Dr Strangelove User Manual 11-2017
Introduction
SynthBlocks are a range of small desk top signal processors. No menus and no software. Just
hardware. Typically all analogue, but with some lo-fi digital effects.
Ideal for:
The digital musician who uses primarily laptop & plugins, who really wants to use some real
analogue hardware to process their sounds.
Plug the box into the audio in / out of an audio
interface. Then route your drums, synths, strings, vocals etc out the computer, through the
transistors and op-amps of Dr. Strangelove and record back into the laptop.
Or do a similar thing by connecting to the auxiliary buss of a mixing desk just as you would any
other effects processor.
Turn the dials and flick the switches in real time with your hands (not a mouse!).
It is also ideal for use in conjunction with Eurorack modular, and other synths with CV sockets,
such as the Analogue Solutions Fusebox synthesizer. Dr. Strangelove can be cross-patched with
these type of synths to extend the range of sounds of the whole package.
The synthBlocks are small and affordable, with no comprise in build quality or sound.
Multiple SynthBlocks can be linked together, not just the audio path, but also the modulation
voltages!
Dr. Strangelove is an analogue Ring Mod / Echo box ideal for subtle or extreme modulation
effects.
SynthBlocks are used to process any sound that you feed into it from your DAW, mixer or some
musical instrument (with prior pre-amplification where necessary). To give your plug-ins some real
analogue life.
Dr. Strangelove has 1/4” input and output jacks on the rear, so it can be connected straight to a
mixer or DAW audio interface without the need for adaptors.
On the top panel are mini jack sockets to patch with a semi-modular synth, such as AS’s very
own Fusebox, or to Eurorack and other modular systems.
Dr. Strangelove can change the sound in subtle ways or right up to mangled RM mayhem!
Designed, engineered, and hand built in England.
