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Page 2: Table Of Contents
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIFICATIONS INSTALLATION DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW PROGRAMMING GATES PER STEP PROGRAMMING CV/NOTES PER STEP TRACK MODE SAVING AND RECALLING PRESETS AND BANKS RANDOMIZING USING VARIGATE 4+ WITH VARIGATE 8+ AND VOLTAGE BLOCK WARRANTY... -
Page 3: Specifications
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 SPECIFICATIONS FORMAT: EURORACK DIMENSIONS: 12HP, 26mm deep INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SIGNALS (3.5mm jacks): 0-5V Logic I/O MAX CURRENT: +12V: 90mA -12V: 13mA +5V: n/a PG. 1... -
Page 4: Installation
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 INSTALLATION Remove module from packaging. Power down your modular synthesizer and disconnect the power cable from the wall outlet. Attach the included power cable to the module’s power connector and connect the other end to the power distribution bus in your EuroRack synthesizer case. Position the red stripe DOWN on your Varigate 4+. -
Page 5: Description
Play/Stop function, Preset Banks (4×4), Glide Per Step, Scales and can also be configured as master for the Malekko Voltage Block as well as a slave to the Varigate 8+ if you’re looking to expand your total channels and presets (up to 14 channels and 100 presets with V8+). -
Page 6: Overview
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 OVERVIEW GATE and CV OUTPUT CHANNELS 1-4: With LED indicators: Connect your patch cables from these outputs to other module gate, trigger or CV inputs depending on the mode you’re in (see MODE switch for more info). CLK IN: External CLOCK INPUT with clock indictor. - Page 7 VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 PROB: Select and then adjust a step slider to control the amount of probability per step. NOTE: HOLDING PROB and then SELECTING RPT, NOTE or GLIDE will engage the randomize function for those features and for a selected channel.
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Page 8: Programming Gates Per Step
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 PROGRAMMING GATES PER STEP ADJUST GATE/CV SWITCH to 2/2 to enable CV output on Channels 1 and 3 Gate outputs on channels 2 and 4. GATE PROGRAMMING: PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON so the sequence is playing. By default the sequence will play forward (and the LED’s on the sliders will cycle top to bottom for each of the 8 steps). -
Page 9: Programming Cv/Notes Per Step
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 PROGRAMMING CV/NOTES PER STEP CV/NOTE PROGRAMMING: Select CHANNEL button #1. The NOTE button will be illuminated indicating you’re ready to start programming unquantized or quantized CV per step. Unquantized CV is useful for animating other modules and quantized for notes within a scale (patched to a module with a 1v/oct or “pitch”... -
Page 10: Track Mode
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 TRACK MODE TRACK: DIVIDE, MULTIPLY, SEQUENCE LENGTH, SEQUENCE MODE, PULSEWIDTH, SCALE, TEMPO COARSE AND TEMPO FINE can be adjusted per CHANNELS 1-4. To enter TRACK MODE, simply select TRACK and the CHANNEL button you want to edit. DIVIDE: To DIVIDE a sequence for a given channel, move the DIVIDE slider to the right. -
Page 11: Saving And Recalling Presets And Banks
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 SAVING & RECALLING PRESETS AND BANKS The CHANNEL buttons also act as PRESET slots as well as BANK slots. There are a total of 4 preset slots per bank and 4 banks for a total of 16 preset slots. -
Page 12: Randomizing
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 RANDOMIZING You can randomize the following features on each step for a given CHANNEL. REPEAT NOTE GLIDE Once in RANDOMIZE MODE for these features, sliders positioned full right equals full randomization for a given step. Sliders positioned to full left equals zero randomization. -
Page 13: Using Varigate 4+ With Varigate 8+ And Voltage Block
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 USING VARIGATE 4+ WITH VOLTAGE BLOCK & VARIGATE 8+ The Varigate 4+ utilizes busboard clocks. The Varigate 4+ ships in MASTER MODE. This means anything else connected to the busboard that includes busboard clocking will slave to the Varigate 4+ clock. To slave Voltage Block to the Varigate 4+, you’ll need to set the Voltage Block to SLAVE MODE. -
Page 14: Warranty
VARIGATE 4+ MANUAL V.1 WARRANTY This product is covered by the Malekko Heavy Industry warranty, for one year following the date of purchase. This warranty covers any defect in the manufacturing of this product. This warranty does not cover any damage or malfunction caused by incorrect use – such as, but not limited to, power cables connected backwards, excessive voltage levels, or exposure to extreme temperature or moisture levels.