Mutable Instruments - Shades (2020)

The multifunctional utility module Shades contains three channels of attenuation, attenuvertion or offset generation. Also, use it as a small mixer if needed.

Shades has three channels you can use as active attenuators or as bipolar attenuverters. The polarity of each channel is displayed with bicolor LEDs. Inputs are normalized to fixed voltages (0-5V or 0-10V, jumper selectable) and therefore the channels can be used as offset voltage generators. If no cables are in the individual outputs, they are chained and the module acts as a small mixer. You can mix audio signals but due to the attenuvertion the module is ideal as a CV mixer. The module uses low-noise and low-distortion op-amps as well as resistors with 0,1% tolerances, making it suitable for transposing pitch CVs. The 2020 version has been extended by one LED per channel to indicate the negative part of the waveform and is visually adapted to the newer modules from Mutable Instruments.