



Mix, attenuate, morph, dispatch, animate. With the big glowing knob
The heart of Frames is a 4-channel VCA and mixer under tight digital control.
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 signal dispatcher.
But what makes Frames truly unique is the way in which channel gains/CV levels can be controlled, using a technique inspired by computer animation.
Frames allows up to 20 configurations of the 4 gain knobs to be stored and recalled throughout the course of its big Frame knob.
By rotating this knob (or sending a CV to the Frame modulation input and adjusting its amount with the attenuverter), the configurations are morphed into one another.
With a bit of patching and imagination, Frames can also be repurposed as a 4-channel sequencer, a multi-stage envelope generator or a trajectory generator for quadraphonic panning…
50 Wing Lok Street
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Guangfu S. Rd.
Songshan Dist.
Taipei City 105
Omori 3381, RD1 Turangi
Waikato, North Island
Entresuelo Izquierda
03004 Alicante
855 Ringwood Road
Bournemouth BH11 8NE
9 Greenland Street
Camden Town
London NW1 0ND
Wheaton, MD 20902
1603 E. 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI 48220
Nashville (showroom)
2826 Dogwood Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Los Angeles (showroom)
1176 West Sunset Blvd, L.A., CA 90012
50 Wing Lok Street
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Guangfu S. Rd.
Songshan Dist.
Taipei City 105
Omori 3381, RD1 Turangi
Waikato, North Island
Entresuelo Izquierda
03004 Alicante
855 Ringwood Road
Bournemouth BH11 8NE
9 Greenland Street
Camden Town
London NW1 0ND
Wheaton, MD 20902
1603 E. 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI 48220
Nashville (showroom)
2826 Dogwood Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Los Angeles (showroom)
1176 West Sunset Blvd, L.A., CA 90012
An analog mixer…
4-channel voltage-controlled mixer based on the V2164 IC.
- 4 DC-coupled signal inputs.
- 1 global input, sent to all unconnected inputs, and normalized to a precision voltage reference (+5V or +10V).
- 4 DC-coupled channel outputs.
- 1 global mix output, collecting signals from all unpatched outputs, with a -6dB gain.
… under digital control
- 12-bit digital control of the gains for the 4 VCAs.
- Up to 20 keyframes, each keyframe storing VCA CVs for each channel.
- Per-channel easing curve selection: stepped (no interpolation), linear, accelerating, decelerating, sine, bouncy.
- Per-channel CV/VCA response selection, from linear to logarithmic.
Specifications
- CV input impedance: 100k.
- Audio input impedance: 100k (25k for the global input in some configurations due to normalling).
- Fastest modulation rate: 15kHz.