ALM Busy Circuits Squid Salmple

The ‘Squid Salmpler’ is a Eurorack 8 channel audio & CV sampler. It is designed for immediate real time sampling; editing and mangling within a modular context.

Taking influence from early hardware samplers; The Squid Salmple focuses on usability & instinctive operation; incorporating a proven Pamela’s Workout style user interface for minimal screen dependance & a fun; hands on experience.

With support for sampling and playback for both audio and CV; as well as CV control of all parameters; on-the-fly bank loading & saving to USB; The Squid Salmple brings a unique take on old school sampling into the modular realm

The Squid Salmple comes with a USB Stick containing approximately 90 banks of original carefully curated royalty free samples. This includes a wide range of sounds from classic drum machines & weird synths to field recordings & CV modulations. Banks are provided by both ALM and some of our favourite artists and friends including Mumdance; Solid Blake; Russell Haswell; Lauren Flax; Dave Burraston (NYZ); Sue Zuki; Dungeon Acid; Sasha Lewis and Andrew Duff.

• 8 independent channels; 4 DC coupled outputs (2 channels per out) and a mix output (ac coupled)
• 1 mono record input handling both CV and audio input signal from line to modular level.
• Each channel has approx 11 seconds of 16 bit / 44.1Khz CD quality sample time stored in low latency RAM.
• Each channel can have various parameters edited all in real time bit depth; rate; lo fi playback speed/pitch; amplitude level with a simple envelope; looping with crossfade; playback direction; start; end and loop ‘cue’ positions; multiple cue groups and more.
• Each channel features a basic digital multimode filter offering a high; low; notch or bandpass mode with resonance
• Three CV inputs allow for CV control to be assigned to any & multiple parameters and filters. Channels 6; 7 & 8 have dedicate 1v/oct input for control of pitch (expect crunchy aliasing!).
• Sample record and channel destination can be controlled either by automated patching or manually via UI controls.
• Save and load samples to USB keys as regular Wav format files arranged in quick-to-use banks of 8 (Up to 99 per key).
• Easy firmware update via USB key.
• Skiff friendly with reverse power protection.
• Made in England.

Supply: +12V 300mA Max / -12v 35mA

Size: 21HP

Depth: 38mm

Audio: AKM codecs with 44.1khz / 16 bit quality audio

Latency: 1-2ms trigger response time