Format: Eurorack
Width: 8HP
Depth: 25mm
Current: 55mA @ + 12V, 30mA @ -12V
The Mini PEG is a single-channel version of the company's high-performance envelope generator, the ' Pingable Envelope Generator (PEG) ', downsized while retaining as many of its key features as possible. It is clock-syncable, smoothly crossfading between nine different loopable envelope shapes, and supports CV control.
Mini PEG is a 'pingable' envelope generator that sets the envelope time by the length of time between pulses (pings).Pingbutton orPingYou can set the tempo by patching an external clock to the jack.
This 'ping' clock thenDiv/MultIt is multiplied or multiplied by a value from 32 divisions to 16 times depending on the knob and CV settings.The resulting envelope will be the period length of this divided/multiplied clock,ShapeVarious waveforms can be selected using the knob and CV.Also, this envelopeStairswithOffsetYou can also use the knobs to scale, invert, and offset.
To create a one-shot envelope,triggerSend the trigger to Jack.CycleActivate the cycle with the button or CycleThe Mini PEG also works as an LFO, as it continuously generates an envelope when the jack is gated high.
Tapping the Ping button twice sets the period of the Ping clock. If a third tap is performed, it will be the average of the first two taps. If the timing period set by the third tap differs significantly from that of the first two taps, the second and third taps will be used. If you want to use visual feedback corresponding to your tapping, set the Div/Mult knob to the '=' position. This will cause the Ping button to flash in time with your tapping.
The Ping jack is used for synchronization with an external clock or gate signal . The timing between the last two pulses received by this jack sets the ping clock. Unlike the Ping button, the Ping jack simply takes the period between the last two pulses without averaging incoming pulses. If you connect a module such as a manual trigger/gate to the Ping jack and tap it only twice, the ping clock will continue to operate at that tempo without sending any further trigger pulses. Note that in System Mode , this free-running function can be disabled. If disabled, it will stop by outputting a single envelope with two external pulses. See the System Mode section below for details.
If a gate signal is input to the Ping jack, the tap tempo clock is disabled. In this case, tapping the Ping button will override the external clock. Try tapping a fast tempo while a slow clock is input to the Ping jack. The fast tempo will be adopted immediately, but it will revert to the slow tempo when the jack receives the next clock pulse.
To clear the tap tempo, press and hold the Ping button for 2 seconds. The button light will turn off and the envelope will stop. You can also clear externally generated pings if an external unit stops sending pulses or is unpatched.
Once the ping clock is established, use the Div/Mult knob and jack to divide or multiply the tempo by integers, from 1/32 to 16 times the normal speed. The resulting clock defines the length of the envelope output, and the Ping button blinks at the cycle of the divided/multiplied ping clock. The Mult/Div knob has a locking mechanism at each of its 19 positions, and any CV input to the Div CV jack is added to the knob's setting.
If you change the division/multiplication value while the envelope is running, the envelope's slope will change immediately. Depending on whether the module is in Sync or Async mode, the envelope may be synchronized again to the ping clock. See the sections on Sync and Asynchronous Modes below for details.
The envelope is activated by the input trigger signal. By default, the envelope starts immediately, and the module enters asynchronous mode. Keeping the trigger high has no effect. In system mode, this jack can be configured as a Quantized jack, so that the envelope is output on the next ping clock when a trigger is received. In this usage, the module enters synchronous mode when a trigger is received, and if the Trigger jack is kept high, the envelope cycles until it returns low. This jack can also be configured as an 'Async Gate' jack. This is the same as the default behavior (Async Trigger), but the envelope persists if the gate is held high past the end of the rise phase. When the gate returns low, the fall phase begins. In asynchronous mode, you can re-trigger an envelope that is already running, but not in Quantized mode. See also the sections on synchronous mode, asynchronous mode , and System Mode below.
The Shape knob and jack control both the envelope's skew (ratio of rise to fall time) and the waveform selection (logarithmic/linear/exponential). While a continuous spectrum of waveforms exists, its range can be divided into three zones.
The first zone is from the far left until about 9:30.As the knob is turned clockwise, the envelope begins with an exponential rising sawtooth and gradually transitions to a linear rising sawtooth shape.
The transition from zone 10 to zone 00 goes from a linear rising sawtooth to a balanced exponential shape (equal rise/fall times) around 2:00.The second zone starts with this shape, transitions to a balanced linear shape at the middle position of the knob, then transitions to a balanced logarithmic shape around XNUMX:XNUMX.
The transition to the third zone morphs from a balanced logarithmic shape into a linear descending sawtooth around 2:30.The third zone is the inverse of the first zone shape, starting with a linear falling sawtooth and ending in an exponential falling sawtooth shape.
The input range of the dedicated CV input is -5V to +5V.
