uDJV

µDJV IS A SMALL FORMAT ADAPTATION OF THE ORIGINAL MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS “Marbles” MODULE

µDJV IS PRE-FLASHED WITH LAST OFFICIAL FIRMWARE AND FACTORY CALIBRATED

µDJV USES THE SAME CIRCUIT DESIGN AS THE ORIGINAL BUT IMPLEMENTED INTO ONLY 10 HP

Random gate generator

Internal clock with adjustable rate (with V/O CV input), or division/multiplication of an external clock.
Range selection button further multiplying or dividing the clock by 4.
Rhythm follower/predictor to lock onto uneven clock divisions or rhythmic patterns.
Adjustable jitter (knob and CV), going from perfect tracking to completely erroneous – but always preserving the overall tempo.

Three gate outputs: t₂ is the main output carrying the jittery clock, t₁ and t₃ are the complementary random rhythm output.
Three generative models, with CV-controlled bias parameter increasing the density of notes on one channel or the other:
1. Random routing of each clock pulse to either outputs, following a coin toss.
2. Selection of a random division factor for one output, and the reciprocal factor for the other.
3. Generation of random kick/snare patterns using a process similar to µSteps
Adjustable gate duration, from short triggers to full length. Gate duration can be randomized.

3 outputs, either clocked by the 3 outputs of the random gate generator, or by a common external clock.
Distribution control: SPREAD control, scanning between constant, bell-shaped, uniform or discrete distributions; and BIAS control biasing the generated voltage towards the bottom or top of the voltage range.
Adjustable range: 0 to +2V (for melodies), 0 to +5V, -5V to +5V.

The STEPS parameter controls the steppiness/quantization of the output voltages.
Turn this knob clockwise and a progressive quantizer is applied to the voltages – progressively reducing the probability of hitting a note outside of the scale, then making accidentals less likely, then giving more weight to the root and fifth – and at the extreme yielding only octaves.
If steppy is not your thing, turn counterclockwise to increasingly slew the output voltages to the point that the module produces smooth, continuous curves.

6 programmable scales.
Scales are programmed by playing a short jam in the target scale: µDJV learns which notes are more prominent than others.

The three outputs can all follow the settings dialed on the control panel, or react in different and opposite ways. The turn of a knob can completely push your patch towards a new direction!

DEJA VU parameter increasing the probably of re-playing past material to the point that the generated output forms a loop… then increasing the probability of randomizing the order of this loop.
The DEJA VU control applies to the random rhythm, the random voltages, or to both, or neither of them.
Adjustable loop length from 1 to 16 steps.

An external CV can be recorded in the DEJA VU loop in place of internal random voltages.
All transformations performed by the random voltage generator (looping, shuffling, spreading, transposition, quantization, lag-processing) can be performed on external voltages.
TLDR: live remixing of external sequences!

Width: 8 HP

Deep: 35 mm

+12V: 80 mA

-12V: 20 mA

Original Marbles designed by Olivier Gillet of Mutable Instruments.