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  • Page 2: Getting Started

    BEND HARD FREEZE battery or wall power supply may be SYNC SYNC used to power the bitRanger. Plugging the supply into the power jack will disconnect the battery. Battery: Install LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV a 9volt battery into the open battery + –...
  • Page 3 4 HFO (high frequency (and more...discussed later). The LFO oscillator) knob. range is set with the LFO RATE switch. 8 BEND sockets Master sync oscillator. Turn the knob [input/output]. to set master pitch. The VCO will sync to this pitch creating harmonic steps and Plug light sensors (included) into any wave shaping efects when adjusted.
  • Page 4 Patch outlined sockets into non-outlined sockets to create sequences and other CASPER ELECTRONICS audio hijinks. INSTRMNTS OVERRIDE o ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ o ¡ § ¡ ¤ o o ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ £ ¤ § ¡ LEFT RIGHT VOLUME d ¨...
  • Page 5 2 RESET button TIPS • Wear headphones (!) for a stereo Resets all of the divider output clocks. experience. 3 MUX1&2 (multiplexer) • Play with the oscillator pitch and range [inputs] settings. • Plug multiple divisions into the same Wave shape and pitch modulation. input socket.
  • Page 6 Use the bits as voltage sources to control the frequency of the three voltage controlled CASPER ELECTRONICS oscillators. INSTRMNTS 1 CV OVERRIDE (control voltage) [inputs] LEFT RIGHT VOLUME The inputs in each of these sockets are “weighted” from left to right, meaning that the left most input (per socket) has the weakest efect while the rightmost has the strongest.
  • Page 7 HFO: Change the pitch of the HFO. bits connected. Patch a cable into any available spot in the BYTE section Higher voltage = lower pitch. The depth and connect to the diferent oscillator of pitch modulation depends partly CV input sockets or the BEND sockets. on the initial setting of the HFO pitch •...
  • Page 8 + – LFO to freeze it is very likely that patching RESET CONN 1 CONN 2 CLK OUT O a signal from within the bitRanger will MUX1 MUX2 cause the whole circuit to freeze and make no sound. 2 DATA...
  • Page 9 original 3 ADVENTURE BITS sockets [outputs] The adventure bits section outputs irregular patterns of bits. These serve as a source of irregularity in contrast inverted to the regular divisions from the divider bits section. The bit patterns are “programmed” by patching bits (from the divider section or external equipment) into switching the MUX1&2 section input sockets.
  • Page 10 CONN 2 mode = jack is connected to the Patch any of the outputs zener diode protected CONN 2 socket. of the bitRanger to In this mode the CONN 2 jack can a modular synthesizer function as an input OR output.

  • Page 11: Modular Synthesizer

    Either will work but lets use CV inputs as well. Incoming signals above 5volts will CONN1. Patching External Clocks • Patch any of the bitRanger output clip at 5volts. Below 0volts will clip into the LFO Freeze at 0volts. sockets to the CONN1 socket.
  • Page 12 CLK IN VCO CV IN CONN1 BEND BEND RATE is c with every clock pulse. This allows BEND interesting clock syncing efects HARD FREEZE SYNC SYNC to be achieved like clock rate multiplication and swing. Set the LFO rate low and turn the LFO LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV...

  • Page 13: Drum Machine

    RESET button and socket the sequence controlled by the divider nput] bits (which are clocked by the LFO) will CONN2 BYTE CV go out of phase with the down beat of ess this button to reset the divider and the drum machine sequence. Use the erefore any sequence that the divider reset button to bump your sequence BEND...

  • Page 14: Block Diagram

    HIGH RATE LFO CV CLK IN SYNC BEND HARD FREEZE BYTE CV OUT /CONN2 CONN2 PITCH VCO CV IN /CONN1 SYNC BEND CONN1 VCO CV VCO SYNC PITCH HFO CV SYNC BEND HFO SYNC BLOCK DIAGRAM...

  • Page 15: Clock Divider

    RESET reset CLK OUT button OVERRIDE clk in CLOCK DIVIDER /4096 /1024 /256 /2048 /512 /128 DIVIDER BITS MUX 1 MUX 2 MODE DATA clk in MAGIC DATA PROCESSOR ancient data cave data in ADVENTURE BITS DATA out MUX1 MUX2 BIT 3 BIT 5 LEFT...
  • Page 16 CASPER ELECTRONICS CASPER ELECTRONICS INSTRMNTS INSTRMNTS OVERRIDE OVERRIDE LEFT RIGHT VOLUME LEFT RIGHT VOLUME BEND BEND BEND BEND RATE RATE BEND BEND HARD FREEZE HARD FREEZE SYNC SYNC SYNC SYNC LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV + –...
  • Page 17 CASPER ELECTRONICS CASPER ELECTRONICS INSTRMNTS INSTRMNTS OVERRIDE OVERRIDE LEFT RIGHT VOLUME LEFT RIGHT VOLUME BEND BEND BEND BEND RATE RATE BEND BEND HARD FREEZE HARD FREEZE SYNC SYNC SYNC SYNC LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV LFO CV VCO CV HFO CV + –...
  • Page 18 10’S SOUND ALCHEMY SYNAPSIS BASTL INSTRUMENTS CASPER ELECTRONICS...

  • Page 19: External Connectivity

    FEATURES • DATA modulation section witch a switch adds more lavor • • Utility Belt section adds advanced O clock oscillator for rhythmical modulation features • VCO oscillator is synced to the HFO • Left and Right audio override section oscillator •...
  • Page 20 The bitRanger is a patchable analog logic computer which sculpts sonic worlds ranging from data noise to melodic arpeggios. Extensive connectivity makes it so lexible that it can connect to almost anything: CV control its unique sound, sync it with drum machines and...

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