modulaire-maritime-arhiv

Modulaire Maritime arhiv

2HP CV recorder / player with LOOP, ONE-SHOT and clocked-sequence modes

2 HP Eurorack module

Modulaire Maritime arhiv is a 2HP CV recorder / player designed to capture and replay control voltages — knob gestures, LFO shapes, envelope curves, sequencer outputs, or any other CV in the system. Think of it as a tape recorder for movement: record a hand gesture and turn it into a repeatable modulation, or capture a sequencer's output and play it back at a different tempo. Up to 70 minutes of recording is stored in onboard flash and reloaded automatically on power-up. Two playback modes — LOOP (continuous 500 Hz capture and endless loop) and ONE-SHOT (clocked step-sequencer mode plus single-pass non-clocked playback) — give the module a split personality between expressive modulation looper and step sequencer. Output is selectable between unipolar (0 to +5V) and bipolar (~-5V to +5V) to suit either positive-only sources like envelopes/pitch or bipolar sources like LFOs.

Features

  • Up to 70 minutes of CV recording stored in onboard flash
  • Last recording survives power cycle — auto-reloaded on boot
  • LOOP mode: 500 Hz continuous capture, endless playback loop
  • ONE-SHOT mode: clocked step sequencer or single-pass playback
  • Variable playback speed 0.25x to 4x with reverse beyond ~85% knob travel
  • CV-controllable playback speed via CV IN summed with MOD knob
  • Gate-dependent playback in LOOP mode: gate high = run, gate low = hold
  • Records the clock alongside CV for synchronised step-sequence playback
  • Unipolar (0 to +5V) or bipolar (~-5V to +5V) output selectable
  • Real-time monitoring on CV OUT while recording
  • Arm-on-clock recording in ONE-SHOT mode for perfect grid alignment
  • USB-C firmware update via UF2 drag-and-drop

Controls & Jacks (10)

  • TRIG/CLK— Trigger / clock / gate input. Behaviour depends on the active mode and whether the module is recording or playing back: in LOOP record it is
  • PLAY— Starts and stops playback (short press) and toggles between LOOP and ONE-SHOT modes (long press, more than one second). A short press turns
  • PLAY LED— Green play status LED. Solid green during continuous playback; blinking green when ONE-SHOT step playback is running off the external clock.
  • MOD— Dual-purpose potentiometer. During recording with the source switch set to KNOB, the knob position itself is the signal that gets recorded —
  • RECORD LED— Red record status LED. Blinks red while a recording is actively in progress. In ONE-SHOT mode with a clock present, the LED turns solid red
  • RECORD— Starts and stops recording. A short press begins recording — the red LED blinks and whatever the module captures is sent simultaneously to C
  • CV/KNOB— Selects the recording source. In the KNOB position the potentiometer is recorded — its physical movement is what gets captured. In the CV po
  • OUT POL— Selects the CV OUT voltage range. BI (up) outputs bipolar voltage from approximately -5V to +5V — required for signals that cross zero such
  • CV IN— External CV input. During recording with the source switch on CV, this signal is digitised and stored. During playback, any signal present h
  • CV OUT— Main CV output. Mirrors what is being captured in real time during recording (live monitoring) and reproduces the stored recording during pl

How-To Guides

  • Capture a knob gesture as a looped modulation
  • Record an LFO and play it back at a different speed
  • Build a step sequence with the clock and the MOD knob
  • Rhythmic 'freeze' effects using TRIG/CLK as a gate in LOOP mode
  • Generate bespoke bipolar modulation for FM or panning

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

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