¿so what’s new?
The design of the ARP Sequencer is the base of the sequencer part of the Step Brother, but now a clock divider (or frequency divider) has been added to exponentially raise the musical possibilities.
And for the”Little Brother” concept we choose to add a full analog ADSR envelope generator with time factor multiplier, a completely analog VCO that works in both LFO and high frequency ranges. In high frequency it is controllable by the standard volt / octave.
To finish the idea, two high-quality VCA’s were added that allow working with AC and DC voltage signals.
Although we have described these elements as if they belonged to a part of the Step Brother, the idea is that all the elements feel as a whole in the instrument, that one can really use and interconnect their resources to control, sequence or generate audio, going beyond the limitis of each concept. For example, someone can use the oscillator as an audio or as an LFO to modulate, the VCAs to process sound or to control a logic or rhythmic part, the clock divider as a time divider or a multiple sub-oscillator generator … etc. Even the sequencer itself can be transformed into a graphic oscillator! We recommend reading the manual to understand the versatility in the relationship of all the elements of the Step Brother