Mutable Instruments Kinks
Rectify, compare, and sample your signals
4 HP Eurorack module
Kinks is a compact 4HP utility module offering three analog signal processing functions: a precision inverter with half and full wave rectifiers, analog logic gates (OR/AND as max/min), and a sample and hold with built-in white noise. Its musical character is subtle but transformative, turning ordinary LFOs and CVs into new shapes, hybrid timbres, and unpredictable stepped sequences.
Features
- Precision signal inverter with half-wave and full-wave rectifier outputs
- Analog OR gate outputs maximum of two input signals — works on audio, CV, gates, and LFOs
- Analog AND gate outputs minimum of two input signals — useful for gating and muting
- Classic sample and hold circuit with edge-detector trigger input
- S&H IN normalized to internal white noise generator when unpatched
- Dedicated white noise output jack always available
- All inputs DC-coupled and audio-rate capable
- Droop rate under 0.8mV per second for accurate S&H holds
- Noise output flat from 10Hz to 30kHz with standard deviation of 1.8V
Controls & Jacks (15)
- Sign Inv — Inverted output of input signal
- S&H In — Signal input for sample-and-hold (normalized to noise generator)
- Noise — White noise generator output (normalized to S&H input)
- S&H Trig — Trigger input for sampling
- Logic B In 1 — Sampled and held output voltage
- Logic A In 2 — Analog OR output (maximum of two inputs)
- Sign In — Input signal for inversion and rectification
- Logic A In 1 — First input for analog OR/AND gates
- Sign Full — Full-wave rectified output (inverts negative half)
- Logic A AND — Analog AND output (minimum of two inputs)
- Sign Half — Half-wave rectified output (clips negative half to 0V)
- Logic B In 2 — Second input for analog OR/AND gates
- Logic
- Sign
- Sign Input
How-To Guides
- Classic Random Stepped Melody
- White Noise Percussion Source
- LFO Frequency Doubling with Full-Wave Rectifier
- Merging Two Gate Streams
- LFO Hybridization as Ring Modulator
- Gate-Controlled Sequence Muting
- Inverted CV Melody for Mirror Harmonics
- Adding Overtones to Audio with Rectification
- Stepped Random Filter Modulation
- Sample and Hold on External Signal for CV Decimation
Explore the interactive Kinks panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.
