Twin Waves mkii

Description

Voltage-controlled Dual VCO/LFO/random

The Klavis Twin Waves is a very flexible VCO that packs a punch in a very small package.

You can use it as two separate voices, each with their own V/Oct and modulation CV inputs. You can tune these voices separately, for example a fifth apart, to create one large voice.

Or you can switch one of them to an LFO, that you can use separately or to modulate the voice. Of course, you can also set them both to LFO if you need more LFOs in your system.

In any of these combinations, oscillator 1 can modulate oscillator 2 and vice versa. In the simplest version, one is an LFO modulating the oscillator of the other. But you can have two LFOs that modulate each other. Or two voices that modulate one another at audio rate!

With a huge selection of sounds, from simple sines and triangles to supersaws and synced waves, I found the Twin Waves to be indispensable in any patch. Combined with a small mixer like Klavis’ own Mixwitch or something similar, it creates an easy to use but huge sounding voice. And the flexibility to reconfigure the voices as you wish, just add the finishing touch.

What the official documentation has to say about it:

• Two oscillators independently set as VCO, LFO, or random generator
• Features in VCO mode:
  • V/Oct tracking over 10 octaves with octave selection
  • Through zero and linear FM
  • Sub-octave output
  • Hard & soft synchronization
  • VCA control and CV algorithms selection
  • Quantizer with various scales
  • 20 algorithm-based synthesis types among:
    • Wave shaping
    • Phase modulation
    • Phase positioning of multiple waves
    • Up to 5 stacked oscillators in tunable unison
    • Self-sync with phantom oscillator
    • Additive synthesis (7 waves)
    • Variable bit reduction (bit-crushing)
    • Ring modulator with its own 2^nd oscillator
    • Noise with LPF, BPF, or resonant filter
• Features in LFO mode:
  • Simultaneous signal and trigger outputs
  • External wave synchronization
  • Clock controlled rate with voltage controlled multiplier and divider
  • CV and knob control of output level
  • Algorithm based wave engine with a selection of:
    • Wave shaping
    • Phase modulation
    • Random levels and vectors (also Brownian)
    • Randomly spaced triggers and waves
• Display with contextual icons and instant reminder help text
• LEDs indicating potentiometer vs. value matching, switch settings and output signals
• Settings restored after power cycle
• Firmware update by playing an audio file via the front panel
• Eloxal printed aluminium (silver panel)
  or bath anodized brushed aluminium (black panel)
• Compact and skiff-friendly module
• User manual in English and German

Links

Official manufacturer page: https://www.klavis.com/all-products/twin-waves-mkii

ModularGrid page: https://modulargrid.net/e/klavis-twin-waves-mkii

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