# Shades
- **Maker:** Mutable Instruments
- **HP:** 6
- **Cases:** Eurorack 001 Installed · Synthrotek SeaHorse (same physical unit)
- **What it does:** Three-channel attenuator / attenuverter / offset / mixer utility.
## Manual
- [Manual (2020)](https://pichenettes.github.io/mutable-instruments-documentation/modules/shades_2020/manual/)
## Jacks and controls (manual)
Per channel: **Function selector** (attenuator / attenuverter); **Attenuator/attenuverter** knob; **Signal input** (jack 1); **Signal output** (jack 2). Unpatched inputs feed a jumper-selected constant (+5 V / +10 V / 0 V). Unpatched outputs daisy-chain into the next channel’s output for mixing/offset.
## Good for
Attenuating, offsetting, and mixing CV; braking hot Disting swings before a filter CV input.
## Patches
- [[Patches/Strong-Fundamental Bass Voice]]