Venom 2.13.2 is now available in the library with 5 new modules plus some nice enhancements to existing modules:
Venom 2.13.2 Enhancements
- Benjolin Oscillator
- Add Rungler shift register LEDs
- Clone Merge, Poly Clone, Poly Unison, Aux Clone
- Add option to group output channels by individual input channel (original behavior), or input set
- Knob 5, Poly Offset
- New knob configuration options to set custom ranges and custom quantize intervals
- Push 5
- New button configuration options to set custom on and off values.
Venom 2.13.2 New Modules
XM-OP documentation
A polyphonic synth voice very much inspired by the Bogaudio FM-OP, but with many additional features;
- VCO waveform can be sine, triangle, square, or saw rather than being fixed at sine
- VCO external modulation and VCO feedback have selectable modulation types rather than being fixed at phase modulation
- Through zero linear frequency modulation (AC coupled)
- Phase modulation (called through zero linear FM by Bogaudio)
- Ring modulation
- Amplitude modulation with options
- raw modulation input
- rectified modulation input
- modulation input offset by 5V
- Frequency ratio is specified by separate integer multiplier (numerator) and divisor (denominator) controls rather than a single continuous ratio control
- This is very conveninent for establishing a wide range of musical ratios
- The ratio multiplier, divisor, and detune can be CV controlled via three attenuverters with a shared CV input
- Envelope generator stage shape cross-fades between linear and curved rather having linear vs. exponential VCA response
- Rising curves are concave down and falling curves are convcave up instead of exponential rise and fall both being concave up
- Each ADSR stage has an attenuverter for a shared modulation input rather than only having CV control over sustain
- Attenuated CV values are summed with the base knob values
- Envelope may be normal or inverted when applied to level, modulation depth, and/or feedback depth
- Level, mod depth, and feedback depth knob values (optionally attenuated by envelope) are summed with independent CV inputs with attenuverters
- The envelope (normal or inverted) is available as a separate output
- A configurable trigger input that can either sync the VCO, retrigger the envelope during decay or sustain, or both
Watch Omri Cohen’s video below for some lovely XM-OP voice examples that introduce many of the module’s features.
AD / ASR documentation
A hybrid polyphonic AD (Attack|Decay) and ASR (Attack|Sustain|Release) envelope generator with looping capabilities and precise V/Oct CV control over stage lengths. Definitely read the manual for this module. It is incredibly flexible, and may very well be the only AD / ASR envelope generator you will ever need.
Summary of Features
- Separate trigger and gate inputs allow one envelope generator to support both AD and ASR behaviors simultaneously
- Wide stage length range: 0.24 msec to 3 min
- Stage lengths are precise with accuracy dictated by VCV sample rate
- V/Oct CV control over stage lengths with attenuverters
- Independent stage shape controls for Rise and Fall: concave up to linear to concave down
- Changing a stage shape does not alter the overall time
- Multiple modes with different retrigger options: retrigger from 0 or current level
- Configurable Rise, Fall, and Sustain stage outputs indicate different events within the envelope
- Feedback from stage gates can block retrigger behavior and/or force ASR attack to rise to full value
- Loop options turn the envelope into a V/Oct LFO with CV control to start and stop the oscillation
- All inputs and outputs are polyphonic with support for audio rates
SLEW documentation
A polyphonic slew limiter and slope detector for both CV and audio processing. It can do everything a typical slew limiter can do, but it also has some unusual features that make it useful as an interesting audio wave shaper.
- Very wide slew range, including fast enough for audio inputs
- Available oversampling
- A V/Oct input
- Four independent CV inputs with attenuverters for rise and fall times and rise and fall shapes
It also has gate outputs showing when the output is rising, falling, or flat
I’ve added a demo video in a post below
WAVE MANGLER documentation
A polyphonic distortion / waveshaper inspired by the Doepfer A-136 Eurorack module.
The Venom module implements most of the features of the Doepfer hardware, though not necessarily in exactly the same way, and then adds polyphony and additional modulation options.
WINCOMP 2 + LOGIC documentation
A dual windowed comparator combined with logic operations inspired by the Joranalogue Compare 2 Eurorack module. The Venom module implements all the features of the Joranalogue hardware, and then adds:
- polyphony, all inputs and outputs are fully polyphonic
- options for gate output voltage levels
- tripled the number of outputs
- Joranalogue derives all outputs from whether an input is within the window
- Venom adds outputs for when the input is greater than the window, and less than the window.
- oversampling options to mitigate aliasing introduced by the digital implementation (obviously not needed for the analog Joranalogue module)