Introducing Bitweaver

Finegear is proud to present Bitweaver, our first step into the eurorack format: an 8-bit fully analog bit-crusher that sounds warm, squelchy, fuzzy, and rich. 

One reason is in the circuit: its ADC and DAC are built from discrete op-amps, transistors, resistors and capacitors, and the inherent imperfections of converting and reconstructing the audio signal add a squelchy character to the sound. Another source of this machine’s distinctive sound texture is that Bitweaver computes bits continuously, with no sampling clock, flipping whenever the signal crosses a threshold.

Each of the 8 bits is then yours to play with, from the Most to the Least important: turn it on or off, invert it, replace it with a CV signal, or override it with the value of another bit. All bit manipulations stay harmonically related to the incoming signal, expressing the unit’s wave-shaping abilities.

From sub-audio tremolo to classic bit-crusher grit, three distinct sonic territories open up depending on where you place the sample-and-hold stage (an analog take on sample rate reduction): before the bit engine, after it, or bypassed entirely.

8 analog bits.
Per-bit modulation.
Bit-by-bit hijack.
A new breed of waveshaper. 

Bitweaver invites producers, performers, artists and musicians to a new kind of analog destruction… and reconstruction: harmonically rich, voltage-controllable down to the single bit, and ready to meet you from the desktop or the eurorack.

3U, 42HP eurorack format
Optional enclosure
Black or white faceplate