LxD (Black and Gold)

Dual Low Pass Gate

The LxD, or Low Strike Duo, is a dual-response, two channel, direct-coupled Low Pass Gate, which utilizes vactrols in order to provide simultaneous control over the amplitude and frequency content of an input signal. It is, in essence, a VCFA (Voltage Controlled Filter Amplifier). Unlike the Optomix, the LxD offers two different filter responses. Ch. 1 offers a mildly resonant, 12db/octave response, while Ch. 2 offers a 6db/octave, non-resonant response. The output of Ch. 1 is also normalled to the input of Ch. 2. This normalization puts the two channels in series, which is similar to the VCF into VCA arrangement made popular by many monosynths of the 1970s.