You can control the amount of Shift by holding down the Cycle button and operating the Offset knob . This is similar to Offset, but it is applied after the envelope has been offset and scaled . The DC level of the Shift amount becomes the center line for how the Scale knob attenuates or inverts the envelope. Shift essentially shifts the scaled/offset envelope up or down, causing clipping at the -9.4V and +9.4V rails. By default, Shift is 0V, which is the most intuitive setting. Any envelope voltage (amplitude and offset) that the Mini PEG can generate can be created without adjusting Shift. However, if you understand DC offset, amplitude, inversion, and clipping correctly, adjusting Shift allows you to invert the envelope at voltages other than 0V with the Scale knob, which is useful in special cases.
End-of-Fall (EOF) jack outputs a gate that goes high when the envelope's falling phase ends.If the envelope stops, the jack stays high.This jack goes low only when the rising phase ends and the sustain or falling phase begins.In system mode, this jack can be configured as 'End-of-Rise Jack', 'Half-Rise Jack', or 'Tap Clock Output Jack'. End-of-Rise goes high at the beginning of the descending phase (remains high if stopped) and goes low at the beginning of the rising phase (remains low if sustained). Half-Rise goes high at half the rise phase, stays high for the sustain period, and goes low at half the fall phase. Tap Clock works without limits even when the envelope is not running,PingOutputs the raw ping clock before division/multiplication by tapping the button without being affected by the external clock.Detail isTap clock outputSee section.
EOFThe jack outputs a square wave by default, but in system mode it can be configured to output a trigger instead.
The Mini PEG processes the incoming clock and outputs an envelope signal up to about 4kHz, with some jitter, glitches and imprecision. When outputting frequencies above 500Hz, the output contains more noise and glitches, but retains the substantial underlying frequency and waveform. Since Mini PEG can also run at audio rates, it can also be used as a rudimentary lo-fi harmonizer (sub-octave generator).When used as an audio generator in this way, keep in mind that even a small amount of clock jitter at the input will cause noticeable and perceptible distortion and glitches at the output.
The maximum envelope duration is approximately 29 hours (1750 minutes). The maximum ping clock period is also approximately 29 hours, so if you send a clock pulse to the Ping jack once a day, the Div/Mult setting should be set to '=' or multiplied to obtain a more precise output.
Mini PEG can operate in either Sync or Async mode. In most cases, the difference between these two modes is not significant, and mode changes are performed automatically in an intuitive manner. In Sync mode, the envelope always starts and ends in sync with the divided/multiplied ping clock, while in Async mode, the envelope can start at any point. Thus, Sync mode fixes the phase of the envelope and the divided/multiplied ping clock, while Async mode allows for a phase difference.
In Sync mode, the Ping button blinks cyan; in Async mode, the Ping button blinks white.
Figure 1 above shows the envelope in each mode. When the Mini PEG starts cycling in Sync mode, the envelope starts in sync with the ping clock pulse. When the Trigger jack (Async Trigger or Gate mode) receives a trigger, the envelope is immediately reset and continues cycling out of phase with the ping clock. The module has now automatically switched to Async mode.
When using the Cycle button, it's helpful to understand which mode the module is operating in. In Sync mode, turning on the Cycle button causes the envelope to immediately begin outputting in phase with the ping clock. This can be imagined as the envelope always operating in sync with the ping clock, and the Cycle button simply unmuting it.
As shown in Fig. 2, this causes some interruptions, but the envelope is always synchronized with the ping clock. Turning Cycle off stops the output after the current envelope has finished. Turning the Cycle button on in Async mode causes the envelope to immediately start outputting from zero. One or more complete envelopes are always output, but these are synchronized to the operation of the Cycle button, not the ping clock, as shown in Fig. 3.
If you change the Div/Mult amount while the envelope is operating , the module's response depends on the selected mode. In either mode, the envelope slope follows the Div/Mult amount as long as the amount continues to change. In Sync mode, if there is no change to Div/Mult for 50 milliseconds, the envelope resynchronizes to the ping clock based on the new Div/Mult value.
In Fig.4 the Div/Mult knob has been changed from '/2' to '=' at the point of the black arrow.The envelope quickly transitions to a new envelope synced to the ping clock between the black and red arrows.Even if you change the envelope length, you can still see how all envelopes start and end on the ping clock. In Async mode, the envelope does not need to be synced to the ping clock, allowing smooth transitions between waveforms without resyncing.
Figure 5 shows that the envelope follows changes in the Div/Mult amount, but does not require resynchronization to the ping clock, indicating that the envelope does not necessarily start/end on the ping clock. understand.
If the Trigger jack is configured to 'Quantize' and a trigger is input, the module waits for the next ping clock, which has been divided/multiplied, before starting the envelope (Fig. 6). If the Trigger jack is configured to 'Async Trigger' or 'Async Gate', the envelope starts immediately upon receiving the trigger, regardless of whether a ping clock is present at the same time (Fig. 7).
In Sync mode, when Div/Mult is set to Divide and the Cycle button is on, sending a trigger to the Trigger jack set to Quantize causes the envelope to be restarted (re-phased) with the next incoming ping clock .For example, if Div/Mult is set to ' /4 ', the ping clock represents quarter notes and bars can be counted as ' 4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3 '. increase.The envelope starts at '4', peaks at '1', and ends at the next occurrence of '3'.If you send a trigger to Quantize's Trigger jack between '1' and '2', the envelope will be rephased and start at '3' (Fig.3).
