Mutable Instruments Tides - Manual (Page 2)

About Tides
Tides is, depending on your point of view, a volt-
age-controlled (looping) AR/AD generator which
can reach audio frequencies; or a dynamically
waveshaped synth voice with the ability to go into
subsonic territories.
Installation
Tides requires a -12V / +12V power supply (2x5
pins connector). The red stripe of the ribbon cable
(-12V side) must be oriented on the same side as
the “Red stripe” marking on the board.
The power consumption is as follows:
-12V: 5mA ; +12V: 55mA.
Online manual and help
The manual can be found online at
mutable-instruments.net/modules/tides/manual
For help and discussions, head to
mutable-instruments.net/forum
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Front panel
Controls
A. Mode selection. Goes back and forth between
one-shot AD (green LED), looping (LED off), and
one-shot AR (red LED) modes.
B. Range selection. Goes back and forth between
very low (green LED), low (LED off), and audio (red
LED) range.
C. Frequency/rate control.
D. Attenuverter for the FM input. When no sig-
nal is patched into the FM input, serves as a fine
tuning control.
E. Waveshape of the ascending and descending
segments.
F. Ratio between the duration of the ascending and
descending segments.
G. Curve transformation. From 12 o’clock to 7
o’clock (counter-clockwise), applies a 2-pole low-
pass filter. From 12 o’clock to 5 o’clock (clockwise),
applies a wavefolder.
Inputs and Outputs
1. 2. 3. CV inputs for shape, slope, and smoothness
controls.
4. Trigger/Gate input. On a rising edge, resets the
waveform and starts the ascent. On a falling edge,
and in AR mode, starts the descent.
5. Freeze input. A gate signal applied on this input
can stop the envelope/oscillator and hold the
signal.
6. V/Oct input. 1V/Oct frequency/rate control.
7. FM input, attenuated and inverted by the attenu-
verter (D).
8. Waveform amplitude CV - normalled to a con-
stant 8V source.
9. Clock input for PLL or tap tempo operation.
10. 11. End of attack (high tide) and end of decay/
release (low tide) logic outputs.
12. 13. Unipolar (0 to 8V) and bipolar (-5V to 5V)
outputs.