Intellijel Cylonix Shapeshifter v1.03 User Manual

Shapeshifter manual

The SHAPESHIFTER is a dual digital voltage controlled wavetable-based oscillator in a 26-HP Eurorack format.

The wavetables consists of 128 banks, each with 8 individual 512-sample waveforms, for a total of 1024 waves. The

choice of waveform within the currently selected bank is under voltage control. There is smooth interpolation between

the waveforms within a bank, allowing a very wide range of different possible waveshapes. Oscillator 1 can be oper-

ated in a CHORD mode, which runs 8 copies of the oscillator in parallel with adjustable detuning, leading to very fat, rich

waveforms. The oscillators have extensive modulation capabilities including audio rate (98KHz) Frequency and Phase

Modulation (FM and PM) via external sources. Nonlinear combination processes allow the outputs of the two oscillators

to interact to generate complex timbres and sonic textures. The SHAPESHIFTER module also includes the analog wave

folder circuitry from the intellijel mFold II module to add analog warmth and metallic rasps to the digital output.

The module includes a sophisticated preset mode where panel settings can be stored. There are 12 user-prgrammable

preset slots and another 52 volatile slots that can be used as a scratchpad. These scratchpad slots are initialized to inter-

esting presets on module powerup. The capabilities of the preset mode is not limited to mere passive storage of settings,

however. In this mode the user can also step through, or sequence, the settings, either in order or randomly in response

to pulses input to the external sync input. This gives the user the ability to generate complex sequences of sounds. The

preset mode also allows the user to morph between the current panel settings and a preset providing a very powerful
real-time performance tool.

But, there is one more thing ... the SHAPESHIFTER also includes a 64-band vocoder!

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