Mutable Instruments Beads User Manual page 3

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adjustments. The manually-set gain is memorized and applied until a long press on
gain control.
The FREEZE latching button
audio signal in the buffer. Otherwise,
If FREEZE remains engaged for more than 10 seconds, the content of the buffer is backed up, and will be
restored the next time the module is powered on.
Beads will not switch between stereo and mono operation, or change the recording quality, while
engaged.
GRAIN GENERATION
Latched
Latched grain generation is enabled by holding the
FREEZE button [B]
is powered on.
The SEED button remains illuminated, and its brightness is slowly modulated to indicate that latching is
enabled.
In this mode, the grains are generated continuously, at a rate set by the
the DENSITY CV input (5).
At 12 o'clock, no grains are generated. Turn
modulated rate, or CCW for a
between grains, reaching at the extreme the period of a C3 note.
Clocked
When latched grain generation is enabled, and when a signal, such as a clock or sequence, is patched into
the SEED input (4), the
grains are generated. Turn CW to increase the probability (from 0% to 100%) that a grain is triggered by the
external signal. Turn CCW to increase the division ratio, from
Gated and triggered
Disable latched grain generation with a short press on the
Grains will then be generated only when the
input (4) is high. The
o'clock, only a single grain will be played at each press of the
SEED input (4).
When grain density reaches audio rates, the
rate, with a scale of 1V/octave
GRAIN PLAYBACK CONTROL
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[B] and the corresponding gate input
Beads
while the SEED button
constant generation
DENSITY knob [D]
DENSITY knob [D] controls the repetition rate of grains. When
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SEED button [C]
[C] is being held. This is also the default setting when the module
DENSITY CW and grains will be generated at a
rate. The further you turn, the shorter the interval
is repurposed as a divider or probability control. At 12 o'clock, no
1
⁄ to 1.
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SEED button [C].
SEED button is held, or when a gate signal patched in the
SEED
DENSITY CV input
[A] re-enables automatic
(3) disable the recording of the incoming
for four seconds, or by pressing the
DENSITY knob [D]
DENSITY
button, or at each trigger sent in the
(5) applies exponential FM on this
FREEZE is
and modulated by
randomly
SEED
is at 12
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