#61

Admittedly haven’t updated. Will need to get on that! Thanks for the reminder.

Watchng a video of that LFV mode now.

Dope.

Also, the burst mode as a kind of single channel voice is a very nice little bonus.

#62

Mine will hopefully turn up tomorrow. I’m quite stoked! ‘Gratz on yours!

For those that have them, what’s your favorite use for Quadrax so far?

#63

Yes!!! Me me me. I want a 104 palette.

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#64

Well, owning their old 104 hp skiff I think it’s the best on the market, maybe second after isms case (though that one seems to be a relic for a long time now). So I’m surprised they didn’t fill that hole on their case lineup yet.

#65

My case has so many modulation sources right now, I haven’t even touched the alternate modes on my Quadrax. Good do know what I have to look forward to.

#66

Sorry in advance if this is. dumb/obvious question, but what’s the difference between the Quadratt (1U version) and the quad VCA? Obviously, the Quadratt can do a bit more (inverting, constant voltage generation), but it seems like both have 4 attenuators that can be knob controlled AND CV controlled. With that in mind, what would make the Quad VCA the right choice? Is it better for envelopes or something? Or is it really just that boost switch?

#67

I don’t believe the Quadratt allows you to attenuate with CV control (Don’t own it, but don’t see any inputs on the module for this).

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#68

Correct, the quadratt does not have CV control.

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#69

Ahh, I just have to use my head a bit more and I can answer these questions for myself. Thanks!

#70

Also, the Quadratt has no VCAs, just attenuation/attenuvert…ion?

#71

It seems Intellijel have quietly launched their passive LPG 1U (or I missed the ruckus).

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#72

Wow, interesting to see a manufacturer going toward vactrols instead of away from them.

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#73

yeah I’ve never been able to wrap my head around “vactrols are rare components, we can’t find enough” since there’s folks 3D printing them these days. I expect there’s something I’m missing.

#74

It’s not availability, as I understand it. The first issue was that they are inconsistent in performance from one to the next, which can lead to customers always sending in units to “make them better”.

More importantly is their use of cadmium which raises tricky compliance issues:

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#75

You can see more context in this thread The end of vactrols

Basically the vactrols that used to be used in LPGs had a lot of cadmium in it. European law banned the sale of electronic equipment that exceeded the threshold of a certain amount of cadmium.

A few makers get around this with their LPGs by creating circuits that have a similar response to using a vactrol but with custom circuitry. Pittsburgh Modular and Rabid Elephant do this.

I’m not sure how Intellijel handles it, but the cost of this module probably means they found a compliant vactrol rather than using custom circuitry.

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#76

I ordered 2 of them to fill the remaining 12hp of 1U space in my Intellijel case.

#77

I had no idea cadmium was historically involved, thanks @maztik8r & @hermbot for the links.

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#78

I don’t see anywhere whether these nice looking little 1U LPGs are DC coupled or not. I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t be. Are LPGs normally DC coupled?

#79

All of the Make Noise LPGs I have are DC Coupled: Optomix, Dynamix, LxD, RxMx.

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#80

Thanks! I suspect that would be the norm.