We say...
A wild take on distortion and signal destruction from Blood Cells, with an interesting passive design.
Manufacturer's description
Mangle is a passive audio processor, produced in collaboration with Swedish composer and sound artist VAAAL. It’s perfect for glitches, sliced-and-diced audio obliterations, wrecked distortions, and murky textures. It can be smooth, it can also act like a guillotine for your audio signals.
Rather than using the +/-12V power rails of the eurorack system, Mangle is powered by YOU, and what you choose to insert into the Power Input jack. Run audio into Mangle, then add whatever type and shape of CV you’d like into the PWR In jack. That CV will drive the circuitry and manipulate your audio from wildly overdriven, to voltage-starved and wrecked…and whatever interesting tones lie in-between. You can therefore think of Mangle as a strange (and perhaps brutalist) VCA, where the audio level is manipulated by powering up and down the actual circuitry the audio is passing through.
For extra tweaking, there are two circuits to route audio between: One circuit uses a quality built-in audio chip, the other circuit uses a chip that is user-swappable via the front panel. This second chip can be a source of fresh flavors, and experimentation is definitely encouraged.
Additional features include hard and soft asymmetrical diode clipping, a Bias CV input for further experimentation, a Snuff switch to kill the power to the module for a 100% passive mode, and a Gain switch to really push things into overdrive if needed. There is also a power-through jack for passing the powering-CV out to other adjacent Mangle modules.
Features
- Switch between the built-in circuitry, and a user-swappable chip on the front panel for different flavors.
- Switchable asymmetrical soft/hard clipping.
- Switchable gain.
- Snuff kills incoming power CV for 100% passive mode.
- Bias: Run CV into this at any rate to manipulate even further.
- PWR thru: Passes incoming PWR CV to a downstream Mangle/etc.
- Width: 4HP
- Depth: 15mm
- Power: None (passive)
How much is my shipping?
Shipping is automatically calculated before you submit your payment information. Simply add items to your cart and proceed to the checkout page, where you'll be offered shipping options and their prices. In the UK it's normally around £4 for order values under £150, and free above that. Shipping to mainland EU is typically between £7 and £20, depending on the shipping method and the size and weight of the order.
Do you ship to my country?
Almost certainly - the site will give you an estimate of shipping costs if you add an item to the cart and then enter your country and postcode. If you have specific requirements (such as if you prefer UPS over FedEx, for example) then let us know in advance and we'll try to work something out for you.
Shipping methods
We use a combination of Parcelforce, DPD, Royal Mail and UPS for the UK, and for international orders it's either Royal Mail, UPS, DHL or FedEx depending on where you are in the world. If you have a particular preference then try to let us know BEFORE you order so we can look into it for you. Please note that there may occasionally be additional shipping charges if you live in a remote area, depending on what surcharges are applied by the shipper. We'll get in touch to discuss this with you in such cases.
Dispatch times
For UK orders, we normally dispatch the same working day if we get the order before 15:00. If you have a really urgent situation then of course drop us an email before ordering and we'll always do our absolute best to accommodate you.
For international orders, we normally dispatch the same day if we get the order before 13:00 but again, occasionally it might be the next day before we can send it out, and sometimes FedEx or UPS may come a little earlier than scheduled which would also push an order into the next day.
Shipping times
Since April 2020 the couriers we use have suspended guarantees for shipping times, so even though we're paying them for priority services - 24-48 hours for most of the world - in practice it's often an extra day on top and sometimes it can be longer.
There is absolutely nothing we can do about this unfortunately. If you are outside the UK and it's a life-or-death situation where you absolutely MUST have that passive mult for the next day then... it may be better to find a local supplier.
Saturday shipping
If you're in the UK and you order before 15:00 on a Friday then we can send something for a Saturday delivery (NB: this applies to UK mainland addresses only). The success rate with DPD is about 95% so it's worth a punt most of the time. Please note that if you select Saturday shipping on an order placed earlier in the week, we'll wait until Friday to ship it.
Pre-orders
If a product is listed as a pre-order, it means we've ordered it from the supplier but it's not physically in stock yet. The product listing will include an estimated shipping date based on the best information we have from the supplier, but do bear in mind this is subject to change and is not a guaranteed date.
If you place an order containing a mixture of in-stock and pre-order items, we'll normally hold off on shipping anything until the pre-order item(s) have arrived, rather than splitting it into multiple shipments. If you need the in-stock items sooner, we'd recommend placing separate orders. As always, please get in touch if you have questions.
