Trigger 5v vs 10v vs 12v

Hi

I am very new to modular. I know Eurorack is 10v based.
My Microfreak puts out gate voltages at 5v or 12v. Right now with the ADSR I have it seems to work.
Should I look for a solution to get it up to 10v? When using an attenuverter I would have 5v at no gate and 10v at gate.
Would I damage something if I would use 12v?

Thanks :)

there shouldn't be any trouble with voltages up to 12v - probably not over that either, but it is possible...

things are triggered at much lower voltages - they are often just looking for a rising edge

an attenuverter would not do that - what you are describing is an offset, which may be part of an attenuverter module, but not the attenuversion (which is attenuation and inversion) - modules such as happy nerding 3 x MIA and mutable shades can do this , but a basic attenuverter may not! BUT this may not work if the module being triggered is looking for a rising edge at say 3v to open - you'd probably be better off amplifying the signal - this can often be achieved by multing the signal and then using a simple mixer to amplify the signal by 2- so from 0-5v you'd get 0-10v

if you don't have attenuators or attenuverters yet - then I'd advise getting some - mostly for controlling modulation - 0-10v (full range) on a lot of modulation inputs can sound crap - whereas 0-1v (a smaller range) can sound great