wmd/crater
Crater
Analog/digital hybrid bass drum module combining 909-style analog tone with digital attack layering. Features pitch envelope, 1V/octave tracking, sustain stage, and digital timbre control.707
Capabilities 2
- Kick Drum Voicekick-drum-voice
- 909-style analog triangle-core oscillator with pitch envelope, amplitude envelope, sustain stage, diode clipping, and digital click/noise attack layer.707
- Melodic Bass Voicemelodic-bass-voice
- 1V/octave pitch tracking and sustain stage enable 808-style bassline sequencing, playing Crater as a melodic sub-bass voice.707
Jacks 4 — 3 in / 1 out
| Name | Signal | Voltage | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs (3) | |||
| 1V/OCT | cv | — | 1V/octave pitch tracking input for melodic sequencing of the kick oscillator.707 |
| ACCENT | gate | — | Plug into ACCENT only to always trigger the accented (louder/hotter) kick.707 |
| TRIGGER | gate | — | Triggers the kick drum. When held high (gate), oscillator sustains at sustain level; on gate low, oscillator decays to silence.707 |
| Outputs (1) | |||
| OUT | audio | ≤20V | 707 |
Parameters 9
| Name | Type | Range | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOUNT | knob | — | Sets the depth of the pitch envelope applied to the kick oscillator.707 |
| CLICK DECAY | knob | — | 707 |
| CLICK LEVEL | knob | — | Sets the volume of the digital click/attack layer relative to the analog tone.707 |
| CLICK TIMBRE | knob | 1 – 14 | Selects from 14 sampled click sounds, each paired with a noise tail, for the digital attack layer.707 |
| CLIPPING | knob | — | Symmetric diode clipping circuit. Right position provides maximum distortion by allowing diodes to fully clip.707 |
| DECAY | knob | — | Sets the amplitude envelope decay time. Oscillator decays to the sustain level while trigger is high, then decays to silence at the same rate when trigger goes low.707 |
| PITCH | knob | 5Hz – 100Hz | Sets the base pitch of the kick oscillator, from 5Hz to 100Hz.707 |
| PITCH DECAY | knob | — | Controls the decay time of the pitch envelope, ranging from snappy clicks to long disco tom sounds.707 |
| SUSTAIN | knob | — | Sets the sustain level that the kick oscillator holds while the TRIGGER gate is high. Allows gate length to sequence different kick lengths while keeping decay constant.707 |
Firmware history 0 versions
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References 2
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