Noise Engineering has introduced Viol Ruina, the third in their Ruina line of Eurorack distortion modules.

Viol Ruina is an all-analog resonant 24dB lowpass filter, with envelope follower and feedback FM, with an independently addressable distortion circuit.

A departure from many of Noise Engineering’s previous products, VR starts with circuit familiar to most synthesists: a 24dB lowpass filter. Tradition ends here, they note, though, as VR’s filter features harsh resonance and includes a built-in envelope follower and feedback FM. The filter’s output is normalled to a separate harsh distortion circuit.

Viol Ruina, like the previous members of the Ruina series, is all analog, and features separate ins and outs for its filter and drive sections so they can be used separately in a patch. It’s also the first in their Ruina series to feature CV: the filter’s cutoff, along with the internal modulation, can be controlled by external CV sources.

Pricing and Availability

Viol Ruina is available now for US $133.