NLC Triple Sloths

LW Panel for Nonlinear Circuits’ Triple Sloths

LoudestWarning info:
This panel uses some of the minijack holes on the panel PCB to mount the PCB sandwich to the panel on 3mm diameter standoffs, see pictures below for build tips – I have also built one or two using the CLee bracket to hold the PCB and it can even be a bit easier and neater, some panels must be wired as such as they don’t have panel holes for standoffs, it’s up to you to choose how you prefer, you may like to drill some holes as above – if so I would suggest tracing around the PCB on tracing paper and marking where the standoffs will go on the paper, that way you can ‘see through’ the PCB when you lay the tracing on top of the panel and see where it will fit.

Nonlinear Circuits info:
This module contains 3 Sloth chaos circuits. Each one runs at a different rate; Torpor takes approx. 15-30 seconds to travel around 2 strange attractors, Apathy takes 60-90 seconds and Inertia takes 30-40 minutes.
There are no controls for Inertia, it does what it wants.
The pots for Apathy and Torpor do not specifically alter the frequencies, rather the weight of the outputs. Various settings will cause the signals to spend more time travelling around one strange attractor rather than the other.
Apathy and Torpor also have CV inputs. Sometimes the CV signals are injected onto the chaotic signals but depending upon conditions may cause windows of periodicity or voltage jumps. Generally the results are good.
The X, Y & Z outputs for each Sloth are taken from different stages of the circuit and are all different to each other, although Z is simply the inverted version of Y. The three Z outputs are also fed into a Difference Rectifier and the results of this are available from the + and – outputs at the bottom of the panel. The Difference Rectifier outputs are (ignoring diode voltage drops):
out + = VApathy +VInertia - VTorpor If greater than 0, otherwise 0
out - = VApathy +VInertia - VTorpor If less than 0, otherwise 0

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