A new chorus-like effect
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:02 pm
Hi!
I want to share with you a chorus-like effect that I made. I wanted this to be different from what you hear in so many stomp boxes: a modulated delay line (often hopelessly out of tune) mixed with the dry signal. The result is a rather obvious wee-ou-wee-ou sound which, after a while, can become quite annoying. To me anyway. And most of all, it does not sound like an ensamble at all!
I wanted something much denser, completely random and smooth, ranging from subtle to rough. Extending the concept of my recent MVerb 7B, I experimented with convolution with white noise (which may be viewed as thousands of echos). The magic comes when you start to gradually change the white noise convolution kernel while you convolve. The result depends quite a lot on how exactly you evolve the kernel. I got best results with the lower frequencies changing slower than the higher frequencies - similar to the beating of two notes slghtly out of tune. There is also quite some tweaking regarding the parameters involved.
Finally I arrived at a point where I am quite happy with the result, however I am uncertain if I have not just got used to what I have been hearing all the time. So I am asking your opinion: what do you think?
I want to share with you a chorus-like effect that I made. I wanted this to be different from what you hear in so many stomp boxes: a modulated delay line (often hopelessly out of tune) mixed with the dry signal. The result is a rather obvious wee-ou-wee-ou sound which, after a while, can become quite annoying. To me anyway. And most of all, it does not sound like an ensamble at all!
I wanted something much denser, completely random and smooth, ranging from subtle to rough. Extending the concept of my recent MVerb 7B, I experimented with convolution with white noise (which may be viewed as thousands of echos). The magic comes when you start to gradually change the white noise convolution kernel while you convolve. The result depends quite a lot on how exactly you evolve the kernel. I got best results with the lower frequencies changing slower than the higher frequencies - similar to the beating of two notes slghtly out of tune. There is also quite some tweaking regarding the parameters involved.
Finally I arrived at a point where I am quite happy with the result, however I am uncertain if I have not just got used to what I have been hearing all the time. So I am asking your opinion: what do you think?