Updating Firmware
Melotus Versio’s firmware can be changed to a growing
number of alternate firmwares via our firmware webapp. In
the unlikely event that the need arises, firmware patches for
Melotus will also be available on that site.
Webapp link:
https://portal.noiseengineering.us/
To update the firmware on your Melotus Versio:
1. Turn off the power to your case and unscrew MV.
2. Remove the power connector on the back of MV.
3. Plug a micro USB connector suitable for data transfer
into the port on the pack of the module, and the other end
into your computer.
4. Follow the instructions in the webapp.
Design Notes
In 2019, we launched our “Distortion of the Month,” a series
of analog distortions that remain near and dear to our
hearts. We stopped at 5 modules but there were always
more (and still are) that we wanted to do. Lacrima started its
life as one of these: an analog wah that Kris dreamed up
and desperately wanted to bring to Eurorack. We discussed
features and started a schematic, but as work progressed on the Versio platform, we
realized that we could do an even cooler, more fully featured version there. We dropped
dev on the analog version and marked the letter L on our list of potential firmwares for
Versio as taken.
What those features would be, though, took some time to sort through. In the end, we
fused a few somewhat independent ideas to make Lacrima. We eventually agreed on
the wah + distortion we had originally planned in analog combined with a virtual analog
take on the Mu-Tron 3. We merged these into an envelope fo dist SVF
filter structure and as we developed it further we added some features from our analog
distortion Viol Ruina (which has a similar structure) to round it off.
Lacrima Versio is a rare product that surprised even us when it was done. Stephen and
Kris both are head over heels for this one. If you love dynamics, give Lacrima Versio a
try.
Special Thanks
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
So many more, because the wah is a damn classic sound.
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