Casper and Bastl released Aikido

Casper and Bastl released Aikido, a performative quad VCA mixer with flexible submix routing and two styles of integrated envelope followers. Clever normalization allows ready-to-go sidechain compression, expansion, and rapid routing experimentation.

Clickless mute switches and level faders make for immediate performability, while dedicated attenuverters on each channel make Aikido a powerful and flexible quad VCA. The main mix output is accompanied by individual VCA outputs with patch-programmable cascading mix routing. The Side Chain envelope follower offers 3 different response curves, while the Spectral Follower can be set to focus on treble, mid or bass frequencies.

Features

• 4 VCA channels, each with:
  clickless mute with light indication
  level fader with 6dB boost
  CV input with attenuverter
  input (DC coupled)
  output (DC coupled) cascaded mixing
• Mix output (AC coupled)
• Side chain envelope follower
  input (normalized to A input)
  output (normalized to CV inputs)
  switch to select response time
• Spectral envelope follower
  input taken from Channel D output
  patchable output
  switch to focus the follower to low, mid, or high frequencies
• Backside jumpers
  select whether direct VCA outputs are pre/post Mute
  cascaded mixing input and output (joins 2 Aikidos to 8 channel mixer)
  main mix input and output (for chaining the normalized MIX outputs), chainable with BUDDY

Price
~ €291.55

More info here: Casper Bastl Aikido