directly from micro SD card
• Factory sound-bank by Julia Bondar
• On-board envelope generator decay control, pitch control with 1V/Oct input and sample selection control with meta cv input
• Arbitrary sample rate: 8 and 16 bit samples with 12 bit output bitrate

Specifications
Width: 6hp
Depth: 30mm
Power: +12V: 125mA, -12V: 20mA

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Features

• 2 voice intuitive sample player with 8 banks
• Zero-latency sample playback — directly from micro SD card
• Factory sound-bank by Julia Bondar
• On-board envelope generator decay control, pitch control with 1V/Oct input and sample selection control with meta cv input
• Arbitrary sample rate: 8 and 16 bit samples with 12 bit output bitrate

Specifications
Width: 6hp
Depth: 30mm
Power: +12V: 125mA, -12V: 20mA

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So… what’s new?

MIX
By popular demand a new mixing circuit has been added! Listen to a mix of the audio input and the playback of the sampler from the output. Now it is possible to hear what you are sampling without the need for extra patching. The audio through can also be muted by selecting the lower position on the toggle switch.

SAMPLE LENGTH
The sample length is over double the original allowing for 40 secs at 4KHz and 13 secs at 12KHz.
The increased sample length has the effect of increasing the range a sample can be played back at allowing for more extreme modulation possibilities. Recording stability is greatly improved thanks to a new logic section at the heart of the module but recording will cut out at extreme pitches so while recording keep the pitch knob between 3 and 9 o’clock positions and attenuate extreme modulation.

REC, START / STOP and GATE
REC, START / STOP and GATE inputs are all designed for use with gate signals. Apply a gate signal (5V) to the REC input to record. The orange back light indicates the has entered record mode. The module will stay in REC mode for as long as the input is held high until the sample length is exceeded. You can also record by holding down the record button. Try recording with the pitch knob in the center position to begin with and then experiment recording at lower and higher pitches. The sample rate of the recording will effect its quality and tone, it sounds a lot like LP filtering at lower rates.

START / STOP input.
Sync sample playback with gates for precise playback lengths. When using clocks the result is a sample will play every play at half time to your gate or clock signal creating glitchy bit crush effects.

GATE
A sample can be played back for the length a gate is held until the sample finishes for varying playback lengths. Using LFOs to modulate the pitch while gating the playback gives great results resembling 90 house sample stabs.

CV
CV applied to the CV input will modulate the playback speed of the sample. The audio input also normalized to CV input to allow for FM when recording and playing back. When the CV attenuverter is fully CW or CCW positions BIT sampling is possible for glitchy 1 bit clicks and pops. Push the pitch to max and set the toggle switch to microloop to reach audio rates!

TAPE SATURATION & CLIPPING
Using standard modular audio signal levels of 10V P-P has the effect of soft clipping the recorded sample. Attenuating the audio input signal down will allow for cleaner more accurate sampling but there will be less tape saturation character.

Features

• Longer record time and wider range. 4kHz – 40s. 12K – 13s.
• Improved recording stability – Records consistently over a wider range
• Gate mode responds to as low as 20ms allowing for granular possibilities with CV modulation
• Trig input reconfigured starts and stops with each gate/trig
• New Mixing system – 1:1 FT when switch is in top (microloop) and middle (normal) position. The Lower position of the switch kills the FT mix.
• Lower click noise compared with Original tape sampler – Recording at 9 o’clock gave best results
• Micro looping – Now only loops first small section but this allows it be used as a low pitch oscillator

Includes power cable and screws. Not compatible with TAPE SAMPLER V4 expanders.

Specifications

• Width: 8hp
• Depth: 25mm
• Power: +12v 40mA / -12v 18mA

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