Jack of all trades – The Disting Mk4 is a multifunctional module with two inputs and outputs. Close to 60 algorithms are available for processing and / or generating audio respectively CV signals. Oscillator, filter, resonator, wave shaper, LFO, envelope, quantizer, slew limiter, bit crusher, phaser, delay or logic processor are just a few examples of how this circuit can be used. Thanks to a CV input, it is possible to modulate parameters.
New in version 4 is a matrix display, which makes browsing through menus a lot easier. The microSD card slot is now situated on the module’s front panel. An integrated precision clock allows users to employ the circuit as a tuner or for generating reference signals.
The Disting’s algorithms are divided into five banks with four groups each. In detail, the following modes of operation are available:
Bank 1 / Group 1:
- Precision adder with integer voltage offsets
- Four quadrant multiplier with integer multiply / divide
- Full-wave rectifier
- Minimum / maximum detector
Bank 1 / Group 2:
- Linear / exponential converter
- Quantizer with selectable scales
- Comparator with adjustable hysteresis
- Dual wave shaper
Bank 1 / Group 3:
- Sample and hold with noise source and adjustable slew rate
- Slew rate limiter with linear and exponential slew
- Pitch and envelope tracker
- Clockable delay / echo
Bank 1 / Group 4:
- LFO with through zero frequency control and wave shaping
- Clockable LFO with multiply / divide and wave shaping
- VCO with linear FM (Sine and saw outputs)
- VCO with wave shaping (Saw / triangle and pulse outputs)
Bank 2 / Group 1:
- Precision adder with fractional voltage offsets
- Voltage controlled delay line (For vibrato, chorus and flange effects)
- Clockable ping pong delay
- Clockable ping pong delay with input pan control
Bank 2 / Group 2:
- Resonator for drum synthesis
- Vocoder with twelve bands
- Phaser with up to ten stages
- Bit crusher
Bank 2 / Group 3:
- Tape delay with voltage controlled tape speed
- State variable filter with smoothly variable filter type
Bank 2 / Group 4:
- Low-pass / High-pass filter
- Low-pass / Band-pass filter
- Band-pass / High-pass filter
- Band-pass / Notch filter
Bank 3 / Group 1:
- AR envelope
- AR envelope with push function
- AR envelope and VCA
- AR envelope and VCA with push function
Bank 3 / Group 2:
- Dual AR envelope
- Dual AR envelope with push function
- Euro to Buchla converter
- Buchla to Euro converter
Bank 3 / Group 3:
- Clockable AD envelope with mute function
- Clockable AD envelope with gate function
- Clockable AD envelope with trigger function
- Clockable AD envelope and VCA
Bank 3 / Group 4:
- Shift register (Random CVs)
- Shift register (Random quantized CVs)
- Shift register (Random triggers)
- Shift register (Random dual triggers)
Bank 4 / Group 1:
- ES-1 emulation
- ES-2 emulation
- Pitch reference
- Frequency reference
Bank 4 / Group 2:
- Tuner
Bank 4 / Group 3:
- Crossfade / Pan
Bank 4 / Group 4:
- Empty
Bank 5 / Group 1:
- Audio playback
- Clocked audio playback
- Audio playback with V/octave
- Audio playback with Z speed
Bank 5 / Group 2:
- Empty
Bank 5 / Group 3:
- MIDI file playback (clocked)
- MIDI file playback (free running)
- Audio playback with end CV
Bank 5 / Group 4:
- Empty