Shades
Attenuator/offset/mixer
The mixer/attenuverter that does not get in the way
Shades provides 3 channels of audio/CV processing which can be configured either as active attenuators or as attenuverters.
Unconnected inputs are normalized to an internal precision voltage reference, which can produce either a +5V or +10V constant voltage.
Shades’ outputs are daisy-chained, allowing adjacent groups of 2 or 3 channels to be mixed together.
This 2020 revision matches the design language used in the most popular and recent Mutable Instruments modules like Marbles, Plaits or Rings.
6HP
25mm
+12V:15mA
-12V:15mA
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Animato Audio
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16/F., CS Tower
50 Wing Lok Street
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
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50 Wing Lok Street
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Digilog
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1F., No.36, Ln. 58
Guangfu S. Rd.
Songshan Dist.
Taipei City 105
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Guangfu S. Rd.
Songshan Dist.
Taipei City 105
Synthesizer.nz
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18 Rangikatea Road
Omori 3381, RD1 Turangi
Waikato, North Island
Show in Google Maps
Omori 3381, RD1 Turangi
Waikato, North Island
BPro Audio
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Calle Poeta Quintana 9
Entresuelo Izquierda
03004 Alicante
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Entresuelo Izquierda
03004 Alicante
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855 Ringwood Road
Bournemouth BH11 8NE
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855 Ringwood Road
Bournemouth BH11 8NE
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Wheaton, MD 20902
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Wheaton, MD 20902
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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
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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
Useful in every patch
- Mix audio sources or CVs.
- Add offsets to CVs, or change their polarity.
A companion for other modules
- Transpose the output of a sequencer without compromising V/O tracking.
- Attenuate/invert CVs sent to modules which do not have attenuverters on their CV inputs.
- Control with a knob parameters of other modules that are only accessible through CV inputs (like Just Friends’ RUN or the Dixie’s PW).
Specifications
- Input impedance: 100k.
- All inputs DC-coupled.
- Low-distortion audio op-amps and thin film 0.1% resistors improve transparency in audio mixing applications, and allow exact unitary gains for precision summing of pitch CV signals.
- Stable and precise voltage reference, independent of power supply fluctuations.