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  • Page 1 Bastl Instruments x Casper Electronics...
  • Page 2 INTRO Thanks to the Bastl community for the endless support and constant inspiration through our shared love of synths and music and fun. High fives to Václav Peloušek for adding the digital brain to softPop and for meeting my impossible feature requests in style.
  • Page 3 50x gain POWER Plugging a cable into the OUT jack (34 dB) for amplifying low-level signals There are three ways to power softPop: disconnects the speaker. (line, piezo, etc.) Output comes directly from the Band Wall adapter jack.
  • Page 4 OSCILLATOR 1 (VCO1) the input of VCF . This is useful if VCO1 has 4 controls: using softPop only as a filter for external Adjusts the pitch audio signals. VCO0 and VCO1 will still be Pitch fader. available as modulation signals but will from LFO to audio ranges.

  • Page 5: Pattern Generator

    VCO0. These sequences control the • Playback will be activated and the the memory even after softPop is turned pitch of VCO0 and are also available selected pattern LED will turn on. OFF and ON again.
  • Page 6 The Quantizer patterns, but for the most part, it Quantize led - Indicates if the but without removing its analog quirks functions best as a random looping quantizer is on or off. and sassy style. pattern source. • The quantizer must listen to VCO0 before determining if the pitch should *Tech notes* QUANTIZER...
  • Page 7 (A, B or C) located on the back another signal the modulation slider. of softPop. This means it is possible to to the socket to Normalized from the partially override the normalization. patch up to six signals in and out of the Track&Hold output.
  • Page 8 • By default, the T&H is gated by VCO1. (output) - Triangle wave output. Track&Hold is a circuit that watches of their softPop. If you are new here, T&H SIG <- VCF BP. a modulating voltage (CV or audio), Adjusting the VCO1 modulation slider then leave this section alone and T&H GATE <- VCO1.
  • Page 9 = secret chamber OFF/ON OFF/ON FEEDBACK FEEDBACK switch switch Envelope Follower Envelope Follower PITCH/FREQ CV PITCH/FREQ CV SYNC SYNC = routing switch = routing switch CYCLE CYCLE GATE GATE T&H = push button = push button Track&Hold Track&Hold SoftPop OFF/ON OFF/ON...

  • Page 10: What's In The Box

    • RGB led for psychedelic experience • 25-point patchbay • secret hack chamber at the back for adventurers • built-in speaker • size 15 × 11 × 5 cm WHAT’S IN THE BOX • softPop • Manual • Patchcables set • Poster • Sticker...
  • Page 11 PRESETS: PRESETS: FIRST FIRST ENCOUNTER ENCOUNTER...
  • Page 12 SOFT POPS DRONE SHOWERS *Carefully adujst the feedback knob to the point just before the filter starts to oscillate. * Turn VCO0 fine tune to dive into the drone. *Adjust to make the drone more intense.
  • Page 13 BABY STEPS FEAR OF THE MAZE * Set the rate with 1 . * Adjust 1 to decide if baby walks forward or backward. *Conquer your fears! *Press button to make baby stand still and adjust to talk. *Use VCO1 and VCO1 to navigate the maze.
  • Page 14 DOOM MEMORY GUN *Set and leave until the batteries die * Don’t touch * Nothing matters...
  • Page 15 PRESETS: PRESETS: PATCHBAY PATCHBAY EXPLORATION EXPLORATION...
  • Page 16 HELLO COMPUTER BURGER TIME * Adjust to increase data funkiness. * It’s burger time.
  • Page 17 CRITTER PUSH CRITTER PULL *Let the critters do their work **Turn off the PATTERN switch in the SECRET CHAMBER** *Press and hold REC *Slide VCO0 up and down then release REC. *Record a pattern in both pattern locations. *Activate quantizer. *Play with P1 and P2 buttons and FINE control...
  • Page 18 DRUNK DATA KRISS KROSS *Play with VCO0 and VCO1 faders to make it jump...
  • Page 19 TAP OUT FORMULA ONE * Tap it!
  • Page 20 SPACE EXCHANGE SINK *Switch VCO1 mode to ENVELOPE. *Slide VCO1 up and down to create different syncing sounds. * Tap VCO1 mode button to send a message. *Adjust VCO1 for more chaos.
  • Page 21 PRESETS: PRESETS: PLAYING PLAYING WITH OTHERS WITH OTHERS...
  • Page 22 PSYCHIC PSYNC EXTERNAL PROCESSOR *Plug audio signal from drum machine into EXT jack. *Turn ROUTING switches OFF. *Adjust EXT volume until the signal is loud but not distorting. *Adjust EXT volume. Can be driven to distortion. *Play with controls. *Tweak like crazy.

  • Page 23: Time Master

    TIME MASTER TIME SLAVE *Connect VCO1 to master clock input of a drum machine, sequencer, etc via the socket to jack adapter. * Connect clock signal from drum machine to VCO1 sync socket via the jack adapter *Try moving VCO1 fader.
  • Page 24 PITCH SLAVE MAX BLAST *Connect CV output from keyboard (or any other CV source) to VCO0 CV input via the jack to socket *Set all faders at max. *Press and hold REC button. * Release REC and enjoy the max blast. adapter.

  • Page 25: Synth Voice

    REC. 3. Record a pattern in * For a traditional synth voice, plug the main OUT of the softPop to the input of a voltage controlled both pattern locations. *Tweak the filter for the acid sass. *Adjust VCO1 to get a amplifier (VCA).
  • Page 26 MIDNIGHT FM *Turn ROUTING switches OFF. *Adjust EXT volume. Amplitude will impact the depth of the envelope from the EF socket as well as the rate of VCO1. *Play with controls.
  • Page 27 SoftPop is a modular analog noise creature. It is playful, stubborn, rowdy and maybe even a little bit wise. The heart of softPop is a wild tangle of feedback, chaos and an oddly familiar organic personality. There is a great amount of complexity in its...