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An effect plugin. General purpose modulation plugin for sound fx/design. Four effects combine an LFO, FM adjustment, AM adjustment, Sweep and Gain filters to allow simultaneous frequency, amplitude and space modulation. In conjunction with the Rotation controls, simple Tremelo and
Vibrato effects can be combined with auto-filter and auto-Pan tools in order to provide texture and movement to a sound.
An animated graph shows the results of adjusting the Modulator, Frequency, and Amplitude parameters of this plugin, giving you a visualization of the kind of modulations that will be applied to the signal as you make adjustments. Output meters let you see what level is being output.
The Modulation Fairlight FX
Modulation has the following controls:
— Bypass: Toggles this plugin on and off.
— Modulator: A low frequency oscillator (LFO), shown in blue in the animated graph.
— Shape: Specifies the shape of the LFO waveform that modulates the audio. Six options include Sine, Triangle, Saw1, Saw2, Square, Random.
— Rate (Hz): Adjust the speed of the modulating LFO. Lower settings result in warbling audio, while extremely high settings result in buzzing audio the timbre of which is dictated by the shape you’ve selected.
— Frequency: Frequency modulation (FM) of a secondary oscillator, shown as green in the animated graph.
— Level (%): Acts as a Dry/Wet knob controlling the amount of Frequency Modulation that’s applied, intensifying or easing off the effect.
— Phase: Since each of the four primary effects within this plugin can be applied together, along with the fact that modulation with level components (Tremelo/Rotation/Filter) have the ability to combine or cancel out one another, phase controls are available. Altering the phase of an individual effect allows control of such interaction (e.g., cancel out a high level change, or offset a cancellation).
— Filter: Sweep and gain filters.
— Filter (%): Acts as a Dry/Wet knob controlling the amount of filter sweep and gain to additionally use to modify the signal. The amount you’ve selected is previewed in a 1D graph to the side.
— Tone: Adjusts the center frequency of sweep.
— Phase: Since each of the four primary effects within this plugin can be applied together, along with the fact that modulation with level components (Tremelo/Rotation/Filter) have the ability to combine or cancel out one another, phase controls are available. Altering the phase of an individual effect allows control of such interaction (e.g., cancel out a high level change, or offset a cancellation).
— Amplitude: Amplitude modulation (AM) of a secondary oscillator, shown as green in the animated graph.
— Level (%): Acts as a Dry/Wet knob controlling the amount of Amplitude modulation applied. (Disabled in Ring Modulation Mode.)
— Phase: Since each of the four primary effects within this plugin can be applied together, along with the fact that modulation with level components (Tremelo/Rotation/Filter) have the ability to combine or cancel out one another, phase controls are available. Altering the phase of an individual effect allows control of such interaction (e.g., cancel out a high level change, or offset a cancellation).
— Ring Modulation Mode: Enables a Ring Modulation effect (where the signal is multiplied by the modulator, rather than modulated by it).
— Rotation: These controls are only available when applied to a multi-channel track.
— Rotate: Amount of Rotation applied.
— Offset: Start offset of rotation in order to further place the signal in space.
— Phase: Since each of the four primary effects within this plugin can be applied together, along with the fact that modulation with level components (Tremelo/Rotation/Filter) have the ability to combine or cancel out one another, phase controls are available. Altering the phase of an individual effect allows control of such interaction (e.g., cancel out a high level change, or offset a cancellation).
— Output: Controls for adjusting the final output from this plugin.
— Dry/Wet (%): A percentage control of the output mix of “dry” or original signal to “wet” or processed signal. 0 is completely dry, 100% is completely wet.
— Output Level (dB): Adjusts the overall output level of the affected sound.