Mutable Instruments Tides MK2

Mutable Instruments Tides MK2

slope generator / VCO / LFO

Up, down. Once, forever. Slow, fast. Sober or drunken

Polyrhythmic variations

Specifications

Digital function generator

• 3 operating mode: AD envelope, looping (VC-LFO/VCDO), AR envelope.
• 3 frequency ranges for the main frequency knob: low (2 minutes to 2 Hz), medium (0.125 Hz to 32 Hz), high (8 Hz to 2kHz). This range can be widened by applying an offset on the V/OCT input.

A large palette of waveforms

• Shape control with CV input – covering various combinations of linear, exponential, or sinusoidal segments.
• Slope/asymmetry (A/D time ratio) control with CV input.
• Smoothness control with CV input: smoothes the waveform using a 2-pole digital filter, or adds bumps and kinks with a digital wavefolder.

External clocking/PLL

• The module can use an external clock or clean audio signal as a reference, and operate at a multiple of this clock (from ¹⁄₁₆ to 16x).
• This allows, for example, the generation of (sub)harmonics from another VCO.

4 output modes

• Different shapes. Each output produces a different waveshape: main signal (with voltage-controlled attenuverter), raw asymmetric triangle, end of attack gate, end of release gate.
• Different amplitudes: Voltage-controlled dispatching of the signal to each of the 4 outputs.
• Different times: Voltage-controlled phase or apex shifting of the signal.
• Different frequencies: Outputs 2, 3, and 4 are shifted up or down in frequency relatively to output 1, creating chords or polyrhythmic LFOs.

Specifications

• All inputs: 100k impedance, DC to 7.8kHz.
• SLOPE, SMOOTHNESS, SHAPE, SHIFT/LEVEL input range: +/- 8V.
• V/OCT input range: -3 to +7V.
• TRIG and CLOCK input range: 0 to +8V, protected.
• 16-bit CV capture.
• Internal processing: 32-bit floating point.
• CV Outputs: 14-bit, 62.5kHz (31.25kHz in different frequencies mode).
• Output levels: bipolar +/- 5V for cyclic signals; unipolar +8V for gates and envelopes.