Boots ‘n Cats

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Boots ‘n Cats (BootsNCat) is a simple bass/snare drum synthesizer with stereo audio outputs.

I/O

  1/3 2/4
TRIG Bass drum trigger Snare drum trigger
CV INs Bass drum attenuation Snare drum attenuation
OUTs Bass drum (or mix) Snare drum (or mix)

Note that triggering the envelope in reverse does not change the CV modulation controls, meaning that CV 1 controls the effective “attack” segment regardless of direction.

UI Parameters

  • Bass drum tone
  • Base drum decay
  • Snare drum tone
  • Snare drum decay
  • Blend

Tone

  • Each drum has a Tone control that sets the basic sound of the drum. For the bass drum, Tone controls the frequency, with higher values indicating a higher frequency. For the snare drum, the Tone control is more like a low-pass filter, with high values indicating a higher cutoff frequency.

Decay

  • Each drum has a Decay control that sets the decay of the drum between about 1/10 of a second and 1 second, with higher values indicating longer decay.

Blend

  • At a Blend level of 0, the bass drum and snare drum are totally isolated on Outputs A/C and B/D, respectively. As the Blend is increased, some of the signal from the opposite channel will be fed into each channel. A Blend level of 63 results in a 50/50 mix on both outputs.

Credits

Adapted from BootsNCat © 2018-2022, Jason Justian and Beige Maze Laboratories.