The EOF jack can be configured to output a tap tempo clock. This setting is done in System Mode , as described below . When set to tap clock, the EOF jack outputs a clock corresponding to the tapped tempo. Unlike when the EOF jack is set to 'End of Rise', 'End of Fall', or 'Half-Rise', the Div/Mult parameter does not affect the output tempo of this jack. Also, even if the Mini PEG is operated with an external clock of a different tempo, the tapped tempo will continue to be output. This feature makes it possible to use the Ping button and the EOF jack as semi-independent tap tempo submodules. Tapping the Ping button only changes the tempo of the EOF jack, not the envelope tempo.
The Clock Bus is a 1:1 clock running on the gate pin of the Eurorack Powerbus.This feature allows the corresponding module to send a clock signal over the power bus, allowing multiple modules to synchronize to this clock. 4ms Mini PEG, DLD, QCD all support sending and receiving clocks via the Clock Bus, while RCD and SCM Plus only support receiving. Modules capable of sending a 8rd party Clock Bus, such as the Malekko Varigate XNUMX+, may also be compatible.
On the back of the Mini PEG there is a jumper for setting the clock to be sent or received via the Clock Bus.
When the jumper is inserted in the 'RECV' position, clock pulses on the Clock Bus are sent to the Ping jack as if they were patched directly into the jack. If a cable is connected to the Ping jack on the front panel, the Clock Bus signal is disabled.
If the jumper is inserted in the 'SEND' position, the ping clock before being multiplied/divided is sent via the Clock Bus.For example, tapping a tempo with the Ping button or patching an external clock to the Ping jack will send this tempo 1:1 to the Clock Bus. Changing the Div/Mult amount does not affect the Clock Bus signal. When using the Mini PEG to send clocks, make sure no other modules are set to send clocks on the same Clock Bus.If there are multiple modules that send clocks on the same Clock Bus, unexpected results such as malfunctions and failures may occur.
If you want to disable the use of the Clock Bus, remove the jumper without inserting it.For example, you can store one side of a jumper on only one pin.
In System Mode, accessed by pressing and holding the Cycle button for 3 seconds, you can change various Mini PEG operations. Release the button when the button's LED blinks to indicate you've entered System Mode.
You can exit system mode at any stage. To exit, press and hold either the Ping button or the Cycle button for 3 seconds. If you exit using the Cycle button, the changes you made will be applied but not saved, and the previously saved values will be restored after the module is powered off. If you exit using the Ping button, the changes will be saved.
If you enter System mode with the Cycle button on, the envelope will continue to cycle while in System mode, but you will not be able to adjust any parameters.
Save Clock period and Cycle state
The period of the ping clock and the state of the Cycle button can be saved, and the saved values will be loaded the next time the module is powered on.
If you have external clocks patched to the Ping jacks or are receiving clocks via the Clock Bus, the tempo of those clocks will be saved. If you tap the tempo with the Ping button, this tempo will be saved.In both cases the tempo is saved before the Div/Mult value is applied.
It also stores whether the module is cycled or not.If the Cycle button is illuminated when you enter system mode, Cycle will be on the next time you turn on the module.
The system mode has six parameters, and you can cycle through them by tapping the Cycle button. To change the parameter values, tap the Ping button.
1. Trigger jack function
EOF LED lights up,ENV OUT LED is red.PingThe button indicates the function of the Trigger jack. Switch the function with the Ping button.
2. Cycle jack function
CycleThe button flashes and the other LEDs turn off. The color of the Cycle button indicates the function of the Cycle jack. If set to 'Gate Toggle', a gate signal to the jack will cycle on/off. If set to ' Trigger Toggle ', the cycle state will change with each trigger.You can also choose to enable 'Sync' by gate reception here. Switch the function with the Ping button.
3. EOF jack function
EOF LED, and the Ping button light up, the other LEDs turn off. The color of the Ping button indicates the functionality of the EOF jack. Switch the function with the Ping button.
4. EOF Jack Trigger/Gate
EOF LEDflashes and all LEDs except the Ping button are off. The color of the Ping button and the blinking pulse width of the EOF LED indicate whether the EOF jack is outputting a gate or trigger. If set to 'Gate', the EOF LED will cycle on/off at even intervals. If set to 'Trigger', the EOF LED will flash momentarily. Switch the function with the Ping button.
5. Ping free running
PingThe button will illuminate white or red and the other LEDs will be off. The color of the Ping button indicates whether the ping clock will keep running when an external clock is patched to the Ping jack.Press the Ping button to switch the function.
6.Skew Limit
ENV OUT LEDturns blue, and all other LEDs except the Cycle button are off. The color of the Cycle button indicates whether the maximum slew time is limited or not.If the slew is not limited, you may hear short noises when using the Mini PEG with a VCA.Slew limiting prevents this by limiting the initial activation time of Rise or Fall.Skew is not limited when the envelope period is audio rate.Press the Ping button to switch the function.
