Animal Factory Tannhauser Gates

Animal Factory Tannhauser GatesPart performance stereo mixer, part quad VCA, AFA brings you our first offering in the stereo world with the Tannhuser Gates. Based loosely on the Buchla 100 series Gates, each channel boasts a discrete VCA with a rich overdrive sound, stereo panning, a tilt EQ and an easily accessible mute switch. Each channel can be used individually as a mono track or all four can be summed down to the stereo output. The four channels have an individual CV input,

The làrachd's included dual footswitch controller produces combinations of gate and

Power: 18mA @ +12V / 18mA @ -12V

Just this upgrade alone would have provided enough additional features to create a synthesizer on its own

repetitive loop

The control voltages for X and Y are controlled by the X and Y position of the joystick in the usual way

Javelin starts out as a simple ADSR envelope

Inspired from the studio mastering and radio loudness units from the 90's

Inspired by the aesthetics and mechanics of early tape techniques each channel features an analogue input circuit which adds slight compression

similar to a sampler by using digital noise to generate the sound of the "snares"

For Panning applications the outputs Left Out and Right Out are used

The audio input is equipped with an attenuator

With its 64 step pad Matrix