Snazzy FX Kitty Eyes User Manual

Kitty Eyes

Snazzy FX loves chaos, and we want you to have a piece of it too! Not
necessarily chaos in the sense of everything going crazy, but chaos as
found in natural systems: dripping faucets, kinetic interactions or fractals.
The Kitty eyes has most of the features of our bigger chaos modules but
with a lower price and footprint.

Features

• Two chaotic outputs with different characteristics

• Trigger output

• Threshold control for setting chaotic trigger density

• CV attenuator for CV input

• Speed control for setting the coarse pitch set of the chaotic system

• Bi-color LED to indicate the state of the chaotic oscillator

Uses

• Works great as a modulation source for any module requiring 2

CV inputs (i.e. the Snazzy FX Ardcore)

• Use it with a VCA to create unique percussion sounds

• Chaotic triggers add an organic element to sequences or to drum

patterns

• Works well for modulating VCOs and filters

• Works well as a unique “noise” source

• Feed audio signals into the CV input for interesting effects

• Use the chaotic trigger output as a strange audio out

• CV input resets the chaotic oscillator when fed with a trigger,

sawtooths and pulses – can be used to disturb the chaos

• Perfect for experimenting

Width 6HP
Current draw 10mA

Front panel

I. speed control of the chaotic system
II. bi-color LED chaos indicator
III. CV attenuator
IV. threshold control
V. trigger LED

VI. X chaos output
VII. Y chaos output
VIII. CV/trigger/audio input
IX. trigger output

II. Shows the movement of the chaotic oscillator.
V. Shows the operation of the threshold control. Use it to set your

TRIG output.

VI. Can be used an audio source, as a substitute for noise when

building percussion sounds, or as a CV style output to drive
sample & holds, the Telephone Game, wogglebugs, or any
module which is looking for changes in a signal. (Ardcore and
Telephone Game both work extremely well with these outs)

VII. Similar to VI, but with a different phase, and a different tonality.

Check the sound of both outs when creating drum sounds. This is

the output which drives the chaotic triggers. The X/Y outputs are
what you connect to the oscilloscope in X/Y mode to see the
attractor.

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VIII. IX.