Product Overview
We say...
A wild take on distortion and signal destruction from Blood Cells, with an interesting passive design.
Manufacturer's description
Mangle is a passive audio processor, produced in collaboration with Swedish composer and sound artist VAAAL. It’s perfect for glitches, sliced-and-diced audio obliterations, wrecked distortions, and murky textures. It can be smooth, it can also act like a guillotine for your audio signals.
Rather than using the +/-12V power rails of the eurorack system, Mangle is powered by YOU, and what you choose to insert into the Power Input jack. Run audio into Mangle, then add whatever type and shape of CV you’d like into the PWR In jack. That CV will drive the circuitry and manipulate your audio from wildly overdriven, to voltage-starved and wrecked…and whatever interesting tones lie in-between. You can therefore think of Mangle as a strange (and perhaps brutalist) VCA, where the audio level is manipulated by powering up and down the actual circuitry the audio is passing through.
For extra tweaking, there are two circuits to route audio between: One circuit uses a quality built-in audio chip, the other circuit uses a chip that is user-swappable via the front panel. This second chip can be a source of fresh flavors, and experimentation is definitely encouraged.
Additional features include hard and soft asymmetrical diode clipping, a Bias CV input for further experimentation, a Snuff switch to kill the power to the module for a 100% passive mode, and a Gain switch to really push things into overdrive if needed. There is also a power-through jack for passing the powering-CV out to other adjacent Mangle modules.
Features
- Switch between the built-in circuitry, and a user-swappable chip on the front panel for different flavors.
- Switchable asymmetrical soft/hard clipping.
- Switchable gain.
- Snuff kills incoming power CV for 100% passive mode.
- Bias: Run CV into this at any rate to manipulate even further.
- PWR thru: Passes incoming PWR CV to a downstream Mangle/etc.
Technical Specs
Shipping Details
How much is my shipping?
Shipping is automatically calculated before you submit your payment information. Simply add items to your cart and proceed to the checkout page, where you'll be offered shipping options and their prices. In the UK it's normally around £4 for order values under £150, and free above that. Shipping to mainland EU is typically between £7 and £20, depending on the shipping method and the size and weight of the order.
Do you ship to my country?
Almost certainly - the site will give you an estimate of shipping costs if you add an item to the cart and then enter your country and postcode. If you have specific requirements (such as if you prefer UPS over FedEx, for example) then let us know in advance and we'll try to work something out for you.
Shipping methods
We use a combination of Parcelforce, DPD, Royal Mail and UPS for the UK, and for international orders it's either Royal Mail, UPS, DHL or FedEx depending on where you are in the world. If you have a particular preference then try to let us know BEFORE you order so we can look into it for you. Please note that there may occasionally be additional shipping charges if you live in a remote area, depending on what surcharges are applied by the shipper. We'll get in touch to discuss this with you in such cases.
Dispatch times
For UK orders, we normally dispatch the same working day if we get the order before 15:00. If you have a really urgent situation then of course drop us an email before ordering and we'll always do our absolute best to accommodate you.
For international orders, we normally dispatch the same day if we get the order before 13:00 but again, occasionally it might be the next day before we can send it out, and sometimes FedEx or UPS may come a little earlier than scheduled which would also push an order into the next day.
Shipping times
Since April 2020 the couriers we use have suspended guarantees for shipping times, so even though we're paying them for priority services - 24-48 hours for most of the world - in practice it's often an extra day on top and sometimes it can be longer.
There is absolutely nothing we can do about this unfortunately. If you are outside the UK and it's a life-or-death situation where you absolutely MUST have that passive mult for the next day then... it may be better to find a local supplier.
Saturday shipping
If you're in the UK and you order before 15:00 on a Friday then we can send something for a Saturday delivery (NB: this applies to UK mainland addresses only). The success rate with DPD is about 95% so it's worth a punt most of the time. Please note that if you select Saturday shipping on an order placed earlier in the week, we'll wait until Friday to ship it.
Pre-orders
If a product is listed as a pre-order, it means we've ordered it from the supplier but it's not physically in stock yet. The product listing will include an estimated shipping date based on the best information we have from the supplier, but do bear in mind this is subject to change and is not a guaranteed date.
If you place an order containing a mixture of in-stock and pre-order items, we'll normally hold off on shipping anything until the pre-order item(s) have arrived, rather than splitting it into multiple shipments. If you need the in-stock items sooner, we'd recommend placing separate orders. As always, please get in touch if you have questions.
