Peaks

Mutable Instruments' multifunction gap-filler: two channels that turn triggers and gates into envelopes, LFOs, tap-tempo LFOs or drum sounds, each with its trigger input, its trigger button and its output.

Key features

• Four functions chosen by the FUNCTION button: ADSR envelope (segments from 0.2 ms to 8 s), LFO (0.03 Hz to 160 Hz, five waveforms with variations), tap-tempo LFO that locks onto irregular rhythms, 808 drum models (kick on channel 1, snare or hi-hat on channel 2)
• Twin mode (both channels share the four knobs), split mode (knobs 1-2 for channel 1, 3-4 for channel 2) and expert mode (channels edited one after the other), on the SPLIT button
• TRIG 1 and 2 buttons fire each channel by hand, their light following the output
• Inputs 100k, threshold about 0.7 V; outputs 0 to +8 V for envelopes, 10 Vpp for LFOs and drums; 16-bit, 48 kHz
• Made from August 2014 to October 2017; the design is open source