MALSTRÖM SYNTHESIZER
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The Shaper
Before filter:A is an optional waveshaper. Waveshaping is a synthesis method
for transforming sounds by altering the waveform shape, thereby creating a com-
plex, rich sound. Or, if that’s more to your taste, truncating and distorting the
sound to lo-fi heaven!
A guitar distortion box could be viewed as a type of waveshaper for example. An
unamplified electric guitar produces a sound with fairly pure harmonic content,
which is then amplified and transformed by the distortion box.
D To activate/deactivate the Shaper, click the On/Off button in the
top left corner.
When the Shaper is activated, the button is lit.
The Shaper activated
Mode
You can select one of five different modes for shaping the sound, each with its
own characteristics.
To select a mode, either click the Mode button in the bottom left corner or click
directly on the desired mode name so that it lights up in yellow.
D Sine
This produces a round, smooth sound.
D Saturate
This gives a lush, rich character to the sound.
D Clip
This introduces clipping - digital distortion - to the signal.
D Quant
This lets you truncate the signal by bit-reduction, thus making it possible to
achieve that noisy, characteristic 8 bit sound for example.
D Noise
This is actually not strictly a shaper function. Instead it multiplies the sound
with noise.
Amt (amount)
This controls the amount of shaping applied. By turning the knob to the right you
increase the effect.
Input Signal
Sine
Output Signal
Saturate
Clip
Quant
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