Frolic

An 8-stage sequencer and sequential switch: its stages can be controlled by CV, by gates and triggers, or both, and it runs at audio rates too. The analogue (CV) input has two knobs to set it up: ANALOGUE, its attenuator, and OFFSET, a positive offset that brings a ±5 V LFO to 0-10 V, so it sweeps from stage 1 to 8 (a triangle gives a Knight Rider effect). With the clock, OFFSET must be wound back to 0 or a cable patched into INPUT SELECT: a high signal there enables the analogue input, a low one the clock. CLOCK, RESET, HOLD and UP/DOWN do the usual sequencer duties. With nothing patched into a stage input, the outputs give that stage's voltage, set by its knob; with a signal patched in, the knob attenuates it. SEQ, SLEW and INVERT out, and a gate output with its LED per stage.

Key features

• ANALOGUE, CLOCK, RESET, HOLD, INPUT SELECT and UP/DOWN in; eight STAGE INPUTS
• SEQ, SLEW and INVERT out; eight GATES, each with its LED
• Eight stage knobs, ANALOGUE, OFFSET and SLEW
• 16 HP; Nonlinearcircuits publishes no current draw, depth or assembled price (it sells the DIY PCB and panel), and ModularGrid lists none