Arbhar V2 is out and will soon be available in our showroom

Instruō Arbhar brought a new generation of granular processing in Eurorack.

With this unit sampled audio can be chopped into tiny grains, scattered, shaped, re-pitched, reversed, and layered for an endless range of audio manipulation from seamless frozen tones to mutated acousmatic madness.

Each grain sounds with its defined specifications. When modulation is used, the “per-grain parameter” definition allows for true polyphonic layering.

Featuring a condenser microphone set into the front panel, built-in audio analysis for automatic sampling, and internal modulation over various parameters this is truly a granular heaven.

Arbhar V2.0

The Arbhar V2.0 firmware expansion pack includes everything you need to get started with the new update and new functionalities.

A 2HP expander module introduces front access to the arbhar's USB port for extra convenience accessing the new scenes and parameter configurations in addition to saving and loading audio samples.

Included is a new USB drive (8GB) which contains the Instruō Arbhar library containing 216 samples produced by the team.

There is also a replacement microSD card included which is pre-flashed with the V2.0 base firmware.

The product features follow:

• Granular processor (Lexer method)
• Two granular engines available simultaneously:
  • controlled by intensity and grain length settings (up to 24 grains)
  • externally triggered grains (up to 20 grains)
• Manual and automatic playhead control for granular textures and time stretched audio playback (Scan/Follow mode)
• Sampling wavetable oscillator
• 6 sample buffers (10 second record time each)
• Built in condenser microphone
• Dedicated analogue input pre-amplifier
• Audio onset analysis for automatic capture control
• LED display for amplitude, length, scan, spray
• Trigger out
• Forward/Reverse grain playback probability control
• Internal random/quantised pitch modulation
• 1V/OCT cv pitch control
• Dynamic grain windowing
• Included 2HP CV expander for additional CV control
• USB expander module

The upgrade kit

The kit contains the following items:

• USB expander module
• USB cable
• 8GB (white) USB drive containing the Instruō sample library
• microSD card preflashed with the V2.0 firmware
• V2 quick start guide

As stated, the kit allows the Arbhar modules to be upgraded immediately. The new Arbhar V2.0 will soon be available in our Store.