This comprehensive guide explores the versatile TLM Audio Matt Shades Clone module, a perfect 1:1 clone of the Mutable Instruments Shades module. Built in Germany with high-quality standards, it offers a range of features including mixing audio sources or CVs, adding offsets to CVs, and changing their polarity. The module acts as a companion for other modules, allowing you to transpose sequencer outputs without compromising V/O tracking, attenuate/invert CVs, and control parameters of other modules. With an input impedance of 100k and DC-coupled inputs, it utilizes low-distortion audio op-amps and thin film 0.1% resistors for improved transparency in audio mixing applications. Additionally, it boasts a stable and precise voltage reference independent of power supply fluctuations.
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Space-conscious lowpass filter and volume processor. A combination of VCF + VCA + Mixer that lets you mix three different sound sources, and shape their tone, and levels in a breeze. The Pony Filter is built around the SSI2144 FATKEYS™ Chip. Has the elegant sound of the classic transistor filter without the associated distortions, due to Dave Rossum’s “improved ladder” topology.
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