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We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

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Summary of Contents for QU-BIT

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Page 2: ...ersal Chroma Lowpass Filter Highpass Filter Variable Bitcrusher Saturation Wavefolder Distortion Depth Freeze Delay Modes Fade Doppler Shimmer De Shimmer Feedback Modes Normal Ping Pong Cascade Adrift Purge Sonar Audio IO USB Configurator Patch Examples Lifetime Warranty Changelog 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 18 20 21 This manu...

Page 3: ... life you could break it in musical ways When you push a BBD s rate control to its largest setting the leaky capacitor stages will open up a new world of grit noise and unexplainable cacophony As a SCUBA diver I am fascinated by things that live in the ocean And as someone who works with sound each day the ability of marine mam mals to use audio signals to experience their world through echolocati...

Page 4: ...erator The Sonar Output creates either a unique Gate signal or a unique CV signal algorithmically created from Nautilus s findings Drive other parts of your patch with pings from the delay network or use the generated topography as a modulation source From the deep ocean trenches to shimmering tropical reefs Nautilus is the ultimate exploratory delay network Sub Nautical Complex Delay Processor Ul...

Page 5: ...e Rate 48kHz Bit depth 32 bit internal processing 24 bit hardware conversion True Stereo Audio IO High fidelity Burr Brown converters Based on Daisy audio platform Controls Knobs Resolution 16 Bit 65 536 distinct values CV Inputs Resolution 16 Bit 65 536 distinct values Noise Performance Noise Floor 102dB Graph ...

Page 6: ...ectronic music Cornelius 2006 Wataridori song On Sensuous Warner Music Japan Keigo Oyamada known under the moniker Cornelius is a prolific Japanese artist who incorporates pur poseful delays and stereo imagery to tow the line between experimental and popular musical styles A pioneer of the Shibuya kei music genre Cornelius has been referred to as a modern day Brian Wilson Other Cornelius recommend...

Page 7: ...mix chroma sensors clear freeze depth clock in right left reversal sensors resolution feedback left right reversal resolution sonar dispersal depth Nautilus mix chroma sensors purge freeze 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 14 6 1 4 4 3 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 13 13 Front Panel Tactile Controls CV Inputs Audio IO 5 Gate Inputs ...

Page 8: ...an either operate using an internal or external clock The internal clock is determined via the Tap Tempo button Simply tap along to whatever tempo you desire and Nautilus will ad just its internal clock to your taps Nautilus requires at least 2 taps to determine a clock rate The default internal clock rate at boot up is always 120bpm For external clocks use the Clock In gate input to sync Nautilus...

Page 9: ... knob is fully CCW the delay only repeats once and at its maximum knob is fully CW will repeat indefi nitely Take care as infinite repeats will cause Nautilus to eventually get loud Feedback Attenuverter Attenuates and inverts the CV signal at the Feedback CV input When the knob is fully CW no attenuation occurs at the input When the knob is at the 12 o clock position the CV input signal is fully ...

Page 10: ...nge 5V to 5V 6 Dispersal Going hand in hand with Sensors Dispersal adjusts the spacing between the delay lines currently active on Nautilus The spacing amount is heavily dependent on available delay lines and resolution and can be used to create interesting polyrhythms strums and cacophonies of sound from a single voice When only 1 Sensor is active Dispersal offsets the left and right delay freque...

Page 11: ...4L 2R 3R 4R reversal 1 L 1 R 2 L 3 L 4L 2 R 3R 4R reversal 1 L 1 R 2 L 3 L 4 L 2 R 3 R 4 R 8 Chroma Much like the Corrupt knob found on Data Bender Chroma is a selection of internal effects and filters that emulate the sonic passage through water oceanic materials as well as mimic digital interference damaged sonar receptors and more Each effect is applied independently within the feedback path Wh...

Page 12: ...n Depth knob scans range of set of varying amounts of each effect Indicated by a purple Kelp base 8D Pulse Amplification A warm soft saturation applied to the de lays When Depth is fully CCW no saturation is occurring When Depth is fully CW maxi mum saturation is occurring Indicated by an orange Kelp base 8E Receptor Malfunction Applies a wavefolder distortion to the in putted audio When Depth is ...

