Kabgnals - frequency modulation/phase distortion
virtual studio instrument:
● 2 banks for oscillator selection
● modulation & amplitude envelope control
● adjustments and lfo controls for modulation, pulse width, pitch, and pan
● low pass filter for bank one, and high pass filter for bank two.
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Wavemorph was created from the combination of several ideas I was testing.
The first was user definable wave-shaping. I've seen many waveshapers based on polynomials and math functions for generating specific distortions, but this is a solution for those who want to draw in the way a waveform will actually be mangled. The x axis represents the incoming signal, and the y axis shows what values will come out.
The second concept was the emulation of old, nonlinear digital conversion. There are many bit-crushers and sample-reducers people use to add a nice layer of digital trash to a signal, but this takes bit-crushing a step further by adding in a controllable amount of nonlinearity. Additionally, bit depth can be altered for differing sample values. The lowest values of a signal can have 12 bit accuracy, while the highest values might only have a bit depth of 4 ...
Wave changer 3 is a free PC VST audio plugin that replaces your sound waves with simple waveforms. It distorts the sound in unusual ways, ranging from weird to horrible.
Try it on some drum loops!
Retordion, a distortion plugin for vst-compatible audio software such as Steinberg Cubase. It was conceived accidentally when I was experimenting with nonlinearities inside feedback loops in a Griesinger style allpass reverb algorithm. The result is quite out of control weird distortion. To use, download the dll to the vst plugin folder of your computer.
Comprimere is a saturation plugin designed to simulate the hardware version of the Xeet Street Inc. Comprimere unit. Since this unit doesn't exist, this project was easy. We boiled down the concept of saturation into a few algorithms and made a plugin that sound uniquely itself. That is, we wanted it to sound like its hardware counterpart would if, in fact, it did exist.
The controls on the unit are insanely easy to operate. They act just like faders on a console, but unity gain is near the bottom of the travel. The first control, Fat, adjusts the amount of saturation and input of the signal into the unit. This is section of the unit is passed through a hi-cut so that the majority of fat remains on the bottom. The second control, Hi, allows you to throw some of the higher frequencies back into the signal. Pushing this fader to the limit allows for some great crispiness to your fattened signal. The final fader, Out, is by far the most straight forward. It allows you to boost or cut the overall volume of your signal. Since the levels inside the unit can get very hot, be sure to bring down the Out fader to avoid internal clipping.
Make sure that you try this effect on a number of different sources. We have our favorites, but we care not to divulge. That wouldn't be in our, nor your, best interest. Just use your ears; that's what they're there for.
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