Der Mann Mit Der Maschine M4 Motor Fader Controller

This Droid controller module provides you with four motorised faders (aka flying faders) to be attached to your DROID master. Below each fader is a touch button and an LED.

You can use the faders, the buttons and the LEDs in very flexible ways to control all sorts parameters in your DROID patches, like steps of a sequence, volumes of channels of a digital mixer (controlled via MIDI with the X7), parameters of a large bank of envelopes, CV values that are organized in presets and much more.

APPLICATIONS

The DROID plus the faders can be used for various applications - and due to the possibility of switching even at the same time! Here are some examples:

• A multi track performance sequencer
• Use a MIDI controllable digital audio interface as mixer
• Control a bank of four envelopes with A, D, S, R each with just four faders/li>
• Use the faders for CV presets
• Use the faders and their haptic feedback for live performing with pitch bends, ratcheting and all other crazy stuff

POWER

Motor faders need much energy. Theoretically one single fader can draw up to 800 mA when at full power. That seems to be the main reason why nobody dared in bringing motorised faders into Eurorack so far.

We have solved that challenge by making use of the fact that the fader need their power always just for a very short time. The M4 unit comes with four big power tanks (called super caps) that are loaded with a low current but provide the full power when the faders need them. That way the maximum current of one M4 unit is limited. With jumpers on the back you can choose between a peak current of 350, 450, 500 or 600 mA.

Current Draw: 350 mA +12V | 0 mA -12V | 0 mA 5V

Width: 14 HP
Depth: 42 mm