Winterbloom: Helium and Hydrogen offer simple, elegant utility modules
Helium floats a balloon of 3u precision adding and buffered multiple whereas Hydrogen flies an airship of 1U precision buffered multiple in these two new Eurorack modules from Winterbloom.
Helium
Helium is a perfectly poised 4 HP utility module that’s full of Winterbloom flair. I can never get enough buffered mults in my system as I’m always needing to split clocks, re-route sequences, and double up on LFOs and envelopes. With Helium you get three 1-to-3 buffered mults which also cascade usefully into a 1-to-6 or 1-to-9 mult if you need it to. At the bottom, you also get a 3-to-1 precision adder for combining signals to a single output. You could use it to transpose the pitch of a sequence or combine modulators into interesting shapes.
Precision is important here and Winterbloom stresses that it is designed to be as precise as possible with high-quality, low-offset, low-drift op-amps and 0.05% thin-film resistors. So Helium doesn’t just look great – love that front panel design and shaped LEDs – it also has the engineering behind the panel to keep your signals from drifting.
Winterbloom Helium
You can preorder Helium as a kit for $69 or fully formed for $89 and they should ship in January 2022.
Hydrogen
Bringing a similar idea to the horizontal world of 1U Intellijel and Pulp Logic tiles is Hydrogen. In only 14 HP we get a dual 1-to-4 precision buffered multiple. It’s normalled so can also function as a 1-to-8 mult. It has the same level of precision and component choice as Helium and is possibly the finest mult you’ll find in the 1U format.
Winterbloom Hydrogen
Preorders are open for the kit at $49 and the fully formed version at $69 and will also ship in January 2022.
More information from Winterbloom
- Winterbloom Helium: Winterbloom
- Winterbloom Hydrogen: Winterbloom
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