EarthQuaker Devices The Wave Transformer, Manual

Page 1: ...The Wave Transformer Eurorack Module Transfiguration Oscillator...

Page 2: ...udio mutations at the Complex output You can yield countless variations on these permutations by combining this novel circuit with Hard Sync Soft Sync LinearFMandExponentialFM Additionally youcanmute...

Page 3: ...FCC RULES OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS 1 THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND 2 THISDEVICEMUSTACCEPTANYINTERFERENCERECEIVED INCLUDINGINTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE U...

Page 4: ...rom the 12v rail 90 mA max from the 12v rail Standard 10 pin Eurorack power connector with a marking to notate the negative pins Skifffriendly protrudeslessthan1inch 25 4mm behind the panel with the p...

Page 5: ...Red Stripe that are printed on the circuit board Connect the 16 pin end of the ribbon cable to the bus board of your Eurorack case according to the specifications of your case or bus board manufacture...

Page 6: ...This control affectstheComplex SubPulseandSubSquare outputs Leave this set to INT unless you are tracking an external source SUB OCTAVE Selects between 1 octave down 2 octaves down or muting the sub...

Page 7: ...means that the Complex output will be silent if the Transform panel control is fully counterclockwise and no CV is present at the Transform CV input This allows the Transform circuit to act as a harm...

Page 8: ...lse Width the Rectangle output is silent TRANSFORM Morphs the Complex output from a triangle wavethroughmultipleiterationsintoastrange and harmonically complex waveform using an asymmetrical multi dif...

Page 9: ...ill alternate between resetting the oscillator to the two different phases Incoming pulses will force the oscillation period to be tuned to integral multiples of the incoming signal SOFT SYNC Accepts...

Page 10: ...he sub octave circuit tracks theinsertedsignaliftheSubSourceswitchisset to EXT Otherwise theComplexoutputhasa mixtureofharmonicsderivedfromtheexternal audioandsub octavesderivedfromtheinternal oscilla...

Page 11: ...ator in a manner that has a linear relationship to the incoming voltage TheinputisACcoupledtoblockDCsignalsin order to reduce any pitch offset during use of frequency modulation Thisinputisaccompanied...

Page 12: ...p to the incoming voltage That is to say that with each voltofincreaseattheinputtheaudiofrequency will double The input is DC coupled to allow the use of voltage offsets audio rate signals and everyth...

Page 13: ...troltosetthedefault pulsewidthfromwhichyou dliketomodulate This input is accompanied by an inverting attenuator that is located above the input jack When the trimmer is fully clockwise the CV passes u...

Page 14: ...nel control When the trimmer is at noon theCVisfullyattenuated Whenthetrimmer is fully counterclockwise the CV is inverted beforemixingwiththepanelcontroltoresultin subtraction Transform can be modula...

Page 15: ...CVinputisaddedtotheTuneandFineTune panel controls Use the panel controls to set the default pitch from which you would like to modulate This input is accompanied by an inverting attenuator that is loc...

Page 16: ...wave theTrianglewavehasalittlebitmorebuzztoit andcontainsacombinationofthefundamental frequencyandoddorderharmonicfrequencies that taper off rather quickly SAW 5 volts This is a negative ramp saw ram...

Page 17: ...dsubharmonics TheSubOctave panel control will determine whether the sub harmonicsarederivedfromoneoctavedown two octaves down or are muted altogether The ratios of the harmonic subharmonic content and...

Page 18: ...volts Thepulsewidthofthiswaveformis dependentuponthePulseWidthpanelcontrol and its associated CV input When there is no CV present and the panel control is set to noon a 50 duty cycle Square waveform...

Page 19: ...tave is derived from the internal oscillator When set to EXT the sub octave is derived from the signal that has been patched to the Shape Insert jack Thisoutputisfixedat1octavedownanddoes not respond...

Page 20: ...by the Sub Source switch When set to INT the sub octave is derived from the internal oscillator When set to EXT the sub octave is derived from the signal that has been patched to the Shape Insert jack...

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