THEREREC

"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."

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 WORKS?

Thererec sensors will track your movements to generate a voltage flow, 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.