IO Instruments 9 New Affordable Eurorack Modules Launched For SB19

A new German Eurorack company is born: IO Instruments. For the Superbooth 2019, the developers show 9 new Eurorack modules. One thing stands out: the modules are all very affordable (most of them under 200€) and offers tons of features.

The Superbooth announcement includes an analog VCO, a VCF, dual VCA, ring modulator, versatile quad noise generator, audio & mixer, big FPGA-based digital oscillator, a quad function generator, and a pre-amp. Nice is, all modules have small subtleties, which are often not found in such inexpensive modules. Check out below for the full feature list.

THEMISTO

High precision VCO with a wide frequency range
clean waves without edge aberrations
PW from 0% – 100% with fast edges for rich sound
low distortion SINE wave
SUB OSC with rich sound and phase inversion
reset/sync function with external gate
buffered V/OCT & Gate thru
simultaneous linear & exponential FM
LFO mode

SINOPE

2 channel very low distortion VCA
low noise, low feedthrough, low clicking
sweet and detailed sound
huge headroom
wide dynamic range and high bandwidth
normalized CV ins to the normal value
exponential and linear responses
3 attenuators for each channel
LEDs show the optimal range
VCA openness adjusting
flexible structure to work with Audio & CV

SPONDE

2x 6 ch high-end audio & cv mixer
superb sweet sounding audio quality
low distortion, low noise, low feedthrough
DC coupled for use as attentuators.
flexible routing for mono, stereo, 6- or 12 channels
overload indicator for output
B- ch IN normalized to A -ch IN
individual OUTs for channel 1-4
volume sliders with gain of 2

PASIPHAE

balanced ring modulator
low distortion, low noise, high headroom
low X & Y feedthrough
structure allows access to every input
wide range of sounds (tremolo, metallic, waveshape)
AC coupled X input attenuator
DC coupled X input attenuator
DC OFFSET for DC, coupled X IN and Y IN
Mute CV & switch for DC INs with LED indicator
positive out and negative out

ISONOE

4 pole multimode VCF with separation
superb sweet sound from clean to screamy
all poles are resonating and can be modulated
linear FM & resonance with CV in/attenuator
makeup gain for powerful RESO sounds
non-linear resonance for extra sound spectrum
sinus distortion after the filter
resonance separation for format sounds
many CV ins include attenuators

HIMALIA

quad noise generator
analog noise from red, white to blue noise
digital noise with rate and S&H out
16 transient and 16 drone samples
samples with ratched, tune and bit rate
6 voice square wave mix with a tune and spread
filter for square mix out
six CV ins and two Gate ins
external in to feed to a noise filter

KALLICHORE

6 voice FPGA high-resolution DCO’s
3 pairs of DCO’s controlled by CV & MIDI
unison, 3 and 6 voice mode
internal & external sync, 3 ring mods
sine/tri/saw/ramp/pulse waves
FREQ range from 0,1 Hz to 10Khz
mixer with AR-env in MIDI mode
modulation via 3 CV ins & DCO 4/5/6
multiple MOD sources to one target
TFG display & endless potentiometer
easy user interface for studio & live

MEGACLITE

Quad function generators for ENVs & LFOs
ENV modes like legato, staccato, loop, and ratched
multiple response envelopes
LFO modes like freerun, reset, one shot and wave stepping
high resolution and audio rate quality
2 CV ins for external MOD of internal parameters
internal MOD of internal parameter
both polarity available at the outs
TFT display & endless potentiometer
an easy user interface for studio & live

DIA

high-end preamp
mic and hi-z input mix
up to 80dB mic gain
low distortion and noise
high CMRR, sweet sound
variable hi and lo pass
pad switch -20dB
polarity switch
phantom power
all switching is with relays
kombi jack in
XLR, 6,3 & 3,5 mm outs
indicators

The availability of the new IO Instruments modules TBA

Prices

THEMISTO: 149€
SINOPE: 159€
SPONDE: 169€
PASIPHAE: 129€
ISONOE: 179€
HIMALIA: 159€
KALLICHORE: TBA
MEGACLITE: TBA
DIA: 269€

More information here: IO Instruments

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