Modular · Modulation
S&H
Captures a CV value on each trigger and holds it
Open in the synth with a demo patch Open ModularWhat it does
S&H (sample and hold) is a freeze-frame for a control signal. Something flows continuously into the input, an LFO for instance, and on every event at the Trig input the module snapshots the current value and holds it at the output until the next event. A smooth wave becomes steps in time with the clock; noise becomes random but synchronized values. Slew stretches the transition between steps so the modulation does not click.
Ports
- in
- The CV to capture
- trig
- Event: take a new value
- out
- The held value
Parameters
Slew
Try this
- Smooth random LFO → S&H In, Clock 1/8 → S&H Trig, S&H Out → Filter Cutoff: the cutoff jumps somewhere new on every beat.
- Euclid → S&H Trig and S&H Out → Sampler Pos: the grains read the sample from a new spot on every hit of the rhythm.
- Slew 0.3 s turns the steps into gentle slopes; the modulation glides to the value instead of jumping.