XAOC Devices Oradea
Quadruple analog resonator with V/oct tracking, gain-compensated extreme Q (up to ~300), and per-channel pinging.
20 HP Eurorack module
Oradea is a quadruple voltage-controlled analog resonator from Xaoc Devices. It consists of four parallel narrow bandpass filters operating on a shared audio input, each with its own center frequency, resonance (Q), VCA, polarity switch and level indicator. Unlike typical Eurorack filters that self-oscillate at Q ≈ 30–50, Oradea's custom topology reaches Q ≈ 300 with active gain compensation — the peak gain does not balloon as resonance rises, so you can sit at extreme narrowness without runaway distortion. Dedicated excite inputs ping each filter with a uniform impulse for consistent strike amplitude, and every channel's frequency is V/oct-calibrated, so Oradea can track an oscillator pitch or model the fixed formants of an acoustic body. Outputs are individual (per channel, post-VCA) plus a soft-saturated Sum Out.
Features
- 4 voltage-controlled analog resonators (parallel bandpass filters)
- V/oct calibrated frequency control per channel + global All Freq
- Q-factor up to ~300 (vs ~30–50 typical) — extreme narrowness without self-oscillation
- Active gain compensation — peak level does not balloon at high Q
- Per-channel Excite (ping) input that bypasses gain compensation for consistent strike amplitude
- Per-channel exponential VCA with summed knob + CV (negative or positive override)
- Soft-saturation on Sum Out and per-channel VCAs
- Phase flip switches per channel (affects Sum Out only)
- Multi-color PPM level indicators per channel (green / yellow / red at 10 / 16 Vpp)
- Individual outs per channel + soft-saturated Sum Out
- Frequency range 16 Hz – 20 kHz
- Compatible with Arad expander (per-channel audio in, mute, manual ping)
Controls & Jacks (44)
- A Center Freq
- A Excite
- A Freq
- A Level
- A Level CV In
- A Peaking
- A Peaking CV In
- All Freq
- All Peaking
- B Center Freq
- B Excite
- B Freq
- B Level
- B Level CV In
- B Peaking
- B Peaking CV In
- C Center Freq
- C Excite
- C Freq
- C Level
- C Level CV In
- C Peaking
- C Peaking CV In
- D Center Freq
- D Excite
- D Freq
- D Level
- D Level CV In
- D Peaking
- D Peaking CV In
- Input
- Out A
- Out B
- Out C
- Out D
- Sum Out
- A Phase Flip
- A Phase Flip LED
- B Phase Flip
- B Phase Flip LED
- C Phase Flip
- C Phase Flip LED
- D Phase Flip
- D Phase Flip LED
How-To Guides
- White-noise flute formant synthesis
- Pitch-tracked harmonic shaper
- Pinged tonal percussion (4 voices)
- Phase-flip tone shaping
- Quadrature LFO morph
- Cross-modulating channels
- Strummed chord
Explore the interactive Oradea panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.
