Mutable Instruments Ears Quick Start

About Ears

Our take on Tom Whitwell’s

Mikrophonie

a perfect match for physical
synthesis modules like Rings or
Elements, but it can also be the
gateway between external audio

sources and your modular system.

module, Ears is

Installation

Ears requires a -12V / +12V power
supply (2x5 pin connector).

The ribbon cable connector must
be aligned so that the red stripe
of the ribbon cable (-12V) is on
the same side of the module’s
power header as the “Red stripe”
marking on the board. The module
draws 5mA from both the +12V
and the -12V supply rails.

The full manual can be found
online at

mutable-instruments.net/mod­ules/ears/manual

For help and discussions, head to

mutable-instruments.net/forum

Ears

Contact microphone

Please refer to the online manual
for detailed information regarding
compliance with EMC directives

1 2

med.

Envelope
Follower

Gate

4V

Threshold

3 4

A

A. Gain control, 0 to 40dB

(loud! may cause clipping).

B. Contact microphone.

1. Hi-Z Audio input. Amplifies

an external source. Patching
a cable here disconnects the
contact microphone.

2. Audio output. The red LED

indicates clipping.

3. Envelope CV output. The

white LED indicates the enve­lope CV level.

4. Gate output. Emits +8V

when the envelope exceeds a
threshold. Indicator: orange
LED.

The jumpers at the back of the
module adjust the response of
the envelope follower and gate
detector.

B

Detector

Attack
Release

fast
slow

The last setting is obtained by
removing the jumper.

1V
2V