4ms - Dual EnvVCA [DEV]
Overview4ms - Dual EnvVCA [DEV]
The Dual EnvVCA is a two-channel analog linear envelope generator with two fully independent low-noise exponential VCAs. With time ranges from 30 minutes to 8kHz, it can be used as an LFO, slew limiter, ASR/ADSR complex EG, audio-rate oscillator, stereo audio/CV VCA, envelope follower, sidechain processor, and general utility module. The outputs can be attenuated, inverted, and offset without disrupting the VCA, making it a versatile modulation source.
100% analog
Dual EnvVCA features:
- Versatile linear envelope generator/LFO
- Low-noise, low-distortion, DC-coupled exponential VCAs
- 100% analog
- Sliders and Range switches control Rise and Fall times from ~1.25ms to ~5 min.
- Time CV jack extends time range: ~125µs (8kHz) to ~30 min.
- Independent attenuverters for Rise and Fall time
- Blue/Red LEDs indicate strength and polarity
- Cycle buttons for looping envelopes (LFO)
- Trigger input jacks fire a one-shot envelope
- Cycle gate input jack toggles cycling for both channels
- EOR/F (End of Rise/Fall) gate outputs can be used to chain and sequence events
- Env Level and Offset knobs scale and shift Env Out without changing VCA volume
- Audio In and Out jacks for passing audio or CV through the VCA
- VCA CV inputs to use VCAs independently from the envelopes:
- VCA gain internally connected to envelope output when VCA CV jack is left unpatched
- Follow input jacks allow for slew limiting, sustain (ASR), and exotic filtering effects
- Re-trig jumpers allow for re-triggering during rise phase
The Dual EnvVCA is essentially a Shaped Dual EnvVCA without the waveshaping abilities, ASR trigger mode, or extra 5V envelope outputs.
Dual EnvVCA
- 16HP Eurorack format module
- 0.95” (24mm) maximum depth (includes power cable)
- 10-pin Eurorack power header
- Power consumption
- +12V: 156mA
- -12V: 131mA
- Audio/VCA
- 100k input impedance, 1k output impedance, DC-coupled
- VCA gain range: -90dB to +0.9dB
- DC to 20kHz, +/-0.1dB
- VCA response to CV: exponential
- Envelope Times
- Minimum rise or fall time: ~62us per segment (8kHz max frequency)
- Maximum rise time: >10 minutes (typically > 13 minutes)
- Maximum fall time: >20 minutes (typically > 40 minutes)
- Jacks:
- Env jack: Min = -10.2V, Max = +10.1V , maximum amplitude 9.3Vpp
- Trigger jack: rising edge threshold = 2.5V
- Cycle jack: rising edge threshold = 2.5V
- Follow jack: active range = 0V to +5V
- EO* jacks:
- EOR (channel A): <80mV low to >4.50V high gate output
- EOF (channel B): <80mV low to >4.95V high gate output
- Minimum stable pulse width: 1ms. Shorter than this may produce extra 50µs pulses
- Audio In/Out jacks: -10V to +10V maximum range without clipping