Page 13: ...cated by the Kelp LEDs as more Depth is applied to the Chroma effect The Kelp LEDs slowly change into the Chroma effect color Functions The Buttons 10 Freeze Freeze locks the current delay time buffer and will hold it until released While frozen the wet signal acts as a beat repeat machine letting you change the Resolution of the frozen buffer to create new interesting rhythms out of the delays al...

Page 14: ...pitch shifted delay set to one octave above the input signal As the shimmer delay continues to loop through the feedback path the de lay frequency increases as it slowly fades away This delay mode is indicated by an orange LED graphic above the button Did You Know You can change the semitone that Shimmer pitch shifts your delay to Create fifths sevenths and everything in between using the settings...

Page 15: ...ersus a more narrow input and a mono signal will sound mono This mode is indicated by a green LED graphic above the button Ping Pong Ping Pong Mode Visualization How to Ping Pong a Mono Signal Since Nautilus has an analog normalization at the inputs the left channel input signal is copied to the right channel when no cable is present in the right channel input There are a couple options to use thi...

Page 16: ...ht input signal path Sensors and Cascade Adrift modes Sensors takes an additional function on when in either Cas cade or Adrift mode When Sensors is set to the minimum these modes only send the first delay lines of each channel to the wet signal output As you bring Sensors up each time delay lines are added Cascade and Adrift modes include the new delay line outputs to the wet signal output For a ...

Page 17: ... favorite is running Sonar out into Surface s Model input Did You Know You can change Sonar s output using the Nautilus Configurator tool and the USB drive onboard Sonar can be a ping generator based on the delay taps an envelope follower an additive stepped CV sequencer based on the overlapping delays or simply a clock pass through Head to the USB section to find out more Sonar CV output range 0V...

Page 18: ...Effortlessly change Nautilus USB settings using Narwhal a web based settings app that let s you change a multitude of functions and interconnectivity within Nautilus Once you have your desired settings click the generate file button to export an options json file from the web app Place the new options json file onto your USB drive insert it into Nautilus and your module will instantly update its i...

Page 19: ...ately Clear On Mode Change Off When enabled buffers will be cleared when Delay and Feedback Modes are changed to minimize clicks Buffer Locked Freeze On When enabled all delay lines will freeze to a single locked buffer at the clock rate Attenuverter 1 Target Dispersal Assign the Attenuverter 1 knob to any CV input Attenuverter 2 Target Feedback Assign the Attenuverter 2 knob to any CV input Sonar...

Page 20: ...erpower the sound If you are looking to take shimmer in a different direction we recommend slowing things down a bit Not only slowing down your Resolution but also your input signal Having a simpler slower sound source opens up more room for the beautiful shimmer delay to shine through If the pitch shifting is getting too high up there as well dial back Feedback or try the Cascade and Adrift Feedb...

Page 21: ...us can create additional delay time rhythms using Resolution and random CV seamlessly changing between delay frequencies Need to dial back the incoming CV You can assign either of the Attenuverter knobs to the Resolution CV input to get just the right amount of variation for your patch depth clock in right left reversal sensors resolution feedback left right reversal resolution sonar dispersal dep...

Page 22: ...er Settings All knobs to 0 Attenuverters to whatever you want to dial back For when you are out of modulation sources why not let Nautilus modulate itself Using a signal splitter we can patch the Sonar output to multiple spots on Nautilus Want to dial back the modulation on some of the patch points Assign the Attenuverters to wherever you see best We personally love assigning them to Resolution Re...

Page 23: ...d depending on your sound source you can hear the faint chugging of the train on the tracks prior to the whistle Aurora is not necessary for this patch but it s pretty awesome to take your Train whistle and spectrally mangle it into a haunting space horn depth clock in right left reversal sensors resolution feedback left right reversal resolution sonar dispersal depth Nautilus mix chroma sensors c...

Page 24: ...anty at their own discretion and at any time Module warranty may be voided if any user damage is present on the module This includes but is not limited to heat damage liquid damage smoke damage and any other user created critical damage on the module W ARRANT Y LIFETIME W AR R A NT Y More Than Sound Being located in a small beach town the ocean is a constant inspiration for us at Qu Bit and Nautil...

Page 25: ...Changelog 22 Version Date Description v1 1 0 Oct 6 2022 Release firmware ...

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