CHAOS CLANK, Manual

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7.6. Root note selection. 

Since every quantization 

option is referred to the C note, changing the 
root could be handy to adjust the 

Chaos’

 output 

voltages to a specific intonation. 

To do this hold the 

quant/slew

 button and 

then  press and hold down the encoder. On the 

value bar the first LED will be in white and it will 

represent the C note. Rotate CW while keeping it 
pressed and the whole output will be shifted by 
a semitone every dent increase. Each white LED 
will be one of the seven keys while red LEDs will 
represent  sharp notes.

7.7. CV IN Sample & Hold.

Thanks to its dedicated 

input an external voltage can be used in place 
of the random generators. In this way, Chaos 
will produce, a sample and hold of the external 
voltage source. 

To activate this option, select the desired channel, 
hold the Channel settings button, rotate the 
encoder to select the third LED (wich, by default 
is in white) and then press the knob. Now the light 
will turn to green, meaning that the CV IN mode is 
active on that channel.  

To go back to the internal generators, press it 
again twice. First press will turn it to red (CV 
transpose mode) and the second will go back to 
white (random mode). 

Even when sampling an external voltage, all the 
voltage modifiers and quantizing modes will work 
the  same  as  with  random  voltages.  In  this  way 
precise  melodic  lines  can  be  edited  or  created 
from an LFO or envelop too. Since the external CV 
oscillations  can’t  be  predicted,  Slewing,  instead, 
won’t work in this case.

7.5. Quantization. 

Chaos can quantize voltages to 

a defined scale transforming its chaotic behaviour 

or an external source to a more melodic one.

To choose a scale, hold the 

quant/slew

 button and 

turn the encoder to scroll between them. To select 
a scale simply release the button. 

The left 

quant/slew

 LED will stay on indicating the 

current scale’s color. While keeping 

quant/slew

pressed, the current scale will be shown blinking 
on the value bar as well.

There are three sets of modes. Each time you 
reach the end of a set turning the encoder CW will 
make it skip to the next set and vice versa. 

The first set includes 10 basic scales, the second 

set includes the 7 modes of the melodic major 
scale, and the third set includes the 7 modes of 
the melodic minor scale.

First set:

• 

Unquantized (Default)

• 

Chromatic

• 

Octave

• 

Major pentatonic

• 

Minor pentatonic

• 

Blues

• 

Arabic 

• 

Pelog

• 

Hirajōshi

• 

Chinese

Second set:

• 

Ionian

• 

Dorian

• 

Phrygian

• 

Lydian

• 

Mixolydian

• 

Aeolian

• 

Locrian

Third set:

• 

Ascending melodic minor

• 

Dorian b2

• 

Lydian augmented

• 

Lydian dominant

• 

Mixolydian b6

• 

Locrian #2

• 

Super Locrian