Expert Sleepers Persephone: A VCA with Unique Analog Character

The Expert Sleepers Persephone is a discrete, all-analog VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) that stands out due to its JFET-based signal path. Instead of the sterile response found in many modern IC-based modules, Persephone offers a subtle to pronounced musical character. At lower gain settings, the module remains transparent, but when pushed, it introduces a warm, harmonic saturation reminiscent of vintage tube gear. With a dedicated "Zero" adjustment for achieving absolute silence and a CV input with an attenuator, Persephone is a highly versatile tool for shaping both audio signals and control voltages.

Key Features:

• JFET Architecture: Delivers a warm, natural response that reacts dynamically to your input signals.

• Transparent to Saturated: Transitions from a high-fidelity clean VCA to a powerful saturation stage for adding grit.

• Precision Control: Features a manual Offset knob and a CV input for modulation from envelopes or LFOs.

   

• Clean Performance: Optimized to minimize clicks and artifacts, even when triggered by very fast envelopes.

   

• Signature Illuminated Jacks: Integrated LED rings provide real-time visual monitoring of both the output level and the incoming control voltage.

Technical Specifications:

• Width: 8HP

• Depth: 37mm

• Power Draw: +12V: 24mA, -12V: 20mA

• Inputs: 1x Audio In, 1x CV In (with attenuator)

• Output: 1x Audio Out