Granular Audio Processor for Eurorack
SKIES
Unleash new dimensions of sound with the Behringer SKIES granular synthesis module for Eurorack. Whether you're sculpting dense, evolving textures or crafting glitchy, fragmented rhythms, SKIES is your gateway to sonic exploration. With its intuitive controls and powerful processing capabilities, SKIES invites you to break free from traditional synthesis and dive headfirst into a world of shimmering ambience and chaotic soundscapes.
What is Granular Synthesis?
Granular synthesis takes audio and chops it into tiny bits called "grains," which are then rearranged, layered, and manipulated in pitch, size, and density. These grains can be stretched across time, reversed, or smeared into lush atmospheres. The result? Evolving textures, glitched-out rhythms, and ethereal soundscapes that can transform even the simplest sound source into something extraordinary. With SKIES, you can push this technique to its creative limits.
Features That Inspire
SKIES gives you hands-on control over core parameters like Position, Size, Pitch, Density, and Texture, letting you shape every detail of your grains with precision. The Blend control provides access to stereo spread, feedback, and reverb, ensuring you can create everything from subtle stereo shimmer to cavernous soundscapes. Engage the Freeze function to capture a sonic moment in time, perfect for building loops, drones, or ambient pads on the fly. With extensive CV input options, SKIES thrives in a modular environment where dynamic modulation can take your sound even further.
USB
| USB |
Type C Socket |
Inputs
| Position CV |
3.5 mm TS jack, -8 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Size CV |
3.5 mm TS jack, -8 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| V/Oct |
3.5 mm TS jack, 0 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Blend CV |
3.5 mm TS jack, -8 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Density CV |
3.5 mm TS jack, -8 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Texture CV |
3.5 mm TS jack, -8 V to + 8 V range, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Freeze |
3.5 mm TS jack, 5 V peak to peak, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Trigger |
3.5 mm TS jack, 5 V peak to peak, impedance 50 kΩ |
| Audio Inputs left & right |
2 x 3.5 mm TS jack, AC coupled, impedance 22 kΩ |
Outputs
| Audio Outputs left & right |
2 x 3.5 mm TS jack, AC coupled, impedance 1 kΩ |
| Controls |
Position |
| Buttons |
Freeze |
| LEDs |
4 x multi function |
| Power Consumption |
120 mA (+12 V) / 10 mA (-12 V) |
Physical
| Standard operating temperature |
5° C to 45° C (41° F to 113° F) |
| Dimensions |
128.5 x 91.12 x 55.7 mm (5.06 x 3.59 x 2.19") |
| Eurorack |
18 hp |