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Intellijel DR. OCTATURE II
Illustrated supplement
by Demonam
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Index
01... 1-pole/6dB low-pass filter
02... 2-pole/12dB low-pass filter
03... 3-pole/18dB low-pass filter
04... 4-pole/24dB low-pass filter
05... Self-oscillation
06... Q - Quad mode
07... Filter sweep
08... Filter patch 1
09... Filter patch 2
10... Filter patch 3
11... 4 slopes filter
12... VC sine oscillator
13... Tracking filter
14... VC-Q filtering
15... Stereo filter
16... Signal crushing
17... Feedback loop
18... Self-cutoff modulation
19... Self-Q modulation
20... Bass drum
21... Ping !
22... Quadrature LFO
23... Quadrature LFO chart
24... Shepard tone
25... Automatic stereo panning
26... Variable slope random generator
27... With Intellijel Planar - Circular pattern patch
28... With Intellijel Planar - Circular pattern chart 1
29... With Intellijel Planar - Circular pattern chart 2
30... Space-time distortion (David G. Dixon)
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1-pole/6dB low-pass filter
self-oscillate past 1
set filter self-oscillation
gain unipolar attenuator
unipolar attenuator for
signal to be
filtered
1-pole filter out
(45° Q-sinewave)
set resonance
o'clock
mode
set Q response
for
signal IN
Q CV input
unipolar attenuator for
FM 1 input
set FINE filter cutoff
frequency
set COARSE filter cutoff
frequency
bipolar attenuator for
FM 2 input
out
cutoff
out
freq.
increase
Q
1-pole filter out
(225° Q-sinewave)
freq.
cutoff
01
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2-pole/12dB low-pass filter
self-oscillate past 1
set filter self-oscillation
gain unipolar attenuator
unipolar attenuator for
signal to be
filtered
2-pole filter out
(90° Q-sinewave)
set resonance
o'clock
mode
set Q response
for
signal IN
Q CV input
unipolar attenuator for
FM 1 input
set FINE filter cutoff
frequency
set COARSE filter cutoff
frequency
bipolar attenuator for
FM 2 input
out
cutoff
out
freq.
increase
Q
2-pole filter out
(270° Q-sinewave)
freq.
cutoff
02
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3-pole/18dB low-pass filter
set resonance
self-oscillate past 1
set filter self-oscillation
set Q response
gain unipolar attenuator
unipolar attenuator for
signal to be
filtered
3-pole filter out
(135° Q-sinewave)
o'clock
mode
for
signal IN
Q CV input
unipolar attenuator for
FM 1 input
set FINE filter cutoff
frequency
set COARSE filter cutoff
frequency
bipolar attenuator for
FM 2 input
out
cutoff
out
freq.
increase
Q
3-pole filter out
(315° Q-sinewave)
freq.
cutoff
03
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4-pole/24dB low-pass filter
set resonance
self-oscillate past 1
set filter self-oscillation
set Q response
gain unipolar attenuator
unipolar attenuator for
signal to be
filtered
4-pole filter out
(180° Q-sinewave)
o'clock
mode
for
signal IN
Q CV input
unipolar attenuator for
FM 1 input
set FINE filter cutoff
frequency
set COARSE filter cutoff
frequency
bipolar attenuator for
FM 2 input
out
cutoff
out
freq.
increase
Q
4-pole filter out
(360° Q-sinewave)
freq.
cutoff
04
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Self-oscillation
make filter
self-oscillate
set filter self-oscillation
VCO/LFO mode
pitch CV
Put into self-oscillation, the DR.
OCTATURE becomes a stable, 1V/Oct
tracking LFO/VCO.
Sine VCO range : 17Hz to 22kHz (0.059s
to audiorate).
Sine LFO range : 0.017Hz to 300Hz (59s
to 0.003s).
set FINE sine VCO/LFO
frequency
set COARSE sine
VCO/LFO frequency
VCO/LFO sine
outputs
05
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Q - Quad mode
self-oscillate past 1
gain unipolar attenuator
signal to be
filtered
set resonance
o'clock
set QUAD mode
for
signal IN
In QUAD mode, the increase of Q doesn't
make decrease the signal IN level, as
usually in this type of filter.
Illustrated here with 4-pole out.
set FINE filter cutoff
frequency
set COARSE filter cutoff
frequency
out
IN
t
4-pole filter out
(360° Q-sinewave)
moderate Q & signal IN
out
high Q : no signal IN drop
increase
Q
IN
t
06