With 5 signal inputs all routed to a dynamic stereo output, 10 VCA circuits and fitting into just 10hp, this new module from Make Noise looks just the ticket for eurorack fans.
New from synth hardware specialists Make Noise, the X-PAN music synthesizer module is a compact and powerful 5 channel Voltage Controlled Stereo Mixer with Low Noise and High Headroom allowing for creation of complex panoramic audio imagery in just 10hp.
X-PAN is highly responsive to control signals allowing for exploration of the fluctuating stereo sidebands possible with Audio Rate Crossfading and Panning. It is Direct coupled for use as a CV Processing and Routing toolbox. X-PAN consists of two full featured Channels and one simpler Channel. The top two Channels each have voltage controlled cross-fading and panning while the third Channel is a stereo aux input with stereo VCA. All three Channels are combined together at the stereo SUM outputs.
Features
5 signal inputs all routed to a dynamic stereo output
Contains 10 High Quality VCA circuits in just 10hp
Fully Voltage Controlled Panning, Cross-fading and Mixing
Easy to maintain signal integrity with high headroom, low noise circuitry
Audio Rate crossfading and panning, fluctuating stereo sidebands
Aux Stereo Inputs controlled by Stereo VCA with Combo Pot
Part of a decentralized mix console integrated throughout the system along with Optomix, modDemix, Dynamix, and RxMx
Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys.
A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications.
As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely.
Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.
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