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CHAOS
CHAOS Controls
– TRIGGER OUTPUTS – use these outputs to access triggers t1, t2 and
(10) (12)
t3. Press and hold button 3 (Bias Type) and use the Bias control (1) to adjust
the trigger duty from 1% to 99%, with 50% at 12 o'clock. Press and hold
button 3 and use the Jitter control (7) to randomize the trigger duty, with
higher settings giving greater randomization. When the internal clock is
used the three trigger outputs trigger the three voltage outputs.
VOLTAGE SECTION
BIAS – use this control to bias the voltages output on outputs 22 to 24
(13)
between lower voltages to CCW and higher voltages to CW.
BIAS CV – use this input to adjust the bias settings with an external control
(14)
voltage in the range -5 V to +5 V.
CONTROL REACTION – the way in which the three voltage outputs 22 to
(15)
24 react to the settings of controls 13, 16 and 19 (and their associated CVs)
can be set in three ways, with the button surround color indicating which
is in use:
• As Controls (orange) – all settings exactly follow the controls.
• Equal and Opposite (red) – X2 output (23) follows the controls exactly,
while X1 (output 22) and X3 (output 24) do the exact opposite.
• Sliding Scale (green) – X1 output (22) follows the controls exactly, while
X3 (output 24) does the exact opposite and X2 (output 23) lies between
the two other outputs.
SPREAD – use this control to set the distribution of the control voltages.
(16)
Turning the control CCW will bias the voltages to the center of their range,
at 12 o'clock the full range is used but still with a bias towards the center.
Going further CW allows more extreme ranges to be used.
SPREAD CV – use this input to adjust the spread settings with an external
(17)
control voltage in the range -5 v to +5 v. Spread CV can also be used to
apply a random value to the X outputs by pressing button 31 to sample the
CV input.
RANGE – use this button to set the CHAOS' voltage range. Choose from
(18)
0 V – +2 V (orange), 0 V - +5 V (red) or -5 V - +5 V (green). The button
surround color indicates which is in use. This button is also used to select a
preset scale (see Scales below).
STEPS – use this control to select how the CHAOS steps between voltages.
(19)
At 12 o'clock the steps are instantaneous in time with the clock used.
Turning the control further CCW will add a portamento-like smoothness to
the transitions, with more extreme settings generating random smoothed
voltages. Turning CW quantizes the voltages to a selected scale (see Scales
below) with the highest setting producing a single, root note.
STEPS CV – use this input to adjust the steps settings with an external
(20)
control voltage in the range -5 V to +5 V.
CLOCK – use this input to clock the voltages X1, X2 and X3 from an external
(21)
clock rather than from t1, t2 and t3.
– VOLTAGE OUTPUTS – use these outputs to access voltages X1, X2
(22) (24)
and X3.
Y SECTION
Y OUTPUT – the Y output is a voltage output, separate to the X outputs,
(25)
but related to X2. It operates over the range -5 V to +5 V and can have its
parameters adjusted by pressing and holding the Control Reaction button
(15) and altering the following controls:
• Rate (4) – adjusts the division of X2 that will produce Y from 1/64
to Unity.
• Bias (13) – works as it does with the X voltages.
• Spread (16) – works as it does with the X voltages.
• Steps (19) – works as it does with the X voltages.
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