GENERATORS
Sytrus - The Effects Module
 The
effects module offers high-quality chorus effect, 3 delay lines which
can process either in parallel or in serial and the possibility to
send the module output to a mixer
send track for further processing.
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Settings
Panning (PAN)
Allows you to pan the signal before it is processed by the effects.
Chorus Effect
The chorus effect enables you to enrich the stereo panorama and depth even
for simple patches. It can also be used as a less CPU-intensive alternative
to the integrated unison mode (see the main module page), if you don't need
to use any of the advanced unison features, such as sub-level voices, custom
parameter
mapping
etc.
- Order (ORD) - Sets the number of "stacked" flangers
to be used for the effect. Using more flangers makes the effect smoother
and richer. Drag the screen down until the indicator disappears to disable
the effect.
- Depth (DP) - Controls the "chorus
depth" (amplitude of pitch oscillation for each of the stacked flangers).
- Speed (SP) - Controls the flange speed (speed
of pitch oscillation).
- Delay (DL) - Variable amounts of delay can
be applied to each of the stacked flangers. Use this parameter to define
the overall amount of delay applied.
- Spread (SR) - Each flanger is assigned
a different speed, depth etc. in a range defined by the basic properties
provided for the Chorus effect. Increase the SPRD value
to "smooth" the spreading of the stacked flangers across the parameter
ranges.
- Chorus Stereo Cross (CR) - This parameter
applies a stereo cross mix between the left and right channel audio output
of the
Chorus effect. Increase the parameter value to mix more of the left channel
sound in the right one and vice versa. The parameter has range of -128
to 128.
Negative
values mix inverted sound in the opposite channel.
- Chorus Level (VL) - Determines the level
of the processed signal into the overall mix.
You can load several presets for the chorus effect by clicking the
Options button on the Sytrus interface (
)
and pointing to the chorus submenu.
Send Track Settings
Here you can select a mixer
send track and send level if you want to send
the signal to a track for further processing.
Select the send track number from the LCD (NUM) and adjust the send level
(VOL).
Delay Line Settings
The effects module includes 3 separate delay lines (echo) which can process
either in parallel or in serial.
To see the settings for each delay line, select one via the D1/D2/D3 switches.
To enable the effect, turn on the Enabled LED.
- Delay Feedback (FB) - Sets the feedback volume.
Setting this to maximum will create feedback that never fades out, while
setting it to minimum
will result in no feedback.
- Delay Time (TM) - Sets the signal delay
time (and amount of time between echoes in the feedback).
- Delay Stereo Offset (SO) - Lets you set a
time offset for the left or right audio channel, thus creating richer
stereo panorama of the delay effect.
To delay the left channel, use a negative offset value. To delay
the right channel,
use a positive value.
- Delay Volume (VL) - Sets the delay line output.
Keep in mind this parameter has a range of -128 to 128 - to decrease the
delay volume, position the slide near the middle. Negative values produce
echoes with inverted signal (phase).
- Delay feedback Mode (NORMAL, INVERTED, P.PONG) - Sets the feedback stereo
mode. Normal preserves the original stereo, Inverted swaps the left and right
channels once, Ping Pong swaps the left and right channels for each successive
echo.
- Tempo Based (TEMPO) - Enable this switch to make the delay speed tempo
based rather than absolute in time.
- Serial Processing (SERIAL) - Enable this
switch to feed the next delay filter with the output of the current delay
(thus processing in serial as
opposed to independent parallel processing). Only the first two delay effects
have this option.
- Enabled (ENABLED) - Turn this switch on
to enable the current delay line.
Articulation Section
The articulation section allows you to apply an envelope, LFO, map keys, velocity
or unison mode voices to a set of predefined properties. To see the full list
of envelopes/mapping in the articulation section and their meaning, please
check the envelope editor page.
The filter mode supports the following articulation targets (controlled parameters):
- Panning (PAN) - Sets the module panning (graph
bottom = left panning, graph top = right panning).
- Volume (VOL) - Sets the module volume (graph
bottom = no output, graph top = maximum output).