Description

At its core, Turbocharger is a ultra high-speed switch (not a VCA) between 2 inputs. This may sound simple, but the switch is run by a CMOS chip capable of switching at extremely high speeds. This, paired with its internal oscillator, with PWM controls, makes for some interesting and fun experimentation. The best part is you don’t even have to use the internal oscillator. There is an external clock input that can be used to patch in your own pulse wave to control the switching.

Where Turbocharger gets a bit crazy is when you mess with the Detonation knob. This knob will start injecting signals into your clock signal controlling the main switch. With the detonation knob on the left half of the centre position, it will detect and inject clock division pulses (which will not be exact on purpose).

When Detonation is set to more than halfway, it will start injecting whatever it feels like at the time. This could be noise, oscillations, and other junk. The higher the knob, the crazier and more frequent the signals. The position of the RPM and AFR knobs also will change what the detonation is doing. A fun feature of the detonation corruption is that it will loop itself if a gate signal is applied. For instance, if you have a 4 to the floor kick with a 16th note pulse on the gate input, it will start making repetitive glitches at divisions dictated by the position of the AFR knob. This looping creates some awesome techno glitches which will be different every time – experimentation is key!

The front panel is UV printed in full colour with art created  by Aurich Lawson. Check out the user manual below for more details.

Turbocharger – Build Document | User Manual

Specs:

• Width: 6HP
• Depth: 25mm
• Current Draw: 60 mA +12V, 30 mA -12V