CAPRI – Entwined Dual Switching Sequencer
At first glance, CAPRI might look like an ordinary old-school 8-step rotary sequencer. And it can be just that, if you want it to.
But there’s so much more than meets the eye.
CAPRI is a dual output, eight-step sequencer and sequential switch built for both CV sequencing and processing audio-rate signals.
Each sequencer channel has its own sequence length and reset input, so the two channels can run at different lengths and drift in and out of phase.
Additionally, a rotary offset knob can shift the second channel by a certain amount of steps in relation to the first channel, deepening pattern complexity.
The 8 steps are shared between the two channels and can be distributed across them in any configuration and/or overlap. With nothing plugged into the step inputs, each step’s output voltage is set by the corresponding potentiometer, just like any sequencer. (Static range can be 1V, 2V, 5V or 10V)
However, each step’s static voltage can be replaced by patching anything into the step input, now operating as a sequential switch. In this case, the potentiometers work as attenuators.
Both types of operations can be mixed freely with each other.
Since CAPRI’s signal path is 100% analogue, there are no limits on what can be patched into the step inputs. The DC-coupled inputs accept any signal up to 20kHz, so you can freely explore audio rate shenanigans in your system. Turn it into an oscillator sequencer, or use it to control FM amount in complex oscillator patches.
Even the clock input can accept an audio rate clock, turning CAPRI into an oscillator itself, or having it inflict synced audio rate modulation to other modules.
No limits here!
Gates are turned on/off with the step buttons and are also shared between the two channels, with the gate length being CV controllable, enabling more varied rhythms.
Cross-patching is also possible, using one channel to control the gate length for the other.
While being able to perform lots of more experimental tasks, CAPRI has everything a classic sequencer needs. Multiple playback modes (forward, reverse, pingpong & random) CV control over start/stop and reset(s), a stable internal clock generator and manual buttons for start/stop, step and reset, to aid in fine tuning your sequences.
Feature overview
- 8 shared steps with individual audio/CV input per step
- DC-coupled step inputs (audio rate enabled)
- Fully analogue signal path
- Unquantized voltage or step input attenuation per step
- Dual CV outputs
- Static voltage range switch (1V, 2V, 5V, 10V)
- Dual gate outputs with shared per-step gate toggle buttons
- Individual step length setting per sequencer output
- CV offset knob for channel 2
- Gate length control with CV input
- Playback modes: forwards, backwards, ping-pong, random
- Internal clock option
- External clock input and clock output
- Run input
- Reset input per channel
- Manual run, step, and reset buttons