qTone

a dual channel voltage quantizer, 6 hp

qTone is a module that precisely transforms any kind of voltages into musical notes. Take the LFO, a Random source, or the Sequencer outputs, send them through the quantizer to your oscillator or synth voice, and enjoy perfectly tuned melodies.

It has a bank of 16 user-defined scales that can be easily edited, and automatically saved into memory. qTone saves every change into EEPROM so you can be sure to get back to the last state after power on.

Both channels can work independently with their own scale each, or with a common scale as well. Aside from the Scale, it is possible to set Glide, Offset, and Transpose parameters. The Glide parameter performs a smooth portamento between quantized notes. Offset shifts an input CV up or down, which works as an offset before quantizing, while the Transpose parameter shifts a scale after quantizing by semitones.

Besides that, qTone also has an Arpeggio mode, which allows you to generate arpeggios from incoming triggers within a selected scale

The 2 CV inputs are freely routable to any parameter in the CV menu. qTone works with unipolar or bipolar signals, in the range from -5 to +5 volts.

Technical details

• 6 hp

• 45 mA +12V

• 22mA -12V

• 0 mA 5V

• 42 mm deep

• CV input voltage ranges: +5-5v, 0v+5v

• CV output voltage ranges: +5-5v, 0v+5v