thererec
sketchable dual function generator
"We all encountered music accidentally, we can’t remember when, but at some point, we all made music. Something primitive flows out of our body by knocking on a table or beating a pen on a sheet. Those spontaneous movements are some of the simplest things in our lives but may be some of the hardest to replicate with electronic instruments. That’s why we developed Thererec: a less empirical, function generator with a soul."Dimensions: 6hp
Power consumption:
+12 rail: 90 mA
-12 rail: 15 mA
+ 5 rail: 0 mA
Thererec is a 6hp smart dual-function generator based on a different approach!
Two modern proximity sensors have replaced all the Attack/Decay thing, and this not only saved a lot of space but also turned Thererec into a whole new thing: a fusion between THEREmin gestural expressiveness and a tape RECorder,
Thererec, indeed, can quickly capture your hand movements and translate them into complex Envelopes and LFOs, adding a lot of expressiveness to your set.
Once recorded, your movements can be mangled in both time and amplitude; they can be cycled or triggered in one-shot mode, letting you create complex but synchronized control voltage streams.
A straightforward movement with immediate feedback: move your fingers, listen, and connect yourself to the environment. Your body will do the rest.
how does it work?
Thererec sensors will track your movements to generate a voltage flow, and the LEDs and the CV outputs[1] will reflect those movements.
To arm a channel, press the loop button[9].
Entering the sensor field[8] (4-5cm) will automatically start recording.
Press the loop button[9] again to stop the take, and double-tap it to clear.
Playback has two operation modes, indicated by the LEDs[7] Color:
White: The playback can be started by hitting the sensor or with an external gate[3]. It will be played once.
Blue: The recording is played in a loop. To sync it to a rhythm, re-trigger it as you would in white mode.
In both modes, from the gate outputs[2], Thererec will emit a short pulse at the end of the reproduction and a variable gate when you hit the sensors by hand.
Hold down the loop button[9] to cycle between modes. Keep it pressed to save the recording into the memory (the LED will blink in purple).
Playback speed can be altered dramatically with the speed control[5].
Turn the knob CCW to make it slower, CW for a faster reproduction, and halfway to return to the original speed.
Speed can also be changed with an external CV[4], the speed knob[5] will now work as an attenuverter of the applied voltage.
Thererec CV outputs[1] have an 8Volts range, use the range knobs[6] to scale them down.