Description

Advanced Eurorack Gate Generator

Overall Features:

• 8 Gate Generators (4 Complex Lanes & 4 Simple Lanes)
• 7 Gate Inputs
• 1 Clock Input for Syncing GateStorm to an external clock
• Includes TAP TEMPO button as well
• 4 Local Gate Inputs
• 2 Global Gate Inputs (1 with integrated button to use when not patched)
• 6 CV Inputs with Attenuator (Normalized to DC voltage)
• 8 Gate Outputs (0-10V) with Integrated White LEDs
• 320×240 High Contrast LCD screen
• 1 Rotary Encoder with Pushbutton for Data Entry
• 15 Buttons for Various Parameter Entry
• USB connection on rear for Firmware Updating
• 24 HP
• Skiff Friendly (Very shallow)
• Power: +12v/-12v
• Based on ChibiOS RTOS

Common Features for Lanes:

• Time base settings from /16 to *16 off master clock rate
• Pulse Width settings form 1/32 to 1/1 (1/32 can be used for trigger)
• Sync or Free running
• Sync mode means changes ONLY occur at master clock boundaries

Complex Lane Features:

• 1-16 Step Length
• Forward, Backwards, Palindrome or One-Shot Operation

Simple Lane Features:

• Clk Density Function (Full Clock, or between 0% to 95% random)
• Logic Operations with ALL 8 Channels
• Invert any channel
• AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, XNOR
• Fully Customizable CV Matrix (Any CV to any INDIVIDUAL Lane Parameters:

Common Lane CV/Gate Destinations:

• Pulse Width
• Time Base
• Global Reset Trigger
• Global Random Trigger
• Global Transport Pause

Complex Lane CV/Gate Destinations:

• Rotate Steps
• Length Steps
• Local Trigger Reset
• Local Trigger Random

Simple Lane CV/Gate Destinations:

• Logic Mode
• Source A
• Source B
• Density

Global CV/Gate Destinations (Outside of Single Lane Settings):

• Rotate Outputs (Also has output locking to prevent certain lanes from rotating)
• Preset Changing
• CVBus (Used Mungo/MacroMachines Mechanism)
• Absolute CV Value (Preset 1-8)
• Incremental CV Value (Steps presets, 1,2,3,4 in circle, wraps around)
• Global Trigger Reset (Resets ALL lanes)
• Global Trigger Random (Randomizes ALL lanes)
• Global Trigger Pause (Pauses Only Lanes with Pause Active)

Additional Features of Note:

• 10 to 400 BPM
• 16 Banks of 8 Presets Each (Last Bank Used Loads on Restart)
• Shallow Menus, All Functions Labelled (Most 2 deep)
• Template System (8 Templates) for Creating Custom Starting Points
• Template 1 is used as Reset Values for System
• Macro functions to speed up making changes (or copying values across lanes)
• Global operations to change settings for all lanes at once.
• Transport control for stop/start/pause on selected lanes
• Lanes can be muted from one of the menus

Random system PER patch, FULLY flexible PER lane:

• Complex Lane Steps can be Full random, Euclidean or Euclidean with Offset.
• Random Setting Matrix Page makes for easy visual of random settings
• Random constraint system allows controlling WHICH enumerated random values are selected from.
• Mod Matrix page shows ALL modulations (in real time) for easier configuration
• CV graph on main page for easily seeing CV values coming in unmodified
• CV value range of effect can be set PER modulation, both positive OR negative
• Entire CV/Trig system can be disabled for making changes and not having the system changing modulations like patch switching at the same time.

System Settings:

• Built in System clock divider to handle faster system clocks
• Clock averaging settings (takes multiple samples) smooths out syncing of the clock (can do 1, 2, 4 or 8 samples)
• ADC Smoothing, Slewing and Hysteresis System. Can be tuned for user expectation.
• Step/Wiper color schemes
• Display Brightness Settings