{"product_id":"metasonix-triple-sublime-asseater","title":"Metasonix - Triple Sublime Asseater [4UB]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page-header\"\u003e \u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e4U 1.2v\/oct\u003c\/span\u003e FORMAT MODULE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eRK2 XS-VCA\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv itemprop=\"articleBody\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe RK2 XS-VCA is the ultimate vacuum-tube VCA. It isn't merely a tube VCA, in fact. It's also-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* a TUBE preamp with gain of approximately 30 dB\u003cbr\u003e* an inverting\/non-inverting amplifier for stereo and signal-canceling effects\u003cbr\u003e* and\/or an extreme distortion effect.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt can be set to simply be a plain vanilla VCA, with moderate tube distortion. Overdrive it for beautiful slow-onset clipping distortion. Or turn up the FEEDBACK control and beware.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does it sound like? Imagine a slightly tubby tube amplifier, suddenly turning into a screaming chainsaw. And flying around the room to break your sappy bleeps and bloops. A bulldozer on fire crushing your nads. Strange tentacles of doom rise up from the bottom of the ocean and slap your mother's asscrack.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOr you can have anything in between. All voltage controllable with one CV input.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrigger and CV inputs have 100k ohm impedance. The maximum audio output is \"hot\" (up to +10 dBu) and able to drive a 600-ohm load. The CV input may be anywhere in the -10v to +10v range – the effective range is -2v to +10v.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"page-header\"\u003e \u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eRK3 Ringer\/Shaper\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv itemprop=\"articleBody\"\u003e \u003ch1 style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe RK3 is the latest version of our classic R-53 and TM-1 devices.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe've boiled the circuit down to its bare minimum size and form factor: one tube (a 14BL11 \"Compactron\" originally used in TV sets) in the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e4U 1.2v\/oct\u003c\/span\u003e format.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's very difficult to explain the RK3 in terms of \"conventional\" solid state electronic music equipment. It uses the tube in a way never seen before -- until Metasonix came along. Waveshaping is provided by our special vacuum-tube \"pulser\" circuit that spits irregular pulses onto the input waveform. The pulses synchronize erratically with the input pitch (if a waveform with sharp transitions is used). Interaction and a strange sort of \"resonance\" occurs with the input pitch. The effect is very roughly similar to a (very weird) PLL sound effect. Combined with true vacuum-tube circuit distortion and primitive ring modulation, this can provide a vast range of complex, aggressive distortion effects, utterly unique in the world. It will take you \u003cem\u003eyears\u003c\/em\u003e to fully exploit the RK3's range of effects.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA basic ring-modulation function is also available in the unit--applying a carrier pitch from an external oscillator to the screen grid of the pentode, this allows making inharmonic sum-and-difference pitch sound effects, with a unique vacuum tube pentode sound. The carrier input can also be fed with control voltages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"page-header\"\u003e \u003ch2 itemprop=\"name\"\u003eRK4 Filter \/ VCO\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"pull-left item-image\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv itemprop=\"articleBody\"\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe RK4 is the minimized version of our R-54 Supermodule, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt uses a triode-pentode in a unique Wien-bridge circuit, to provide clean sine-wave oscillation. Using a Vactrol, the pitch of the RK4 is sweepable from less than 20 Hz to more than 2 kHz, continuously, via front-panel control or a CV input. By adjusting the waveshape\/resonance control, the sinewave signal produced by the RK4 can be trimmed to less than 10% THD (depending on operating pitch)---with NONE of the problems inherent in solid-state oscillators and sine waveshapers. Because the Wien bridge contains no piecewise sine shaper or amplitude-control circuit or component. The tube itself performs that job. So the distortion products are entirely low-order, unlike the \"sine waves\" that solid-state VCOs or samplers produce.\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eTurn up the RESONANCE, and the oscillator output gives a unique soft-clipped square-wave sound. The simplicity of the RK4 will fool you--its behavior is \u003cem\u003eodd and radical\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eyears\u003c\/em\u003e will be required to fully explore all of its quirks.\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eNow for the special trick. Plug an audio signal into the audio input. Instantly, the RK4 transforms from a VCO into a bandpass resonant voltage-controlled filter, with the same range as in VCO operation -- 20 Hz to \u0026gt;2 kHz. Its behavior and sound are unique. 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