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Ritual Electronics

Altar

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Summary of Contents for Altar

Page 1: ...Ritual Electronics Altar ...

Page 2: ...2 Summary 03 Warranty 04 Installation 05 Overview 06 Controls 07 Character 08 Color 09 1V Oct 10 Self patching 11 Patch ideas ...

Page 3: ...truction for a period of one year from the date of purchase Malfunction resulting from wrong power supply voltages backwards or reversed eurorack bus board cable connection abuse of the product or any other causes determined by Ritual Electronics to be the fault of the user are not covered by this warranty and normal service rates will apply During the warranty period any defective products will b...

Page 4: ...hen attaching any Eurorack bus board cable Ritual Electronics Altar requires 35mA on 12V 30mA on 12V 0mA on 5V You will need 12HP of free space in your Eurorack case to install Altar The module is 25mm deep Connect the included ribbon cable to the module Connect the other end of the cable to the bus board connector of your case ...

Page 5: ...lly suited for CV control Resonance is under voltage control with attenuverter as well allowing for great timbre modulations It is particularly useful to recreate accent patterns à la 303 There is a gain at Altar s input to beef up your signal which then distort the filter core The filter tracks 1V oct for 4 5 octaves and can turn into a very sweet sine oscillator Altar is a completely original fi...

Page 6: ...ate different filter responses Out Outputs filtered signal Color Res onance CV inputs External control for each parameter Audio input Usually everything starts here Color knob Changes the state of the filter from band pass to low pass to high pass Color Resonance attenuverter knobs Going left the CV input is subtracted from the Color Resonance knob value To the right the CV input is added Altar co...

Page 7: ... all the way up Keep this in mind while experimenting The resonance stays in control and only self oscillates at the very last degrees of the pot This way you can get nuanced frequency bumps If you want to unlock wilder timbres self patching and audio rate modulations are your friends as usual More on this in the following pages Do not underestimate the gain knob Its neutral position is around 2 o...

Page 8: ...three input crossfader It transitions smoothly from band pass to low pass to high pass This unusual BP LP HP filter arrangement is very suited for voltage controlled transition giving a more pleasant sweep than the usual LP BP HP ...

Page 9: ...ht side of the PCB Calibration procedure You ll need a way to measure frequency The spectrum analyzer or tuner in your DAW can help you if you don t have an oscilloscope or a multimeter Patch a stable 1V Oct source in the input and play octaves If the upper octaves are ﬂat turn the trimmer clockwise If they are sharp turn counter clockwise Usually the knob fully clockwise has given the best result...

Page 10: ...thickness to the sound Use multiples and stackcables and experiment Auto oscillation self patching trick Altar does not provide a 10Vpp sine across the whole frequency range when oscillating You can however patch the output in the input to get a higher output Prefer the low pass mode for such use and ride the gain Careful in band pass you can go as high as 22Vpp using this technique See Patch Idea...

Page 11: ...ct II _ _ _ Out Out 1V Oct Freq CV In Feedback Gain Level Miasma Blend _ _ Fdbk CV Fdbk Out Fdbk Out Out Out In Gain CV Fdbk In Mix In I In In II In III Out Out I Out III Out II Ø I Ø II Multiple II I VCA Oscillator Out I Out I Out II Out II CV A CV B CV I In I CV II In II Patch 1 3Ø3 Using the Resonance attenuverter you can use a gate as a resonance accent Mix it with the cutoff enveloppe to brig...

Page 12: ...uency sweeps Pro tip one can also use the self oscillation compensation to have a 10Vpp emergency LFO out of Altar It goes down to 2 5Hz There are better uses of the filter though Patch notes Altar Out Altar In Altar Out Oscillator Lin FM In Try using one of the oscillator s outputs to CV the Color or Freq on Altar for a slightly chaotic behavior _ _ _ Out Out 1V Oct Freq CV In Coarse Fine 1V Oct ...

Page 13: ...e to hear the effect LFO the frequency and voilà pseudo phaser for your Schulze needs Patch notes Anima LFO Out Altar Freq CV Pay attention to the knobs positions Anima Attack Curve Decay _ _ _ _ _ _ Attack Curve Decay _ Unipolar Bipolar Attack I Curve I Out I Out I EOC I EOC I Decay I Gate I 1V Oct I Attack II Curve II Out II Out II EOC II EOC II Decay II Gate II 1V Oct II _ _ _ Out Out 1V Oct Fr...

Page 14: ...ut or use one of the great eurorack ones A touch of envelope following can add to the patch Keep it simple with a healthy dose of resonance to achieve this great silky dance sound Cocorico Patch notes Sampler Out Envelope Follower In Envelope Follower Out Altar Freq CV Sampler Out Preamp In Preamp Out Altar In Music sounds better with you SAMPLER Gain In Env Gate Out _ _ _ Out Out 1V Oct Freq CV I...

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