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u-he Wiretap – Part 3: Jumpers & Special Tricks

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u-he Wiretap – Part 3: Jumpers & Special Tricks


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Available here: https://u-he.com/products/wiretap/
Wiretap has a couple of surprises under the hood: Two special modes which can be activated by a set of jumpers on the back of the module. First, the clocked operation mode (using input 2 or the gate bus for triggered operation). Then there’s the hold mode, which generates gates that last through the entirety of an event. We’ll also take a look at how Wiretap retriggers when gates are longer. Lastly, we’ll feed Wiretap with audio-rate signals and marvel at the glitchy results!

00:00 – Introduction / overview
00:35 – Clocked operation via Input 2
00:49 – Clocked operation explained
01:16 – Patch overview
02:07 – Fun with gates
03:35 – Bus gate mode
04:08 – Hold mode explained
04:34 – Hold mode with LFO / manual CV
05:12 – Stepped CV / portamento
05:44 – Envelope control
06:01 – Combined settings
06:13 – Retrigger behaviour / gate time control
06:34 – Tweaking gate time
07:30 – Tweaking envelope parameters
08:05 – Audio-rate application
08:22 – Patch overview
09:13 – Manual PWM via gate time
09:58 – Closing remarks

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