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The LxD in a narrow 4HP module in which two different Low Pass Gates carry out their daily task. They were designed to operate independently or combined to form the back end of a synth voice.
Channel 1 is a mildly resonant low pass filter with a slope of 12dB/octave. Channel 2 is a non-resonant low pass with 6dB per octave. Both renounce cutoff frequency controls and limit themselves to a non-attenuated CV input. The Strike input makes a percussive cutoff modulation even lacking an envelope; just inject a trigger signal and the rest is handled by the inbuilt vactrol which is responsible for the organic-percussive characteristic of the modulation.
The output of Channel 1 is normalled to the input of Channel 2, putting the two channels in series to form the VCF-to-VCA arrangement made popular by many classic monosynths of the 1970’s. The sound of the LxD is quite unique from the VCF/VCA in those classic synths though, as it is fine tuned to compliment the more harmonically complex sound sources common in the modular synthesizers of today.
Already interested in electronics at the early age of 12, Tony Rolando learned everything about circuits and musical instrument design by himself. He worked for Moog Music for a while and some sabbatical years, he founded Make Noise in 2008 in Asheville, North Carolina. By now, his reinterpretation of the Serge DUSG, Maths, is probably the most ubiquitous module in the eurorack universe ever. Make Noise continues to surprise with new and inspiring modules, including collaborations with Tom Erbe of Soundhack.
