Dimensions
6 HP
31 mm deep
Current Draw
120 mA +12V
40 mA -12V
0 mA 5V
Price

This Module is a prototype or in a concept phase.

Two-channel trigger generator / CV-slope analyser

General use case
Wiretap is a two-channel CV-slope analyser meant to be patched between any pitch CV source and its destination. Wiretap will track the CV and send triggers whenever it recognizes significant voltage jumps, which means that you can easily transform melodies into rhythms, triggering musical events without the need for an extra sequencer.

Unlike other slope detectors
Regular slope detectors recognize motion or “states” – rising, falling, moving, still, larger, smaller or equal – and set their gate outputs high according to those states. As long as the voltage is rising, the “rise” gate remains high, but when a voltage jumps from one note to another (which is normal for sequencers and keyboards), a regular slope detector would only send a very short gate. Wiretap works differently: It examines the incoming signal for changes in state or motion i.e. it triggers each time the signal starts to rise, fall, move or jump. The gate time is unaffected by the incoming signal: A knob adjusts the length between extremely short triggers and long gates.

Multi-function envelopes
Wiretap’s hold-release envelopes are actually envelope followers with a very short attack and an adjustable release. The hold level is determined dynamically by the input signal. These envelopes can either be triggered by Wiretap’s own gates (normalled to the rising and falling outputs), or by external sources connected to the envelope input jacks.


submitted Sep 8th 2021, 16:54 by Hyboid | last Change Aug 4th 2022, 08:59 by Hyboid

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