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Noise Engineering Electus Versio

Clocked atmosphere generator between delay and reverb

10 HP Eurorack module

Electus Versio is a clocked stereo atmosphere generator that blurs the line between delay and reverb, offering synced echoes, evolving tails, and distorted or shimmering feedback. It is more aggressive and in-your-face than its sibling Desmodus Versio, with tempo-synced delay lines that can be smeared into lush reverb. As a Versio platform module, it can be reflashed via USB to run alternate firmwares.

Features

  • Clocked stereo delay/reverb hybrid atmosphere generator
  • Tempo sync via tap button or external clock CV
  • Size knob acts as clock multiplier/divider in clocked mode (1/2 through 2/1)
  • Three atmosphere styles: LIM (clean limiting), DST (distorted clipping), SHM (shimmer with octave pitch shift)
  • Three reflection structures via L/C/R toggle
  • Bipolar Tone filter in feedback loop (lowpass left, highpass right, disabled center)
  • Bipolar Index control for LFO modulation (random left, sine right, disabled center)
  • Regen with sidechain-type ducking effect past 3 o'clock
  • Dense control morphs continuously from delay to reverb
  • Stereo inputs and outputs with mono normalling (In L normaled to In R)
  • Versio platform: reflashable via micro USB to alternate firmwares
  • Open-source firmware support

Controls & Jacks (27)

  • Index— Bipolar control for LFO sent to delay lines. Center disables LFO, left modulates randomly, right modulates with sine wave.
  • Tone— Bipolar filter in the feedback loop. Left controls lowpass filtering, right controls highpass filtering, center is disabled.
  • Size— Delay time. When unclocked: short comb-like bursts (left) to long lush delays (right). When clocked: selects from 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, 1/1, 1
  • Regen— Amount of feedback. Controls wide range of tones from minimized feedback to 100% infinite tails, with sidechain ducking past 3:00.
  • Blend— Dry/wet balance control. Left is 100% dry, right is 100% wet, center is 50/50 mix.
  • Size CV— CV input for Size parameter (0-5V).
  • Dense— Spacing of delay lines. Left sounds like a delay, right smears delays into reverb.
  • In R— Right audio input. If not patched, signal from L is normaled to both inputs.
  • Out R— Right audio output.
  • Dense CV— CV input for Dense parameter (0-5V).
  • Regen CV— CV input for Regen parameter (0-5V).
  • Status— Multi-color LED indicating firmware status on boot (Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, White pattern for EV firmware).
  • Speed CV— CV input for Speed parameter (0-5V).
  • In L— Left audio input.
  • Index CV— CV input for Index parameter (0-5V).
  • Blend CV— CV input for Blend parameter (0-5V).
  • Tap Clock— External clock/trigger input for tempo synchronization. Responds to signals above +2V.
  • Out
  • Out L— Left audio output.
  • Tap— Tap tempo button. Tap to set clock rate or patch external clock. Hold ~2 seconds to exit clocked mode and return to free-running.
  • L/C/R— Reflection structure switch. Changes how delay lines connect with each other.
  • Tone CV— CV input for Tone parameter (0-5V).
  • LIM/DST/SHM— Atmosphere style selector. LIM (Limit): clean atmosphere with limiting. DST (Distort): clipping-based distortion. SHM (Shimmer): octave pitc
  • In
  • Speed 1— Speed of the internal LFO modulation.
  • Speed 2— Speed of the internal LFO modulation.
  • Tap CV— External clock/trigger input for tempo synchronization. Responds to signals above +2V.

How-To Guides

  • First Patch: Exploring the Atmosphere
  • Slow Distorted Build
  • Many Forms: LFO Morphing Delay-to-Reverb
  • Delay Sequence
  • Dark Echoes
  • Shimmer Infinite Pad
  • Sidechain-Ducked Reverb
  • Clocked Polyrhythmic Atmosphere
  • Update Firmware via USB

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

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