Utility Module

You need Utility

Our ARDABIL utility module allows you to get more out of your modular system. You need utility and you need good ones. This is our collection of connections that we think will help you shape and mix your signal through your system. A comfortable structure that you might want to keep in the middle of your system.

Our Ardabil is the rug that ties your rack together. It has two threads combining several utitlites. One going up and one going down that have the following signal path:
Adder + Attenuverter + Offset into Buffered Outputs
Buffered Output * -1 into Inverted Output
CV (default is Buffered Output) * Audio into VCA Output

Adder inputs Your thread starts with two CV inputs that add together without changing their scaling.
Attenuverter input & knob You can plug in any CV and let the knob scale your CV up or down  -1 to +1 before it is added to your thread.
Offset knob With this knob you can add a fixed -5V to +5V to your woven signal.
Multiple outputs Threads into three buffered outputs; one has an LED that lights up when there is a positive signal.
Inverted output The fourth jack is an inverted output with a LED that lights up when there is a positive signal (which is a negative signal in the other three outputs).
VCA inputs and output The CV input controls the volume of the audio input into the output. The CV input defaults to the signal from a buffered output.

Why Ardabil?

While working on the design of our utility we happened to find ourselves in the V&A in London where they display Ardabil “one of the largest and finest Islamic carpets in existence”. We found the description of the warp and the weft that the weave of the carpet lives on, very much like the supportive structure that utility gives for your signal path to live on. The V&A Ardabil description continues to say that the “basic design is relatively simple, and its components are well-balanced. Richness and variety are added by the use of contrasting background colours and the subtle difference between the filler patterns.”. We felt like the V&A was talking about our utility module. Both Ardabils are also rectangular in nature and have a “single integrated design” in “rotational symmetry” with a “large yellow medallion”.  In the big Ardabil warps run the length of the carpet and wefts support the breadth. Our Ardabil can be seen as two warps that support your signal weave.
Giggling we came up with the tagline ‘The rug that ties your rack together’ and that was it.  

Specifications

Pricing

Sales price 180 EUR incl. taxes
ARDABIL & SWITCH utility combo for 225 EUR incl. taxes

Also check out this lovely write-up in GEARNEWS

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