Black VCO Expander
Waveform mixer and suboscillator for the Black VCO
Panel · 50.8 × 128.5 mm
Description
The expander of Erica Synths' Black VCO, retired, connected to it by a ribbon cable (it does not work on its own): an advanced waveform mixer and a two octaves down suboscillator.
Key features
- SINE/TRI LVL, SAW LVL and PULSE LVL, each from inverted (counter-clockwise) to direct (clockwise)
- The SINE / TRI switch: sine, the "tits" waveform of some FM synths in the middle, or triangle
- A transistor -2 octave suboscillator: SUB MIX fades between -1 and -2 octaves, SUB COLOUR its lowpass filter, SUB LVL its level in the mix
- -2 OCT OUT, SUBMIX OUT and OUT, the master mix, with a diode limiter
- Powered with the Black VCO: +55 mA, -40 mA for both, +40 mA, -36 mA for the VCO alone