Malekko Heavy Industry Varigate 8+

VARIGATE 8+ is a control station that plays the role of a central sequencer in the Eurorack modular system. Create a sequence for a song or live performance by making full use of 16 steps of 8 gate channels and 2 CV channels. It can be quantized on a freely set scale and has 10 storage banks and 100 presets, random and mute functions.

Feature

• 8-channel gate output with up to 16 steps
• 2 quantized CV outputs
• The CV channel can be linked to any gate channel, in which case only the gate ON step will change the output CV.
• Up to 100 presets can be saved
• It is possible to create 10 song banks with preset sequences
• Scale can be set for each bank
• Glide can be set for each step
• Playback direction can be selected from Forward / Reverse / Pendulum (Round Trip) / Random for each channel
• Gate ON probability, repeat count, delay, gate length can be set for each step
• Clock multiplier / divider and sequence length can be set for each channel
• Randomize gate input
• Gate programming possible with both sliders and buttons
• Mute channels and patterns
• Freeze input is a gate input to freeze a random sequence and prevent random changes
• Reset input
• Equipped with a clear function for channels and parameters
• Tempo control knob
• Clock input / output

basic operation
 Select the track you want to edit by pressing the 10 buttons in the bottom row, and select the parameter you want to edit by pressing the button at the top right. Set the parameter value with the slider for each step. The set value is displayed with the LED on the lower left.

 For details, refer to the description of each part.