The Intellijel Tetrapad is a multi-dimensional, touch-sensitive control surface for Eurorack modular synthesizers.
Each of its four pads use force-sensing resistors to respond to both the vertical position of your finger and its pressure. Four push encoders and a shift function give you even more tactile control over your modular system.
Tetrapad operates in numerous modes, each of which configures the module to perform a specific control task.
Tetrapad be used as:
- a bank of faders;
- a voltage storage device;
- a finger drumming surface;
- a chord generator;
- an 8-key keyboard;
- four independent LFOs; or
- an 8-switch panel.
The chosen mode determines what type of signal (CV, note, trigger, gate, etc.) is sent from each of Tetrapad’s eight independent outputs.
Here’s a series of video introductions for Tetrapad:
Pricing and Availability
Tetrapad is available for US $299.
Ace
Good to see you’re happy
We need something like this as a stand-alone / desktop device, with DIN & USB MIDI output.
Ideally with an X-Y-Z touchpad s well.
This does look cool but all the options and mode buttons make it seem more complicated than it needs to be.
There’s a consistency to the controls across modes that makes it pretty easy to use and remember. For example, holding the red shift button and adjusting encoder 1 controls slew rate across all the modes that take advantage of that feature.