This is an interesting module if you are into distortion, low-fi and all kind of weird effects.
It has two CV inputs: one for a parameter (e.g. number of bits, delay length) of the selected function, the other for sampling rate. The Bit cruncher offers 16 different functions which can be selected via switch. As a sound source, I’m using three A-110 VCOs through an A-108 VCF and then through an A-132-3 VCA. Everything is driven by a sequencer. VCA output is sent into the Bit Cruncer, which is modulated by two slow triangle LFOs.
For each Bit Cruncher function, I’m starting around the highest sampling rate, after ca. 30 seconds we can hear what happens with the lowest sampling rate. The LFO which modulates the function’s parameter is a bit faster, so you should hear a lot of combinations of both modulations:
Here we go:
- bit crushing:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function_01.mp3 - AND:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function02.mp3 - OR:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function03.mp3 - XOR:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function04.mp3 - bit shift right:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function05.mp3 - bit shift left:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function06.mp3 - multiplication:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function07.mp3 - compare and complement:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function08.mp3 - compare and absolute:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function09.mp3 - addition:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function10.mp3 - addition with BC swap:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function11.mp3 - short delay 1 with dynamic normalization:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function12.mp3 - short delay 2:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function13.mp3 - short delay 3:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function14.mp3 - short delay 4:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function15.mp3 - four stafes FIR filter:
http://www.andreaskrebs.de/assets/media/A-189-1_function16.mp3
Technical details can be found on Doepfer’s homepage:
http://www.doepfer.de/a1891.htm
Have fun,
Andreas