ANTUMBRA – KNIT

Description

Rebooting a classic

Plaits is the spiritual successor of Mutable Instruments’ best-selling voltage-controlled sound source, Braids. Not just a mkII version: its hardware and software have been redesigned from scratch.

Just like its predecessor, it offers direct access to a large palette of easily tweakable raw sonic material, covering the whole gamut of synthesis techniques.

Simplicity first

Gone are the screen, menu system, hidden settings, and the long list of somewhat redundant synthesis models.

Thanks to additional CV inputs, and to the use of three timbre-shaping parameters per model, Plaits is straightforward to use, and much closer to the ideal of one synthesis technique = one model. What were fragmented islands of sound in Braids are now part of a continuum of sounds.

Ready for percussion

Patch a trigger generator or sequencer into Plaits’ trigger input and instantly use the module as a percussive source thanks to its built-in virtual low-pass gate (LPG).

All SMD is soldered in factory with final module assembly built by hand in the UK.

A jumper on the back enables you to switch the jack lights on or off.

ANTUMBRA website

CC-by-SA Émilie Gillet

TECHNICAL SPECS

BUILD DIFFICULTY: HARD

• • RESOURCES

    • Build documentation
    • KNIT on Modulargrid