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Introduction
Rung Divisions consists of several parts: a universal shift regis-
ter, a “divide by n” pulse divider, dual gate buses, analogue
noise, and several logic and binary operations. These functions
synthesise an array of predictable and unpredictable digital sig-
nals at arbitrary time scale.
Rung Divisions’ primary use is as a complex poly-rhythmic gate
generator that drives a chaotic / pseudo random / looping
stepped CV pattern generator, with voltage control over the pat-
tern “direction”, length, and chance of the pattern looping.
Rung Divisions v1 was designed and released
in 2018 in collaboration with and under
license from Rob Hordijk and Ken Stone. The
original design impetus was to expand on
the complexity of the sequencing and timing
outputs of a Benjolin / Rungler in a tactile
form factor. This drive came from using a
Benjolin as a primary clock and random volt-
age source in a modular synthesiser. Another
objective was to expand on the harmonic
complexity of the possible clock and data
signals, with the ability to extract lower fre-
quency CV signals from audio rate clock
sources. A strength of the Benjolin is how it
behaves across the threshold of audio and
sub-audio rates, the features of Rung
Divisions v1 played to this characteristic.
The design has since matured and evolved,
Rung Divisions v2 (2023) is a new implemen-
tation built around a universal shift register:
A universal shift register is a shift register
that can shift data to the left or right, allow-
ing the CV output pattern to change
“direction”. In addition to this major update,
CV control has been added to a number of
parameters that generate the stepped CV
outputs:
• Pattern Direction CV (trigger input)
reverses the pattern read direction
• Loop point CV dynamically modulates
the length of the shift register, with a cir-
cuit to “flip” the loop points when the
pattern changes direction.
• Chance CV controlling the probability of
new data entering the shift register.
These new CV controls combine with the
poly-rhythmic gate bus to generate patterns
in time that shift inside and against one
another.
Everything on Rung Divisions can run at
audio rates, the module works equally well
as a sophisticated sequencing tool and as a
complex noise oscillator.