Clank Proteo

• Stereo-shapeshifting oscillator
• Records two channels of any CV modulation, gate, envelope, or other change in voltage as a waveform for sound generation
• Time control and CV input varies rate of sampled waveform recording and playback
• Each input features preamp stage for attenuating or doubling the input amplitude
• Morph controls interpolate between sine and captured waveforms
• Two small oscilloscopes for viewing your created waves
• Freeze buttons and gate inputs lock each captured waveform independently
• Oscillators share one 1V/Oct input and pitch control
• Right oscillator may be detuned 4 octaves below or 1 octave above left oscillator via span control or CV input

Clank Proteo

Shapeshifting Stereo Oscillator

The name, indeed, comes from the ancient Greek mythology, since Proteo was a shapeshifter that can assume whatever shapes he prefers. In this way, our Proteo, has not a precise sound on its own but a clever mechanism that permits to acquire and transform every signal into waveforms. What if you can use your envelopes, LFOs or any other signal as a sound source?

Proteo is the new take on west-coast style additive oscillators,

But what sets it apart from other oscillators?
What's very different in Proteo is its internal pseudo-tape recorder, which is capable of continuously acquiring and transforming any external signal into waveforms and morphing them from a basic sine.

In Proteo, waveforms are not a static digital representation of a sound; they can continuously evolve in a very organic way, and tape loop time is a fundamental factor:

changing it will drastically affect the resulting output even with the same sources at the inputs.
Slowing down the time will capture a bigger portion of the incoming source with more harmonics.
As a result, increasing it allows to capture up to low audio rate signals or really small fragments of the signal.

Exploring the interaction between Proteo, the sources and the time will force you to change your mind about how sounds and harmonics can be generated:

visualizing how different shapes can sound and looking for new sources to generate YOUR waveform is the fundamental idea behind Proteo. 

Proteo is also stereo.
Thanks to the Span knob you can easily detune one oscillator from the other to create nice stereo effects.
Beside the common pitch the two oscillators have independent acquisition paths and morph controls, each one can emit different waveform. 

SPECS

Dimensions: 12hp

Power consumption:
+12 rail: 90 mA
-12 rail: 43 mA
+ 5 rail: 0 mA