shakmat-modular-bard-quartet

Shakmat Modular Bard Quartet

Quad quantizer with harmonic progressions and microtuning

10 HP Eurorack module

The Bard Quartet is a quad programmable quantizer with an integrated keyboard interface, capable of controlling up to four instruments simultaneously across eight customizable harmonic progressions. It features microtuning, arpeggiator modes, channel grouping, and shift-register-style channel interactions, making it a powerful compositional tool for building entire song structures from harmonic progressions within a single module.

Features

  • 4 independent quantizer channels with individual scale programming
  • 8 harmony locations per channel for harmonic progression creation
  • Integrated 12-note keyboard interface for direct scale editing
  • Microtuning per note per channel per harmony with +/-50 cents range
  • 5-mode arpeggiator per channel (Up, Down, Pendulum, Spiral, Random)
  • Octave spread for arpeggiator from 1 to 4 octaves
  • 10 non-volatile memory slots storing all settings including 8 harmonies
  • Up to 320 scales memorizable (4 channels x 8 harmonies x 10 slots)
  • Channel grouping for shared scale editing across up to 4 channels
  • Harmony CV input for voltage-controlled harmony selection
  • Transpose CV input assignable per channel as pre-quantize, post-quantize, or octave
  • Gate input assignable per channel as track & hold or sample & hold

Controls & Jacks (32)

  • OCT
  • Harmony
  • T OUT
  • Power
  • GT IN Button
  • Voice 1
  • Voice 2
  • Octave -
  • Voice 3
  • Voice 4
  • TRSP Button
  • OCT Select
  • EDIT
  • Step
  • ARPG/Memory
  • uTUNE/Option
  • PRE
  • Octave +
  • POST
  • Waveform
  • TRIG OUT
  • GT IN
  • IN 1
  • IN 2
  • IN 3
  • IN 4
  • TRSP
  • OUT 1
  • OUT 2
  • OUT 3
  • OUT 4
  • HRMN

How-To Guides

  • Save Settings to Memory Slot
  • Load Settings from Memory Slot
  • Factory Reset
  • Copy Harmony to Another Channel
  • Four-Voice Harmonic Chord Progression
  • Cascading Shift Register Melody
  • Just Intonation or Gamelan Microtuning
  • Arpeggiated Chord Accompaniment
  • CV-Controlled Song Structure Navigation
  • Buchla 1.2V/Oct Microtonal Quantization
  • Live Harmony Editing While Playing

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

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