Mom Jeans is a digital Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) that blends pulsar synthesis with grain-width modulation. The module generates a train of regularly spaced harmonic grains while varying the width of these grains in a precise and pitch-related way. In hybridizing these two techniques, Mom Jeans opens up a surprisingly varied range of timbres, given a concise set of adjustable parameters.

What makes Mom Jeans distinctive is its ability to create a wide range of digital sounds using a single synthesis method. Mom Jeans gives access to sounds very similar to FM, wavetable, bitcrushing, and granular synthesis, but it avoids the complex array of parameters you find with some of those methods. This makes it much easier to dial in sounds, and much easier to use CV to modulate between radically different timbres and sonic spaces.

Crank all the knobs for a super crispy hard-sync style tone, then dial back density halfway to hear its echos through radio static. Set all the knobs just shy of noon and activate coupling for the varied richness of PWM, but with a rate that follows the oscillator’s frequency. Then slowly push cadence further, until the modulation is so intense it somehow creates a sub-octave harmony. Then pop on quant to suddenly evoke an old transistor organ… at least until you turn up shape and get lost in the buzz of high frequency transmissions. And that’s not even touching on the stuttering swamps that emerge when the module is pushed to its limits.

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Specs:

• Width: 8HP
• Power:  +12V ~80mA, -12V ~2mA