The Mutable Instruments Frames Mixer/Keyframer Eurorack Module is a 4-channel analogue VCA under tight digital control. Through flexible input/output mixing and normalling options, it can be patched to serve the following purposes (among others): 4-channel attenuator/VCA, 4-channel mixer, 4-channel programmable CV source and a Quadraphonic signal dispatcher.
What makes Frames truly unique is the way in which channel/CV levels can be controlled, using a technique inspired by computer animation. Frames allows up to 64 configurations of the 4 level knobs to be stored and recalled throughout the course of its big Frame knob. By rotating the knob (or sending a CV to the Frame modulation input and adjusting its amount with the attenuverter), the configurations are morphed into one another.
With a bit of patching and imagination, Frames can also be repurposed as a 4-channel sequencer, a multi-stage envelope generator or a trajectory generator for quadraphonic panning.
Mutable Instruments modules are packed with features and Frames is no exception. Frames can switch easily to an entirely different mode of operation in which it becomes a wavetable quadrature LFO.
The main features of the Mutable Instruments Frames Mixer/Keyframer Eurorack Module include: