ALM Busy Circuits QUAID GIGASLOPE

Name: QUAID GIGASLOPE
Brand: ALM Busy Circuits

Quad multimode staged modulator

52 HP Eurorack module

A four-channel staged modulator whose slopes can work as complex envelopes, flexible LFOs, or step sequences.

Features

Four slopes provide envelope, looping LFO, and step-sequencer modes.
Thirteen stages can be shared, split, and overlapped between slopes.
Each stage has Level, Time, and Curve controls.
Each slope has a quantiser with 19 musical scales.
Four CV inputs can be assigned to parameters.
States are preserved across power cycles.

Controls & Jacks (60)

Type Select— Cycles the selected slope through Env, Loop, and Step modes; illumination indicates the selected mode.
Navigate Right— Moves the selected slope's stage range right.
Navigate Left— Moves the selected slope's stage range left.
Slope Select— Selects which of the four slopes is edited; its illumination indicates the selected slope.
End Stage— Sets the end boundary of the selected slope's stage range in conjunction with the navigation buttons.
Stage 3 Curve— Sets stage 3 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Trigger Input 3— Trigger or gate input for slope 3; breaks upstream normalling when patched and normalled forward to input 4.
Stage 13 Time— Sets stage 13 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Stage 1 Curve— Sets stage 1 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
EOS Enable— Enables or disables EOS trigger generation for the selected slope; the button illumination shows the setting.
Stage 2 Curve— Sets stage 2 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Stage 10 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 10.
Trigger Input 1— Trigger or gate input for slope 1; normalled forward to later unpatched trigger inputs.
Stage 1 Time— Sets stage 1 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Stage 13 Curve— Sets stage 13 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Stage 7 Curve— Sets stage 7 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Start Stage— Sets the start boundary of the selected slope's stage range in conjunction with the navigation buttons.
Sustain Select— Hold with the navigation buttons to choose an Env-mode stage that holds while the trigger or gate remains high.
Stage 6 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 6.
Stage 2 Time— Sets stage 2 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Output Range— Toggles the selected slope between 0–5 V unipolar and ±5 V bipolar output ranges.
Slope Reset— Immediately returns Env and Loop slopes to their first stage, or queues a Step-mode reset for the next trigger.
CV 1 Assign— Hold while moving a stage Level slider upward to assign this CV input to that level, or downward to remove the assignment.
EOC Enable— Enables or disables EOC trigger generation for the selected slope; the button illumination shows the setting.
Stage 3 Time— Sets stage 3 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Stage 2 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 2.
CV 4 Assign— Hold while moving a stage Level slider upward to assign this CV input to that level, or downward to remove the assignment.
EOS Trigger Output— 5 V, 200 ms trigger output when the final stage of an enabled slope ends.
Stage 6 Time— Sets stage 6 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Stage 4 Time— Sets stage 4 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
CV Input 2— Assignable external CV input 2.
Stage 12 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 12.
Stage 4 Curve— Sets stage 4 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
CV 2 Assign— Hold while moving a stage Level slider upward to assign this CV input to that level, or downward to remove the assignment.
Stage 8 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 8.
Stage 11 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 11.
Stage 5 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 5.
Stage 4 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 4.
Stage 10 Curve— Sets stage 10 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Stage 12 Time— Sets stage 12 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
CV 3 Assign— Hold while moving a stage Level slider upward to assign this CV input to that level, or downward to remove the assignment.
Stage 3 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 3.
Slope Output 4— CV output of slope 4; range follows the selected output-range setting.
Stage 9 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 9.
Stage 6 Curve— Sets stage 6 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Stage 5 Curve— Sets stage 5 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Stage 13 Level— Sets the destination CV level for stage 13.
Stage 7 Time— Sets stage 7 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Slope Output 2— CV output of slope 2; range follows the selected output-range setting.
Stage 11 Time— Sets stage 11 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
Stage 9 Time— Sets stage 9 transition time, from roughly 1–2 ms to 15 seconds.
CV Input 4— Assignable external CV input 4.
Slope Output 1— CV output of slope 1; range follows the selected output-range setting.
Stage 12 Curve— Sets stage 12 transition curve from logarithmic through linear to exponential.
Trigger Input 4— Trigger or gate input for slope 4.
CV Input 1— Assignable external CV input 1.
EOC Trigger Output— 5 V, 200 ms trigger output when an enabled slope stage ends.
Slope Output 3— CV output of slope 3; range follows the selected output-range setting.
CV Input 3— Assignable external CV input 3.
Trigger Input 2— Trigger or gate input for slope 2; breaks input-1 normalling when patched and normalled forward when appropriate.

How-To Guides

Set up an envelope generator
Set up an LFO
Set up a step sequencer

Explore the interactive QUAID GIGASLOPE panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.