Noise Engineering Kith Ruina
All-analog tonestack: overdrive into two-band EQ
4 HP Eurorack module
Kith Ruina is an all-analog tonestack inspired by guitar amp signal chains. It combines a soft-clipping overdrive stage with a clean two-band shelving EQ. The two sections have separate inputs and outputs with internal normalization, allowing them to be used in series, independently, or in reversed order for different tonal character.
Features
- Analog overdrive with soft clipping
- Two-band shelving EQ (High/Low)
- Switchable mid frequency (400/200 Hz)
- Separate Drive and Tone I/O
- Internal normalization between stages
- All-analog signal path
Controls & Jacks (9)
- Drive — Controls the amount of overdrive applied to the input signal. At minimum, slight saturation occurs; at maximum, the input is driven into hea
- High — High shelf EQ control. 12 o'clock is neutral; clockwise boosts high frequencies, counter-clockwise cuts them.
- Mid — Changes the crossover frequencies of the Low/High shelf EQ. Selects where the tonal split between the two bands occurs.
- Mid Freq — Toggles the EQ crossover frequency between 400 Hz and 200 Hz.
- Low — Low shelf EQ control. 12 o'clock is neutral; clockwise boosts low frequencies, counter-clockwise cuts them.
- Drive In — Audio input for the drive/overdrive section.
- Drive Out — Audio output from the drive section. Normalled to Tone In; normalization breaks when either Drive Out or Tone In is patched.
- Tone In — Audio input for the EQ section. Normalled from Drive Out; normalization breaks when either Drive Out or Tone In is patched.
- Tone Out — Audio output from the EQ section.
Explore the interactive Kith Ruina panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.
