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Casper Bastl AIKIDO Manual

Dynamic vca mixer
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AIKIDO
DYNAMIC
VCA MIXER

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Summary of Contents for Casper Bastl AIKIDO

  • Page 1 AIKIDO DYNAMIC VCA MIXER...
  • Page 2 AIKIDO DYNAMIC VCA MIXER Aikido is a performative quad VCA mixer with flexible submix routing and two styles of integrated envelope followers. Clever normalization allows ready-to-go sidechain compression, expansion, and rapid routing experimentation. Clickless mute switches and level faders make for immediate performability, while dedicated attenuverters on each channel make it a powerful and flexible quad VCA.

  • Page 3: Technical Details

    FEA TURES 4 VCA channels - each has: clickless mute with light indication level fader with 6 dB boost CV input with attenuverter input (DC coupled) output (DC coupled) cascaded mixing Mix output (AC coupled) Side chain envelope follower input (normalized to A input) output (normalized to CV inputs) switch to select response time Spectral envelope follower...
  • Page 4 MANUAL Here is a block diagram of one channel: CHANNEL IN CV IN ATTENUVERTER ALL OTHER LEVEL CHANNELS MUTE MIX OUT PRE/POST PREVIOUS CHANNEL (IF NOT CONNECTED) CHANNEL OUT And here is a diagram for the whole module: D OUT A IN FAST TREB...
  • Page 5 The VCA signal inputs are DC coupled and accept both audio and modulation. The direct VCA signal outputs are DC coupled and they mix in a cascading manner. The output from Channel D will have all the channels mixed together. Plugging a cable to another output will break the cascading mixing chain.
  • Page 6 The offset LEVEL fader opens and closes the VCA. It opens to unity gain (0 dB) at about midpoint and amplifies up to +6 dB when all the way up. The boost is very useful for compression and feedback. The VCA CV and the offset LEVEL fader combine to control the channel volume.
  • Page 7 The MIX output has all channels mixed together. It is AC coupled, which makes it suitable for audio signals, and it removes any excess DC offset. The state of the MUTE switches is always reflected in the MIX output. The SIDE CHAIN envelope follower monitors the input level and reflects the signal volume as a CV value.
  • Page 8 The SPECTRAL envelope follower has a similar time response to the MID setting of the SIDE CHAIN follower, but its main asset is that you can select the frequency band it responds to with the SPECTRAL switch. The SPECTRAL envelope follower listens to the Channel D output (cascaded mix output) and has a dedicated output you can patch anywhere.
  • Page 9 PRE/POST jumper Use this jumper to configure whether the direct output of a channel is pre or post MUTE switch. If in the PRE position, the channel output will NOT be affected by the MUTE switch. If in the POST position, the channel output will be affected by the MUTE switch.
  • Page 10 CASCADED CHAIN HEADERS Use jumper wires to chain multiple Aikido modules together. If the CASCADED OUT jumper pin from the first Aikido is connected to the CASCADED IN pin of the second Aikido, the channel A output and following outputs on the second Aikido will have the sum of both modules unless the channel D OUT on the first Aikido is connected.
  • Page 11 PATCH TIPS CLASSIC SIDE CHAIN Patch your kick drum to Channel A and your bass to Channel B. Use the Channel A LEVEL fader and attenuverter to compress/ expand the kick drum and shape its transient. Turn the Channel B attenuverter to the left to side-chain the bass to the kick drum.

  • Page 12: Aut O P Anning

    AUT O P ANNING Split your audio signal (in a mult) and connect it to Channel A IN and Channel B IN. Listen to the Channel A output as the left channel and Channel B output as the right channel. Plug an LFO into the Channel A CV input.

  • Page 13: P Arallel Compression

    P ARALLEL COMPRESSION Split your audio signal (in a mult) and connect it to Channel A IN and Channel B IN. Listen to the MIX output. Turn the Channel A attenuverter to the left to compress Channel A with itself. Center the Channel B attenuverter and bring up the level of Channel B to mix in the dry signal.
  • Page 14 CREDITS DEVELOPMENT TEAM Peter Edwards, Martin Klecl, Václav Peloušek MAIN TESTER Juha Kivekäs BET A TESTERS David Žáček, Milan Říha, John Dinger, Václav Mach, Peter Edwards, Oliver Torr, Patrik Veltruský, Niels Aras, David Herzig, Leo Hivert MANAGEMENT John Dinger GRAPHIC DESIGN Anymade Studio The idea turned into reality thanks to everyone at Bastl Instruments and thanks to the immense support of our fans.
  • Page 15 MORE INFO AND VIDEO TUTORIALS WWW.BASTL-INSTRUMENTS.COM...