Serge VC Resonant Equalizer (VCResEQ)
£770.00
2 in stock
Description
Voltage-controlled version of the classic Serge Resonant EQ filterbank
The legendary Serge Resonant EQ is a filterbank with ten bands, designed for electronic sound synthesis and processing, providing formant peaks and valleys similar to those found in acoustic instruments. It is one of the most unique sounding modules with an enormous spectral range. For the VC version, voltage control over each individual band has been added – an attenuverter (CV processor) allows to determine exactly whether the CV applied shall emphasize or decrease each filter band. Each band now also has an individual output.
The CV inputs can also be abused to feed audio signals – e.g. form an external oscillator or one of the individual outputs – into the system.
The eurorack version adds a two-channel mixer with attenuators and a Feedback section which allows to feed back the output signal. A powerful tool for sound processing but also for sound creation!
There are three equalized outputs: the two Comb outputs provide the sums of the two alternate filter bands while the two top outputs are the mix of all filter bands. Please note that there is no sharp separation between the bands, moving any frequency knob will have an influence on both Comb outputs.
It is one of the most unique sounding modules with an enormous spectral range. Since its creation around 1979 (as part of the fourth generation of Serge modules), however, the filter bands could only be controlled manually–with one knob for each band. For decades, fans of the Serge ResEQ have lusted for a voltage-controllable version, something that seemed technically hardly feasible.
Finally, about 45 years after the initial development of the ResEQ, they have been able to close that gap. The new VCRESEQ is based on the exact original Serge circuitry, but adds for each band:
- a voltage control (CV) input,
- an attenuverter (CV processor) to make that control more versatile
- an individual output.
Both the CV inputs and the band outputs can be creatively abused, e.g. by using audio signals as CV or patching the individual output(s) back.
Specs:
- Original Serge
- Circuit identical to 4U version (“Siegfried”)
- Power consumption: 220mA @ +12V, 200mA @ -12V, 0mA @ +5V
- Width: 42 hp
- Depth: 25mm (1″)
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