Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO
Fat wavetable VCO with morphing, bitcrush, and sub outputs
12 HP Eurorack module
The Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO is a compact, high-quality wavetable oscillator featuring 16 banks of 16 waves each, covering classical synths, FM synths, Erica modular sounds, vowels, and more. It offers wave morphing between adjacent waveforms, voltage-controlled wave and bank surfing, a built-in VCA, manual and CV-controlled bitcrushing, and dedicated suboscillator outputs at -1 and -2 octaves. The module has a fat, characterful sound capable of smooth evolving timbres as well as gnarly, gritty digital textures.
Features
- 16 wavetable banks of 16 waves each
- Wave categories include classical synths, FM synths, Erica modular, vowels, and others
- Additional ROM chips with extra wavetables available separately
- Voltage-controlled wave surfing within a bank
- Voltage-controlled bank surfing across banks
- Manual and CV-controlled bitcrush effect
- Wave morphing between adjacent waveforms for smooth timbral transitions
- Built-in VCA with CV control
- Suboscillator output at -1 octave
- Suboscillator output at -2 octaves
- 3 selectable suboscillator waveforms
- 1V/Oct tracking with positive CV signal input (0V to +10V unipolar)
Controls & Jacks (25)
- Bitcrush — Manual and voltage-controlled bit reduction for digital degradation effects
- Frequency — Sets the base frequency of the oscillator; turn fully counter-clockwise for lowest frequency
- 1V/Oct CV Input — Pitch control from keyboard or sequencer (expects positive 0V to +10V signals)
- FM Input — Frequency modulation input
- Bank Select — Selects between 16+ banks of wavetables
- Main Output — Primary audio output (-5V to +5V)
- Wave Morph CV — Voltage control for wave morphing
- VCA Level — Controls the output level of the built-in VCA
- Suboscillator Output -2 Oct — Sub-oscillator one octave below main pitch
- Suboscillator Output -1 Oct — Sub-oscillator two octaves below main pitch
- Mode — Selects between different operating modes
- Mode LED 1 — Indicates mode status or active bank
- Mode LED 2 — Indicates mode status or active bank
- Wave Morph — Morphs smoothly between waves within the selected wavetable
- Status LED 1 — Visual feedback for operation status
- Bank Surf CV — Voltage control for wavetable bank selection
- Status LED 2 — Visual feedback for operation status
- Bank — Indicates mode status or active bank
- Wave — Indicates mode status or active bank
- Tune — Visual feedback for operation status
- Output — Visual feedback for operation status
- Bitcrush CV — Voltage control for bitcrush effect
- VCA CV — Voltage control for VCA level
- Sub -1 Oct Output — Sub-oscillator one octave below main pitch
- Sub -2 Oct Output — Sub-oscillator two octaves below main pitch
How-To Guides
- Manual Wavetable Sweep
- CV Wave Surfing with LFO
- Realtime Bank Surfing Performance
- Bitcrush Lo-Fi Texture
- Sub Bass Layer with Suboscillator
- Internal VCA with Envelope
- FM Modulation with Second Oscillator
- Vowel Formant Talking Voice
- Three-Layer Drone
- Dynamic Bitcrush with Envelope
Explore the interactive Black Wavetable VCO panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.
