# Beads
- **Maker:** Mutable Instruments
- **HP:** 14
- **Cases:** Eurorack 001 Installed
- **What it does:** Texture synthesizer — granular processing with reverb/delay modes and stereo I/O.
## Manual
- [Manual](https://pichenettes.github.io/mutable-instruments-documentation/modules/beads/manual/)
## Jacks and controls (manual)
**Audio I/O:** audio inputs **(1)** — firmware update names the left jack **IN L** (stereo pair with **IN R**); audio outputs **L** / **R** **(8)**.
**Other jacks:** FREEZE gate **(3)**; SEED **(4)**; DENSITY CV **(5)**; TIME/SIZE/SHAPE/PITCH CV **(6)**; assignable CV **(7)**.
**Controls:** quality **[A]**; FREEZE **[B]**; SEED **[C]**; DENSITY **[D]**; TIME **[E]**; SIZE; SHAPE; PITCH; attenurandomizers **[I]**; FEEDBACK **[J]**; DRY/WET **[K]**; REVERB **[L]**; assign button **[M]**.
## Good for
Granular textures and clouds; reverb + delay wash around sequenced voices.
## Patches
- [[Patches/Berlin School Sequence and Space]]