Expert Sleepers - Disting Mk4

Jack of all trades – The Disting Mk4 is a multifunctional module with two inputs and outputs. Close to 60 algorithms are available for processing and / or generating audio respectively CV signals. Oscillator, filter, resonator, wave shaper, LFO, envelope, quantizer, slew limiter, bit crusher, phaser, delay or logic processor are just a few examples of how this circuit can be used. Thanks to a CV input, it is possible to modulate parameters.

New in version 4 is a matrix display, which makes browsing through menus a lot easier.  The microSD card slot is now situated on the module’s front panel. An integrated precision clock allows users to employ the circuit as a tuner or for generating reference signals.

The Disting’s algorithms are divided into five banks with four groups each. In detail, the following modes of operation are available:

• Precision adder with integer voltage offsets
• Four quadrant multiplier with integer multiply / divide
• Full-wave rectifier
• Minimum / maximum detector

• Linear / exponential converter
• Quantizer with selectable scales
• Comparator with adjustable hysteresis
• Dual wave shaper

• Sample and hold with noise source and adjustable slew rate
• Slew rate limiter with linear and exponential slew
• Pitch and envelope tracker
• Clockable delay / echo

• LFO with through zero frequency control and wave shaping
• Clockable LFO with multiply / divide and wave shaping
• VCO with linear FM (Sine and saw outputs)
• VCO with wave shaping (Saw / triangle and pulse outputs)

• Precision adder with fractional voltage offsets
• Voltage controlled delay line (For vibrato, chorus and flange effects)
• Clockable ping pong delay
• Clockable ping pong delay with input pan control

• Resonator for drum synthesis
• Vocoder with twelve bands
• Phaser with up to ten stages
• Bit crusher

• Tape delay with voltage controlled tape speed
• State variable filter with smoothly variable filter type

• Low-pass / High-pass filter
• Low-pass / Band-pass filter
• Band-pass / High-pass filter
• Band-pass / Notch filter

• AR envelope
• AR envelope with push function
• AR envelope and VCA
• AR envelope and VCA with push function

• Dual AR envelope
• Dual AR envelope with push function
• Euro to Buchla converter
• Buchla to Euro converter

• Clockable AD envelope with mute function
• Clockable AD envelope with gate function
• Clockable AD envelope with trigger function
• Clockable AD envelope and VCA

• Shift register (Random CVs)
• Shift register (Random quantized CVs)
• Shift register (Random triggers)
• Shift register (Random dual triggers)

• ES-1 emulation
• ES-2 emulation
• Pitch reference
• Frequency reference

• Tuner

• Crossfade / Pan

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• Audio playback
• Clocked audio playback
• Audio playback with V/octave
• Audio playback with Z speed

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• MIDI file playback (clocked)
• MIDI file playback (free running)
• Audio playback with end CV

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