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formant effect. Many sounds will take on distinctive vocal
characteristics as the formant gain control is increased.
The Formant Filter is particularly effective for choral pad
sounds but can also be used for short percussive sounds.
For convenience, the Formant Filter has a dedicated LFO
for basic formant modulation effects. If more advanced
modulation is required, consider LFO or MIDI CC automa-
tion via the Mod Matrix. The Formant Filter LFO controls
can only be adjusted using the
Value
buttons, no physical
control is available for the LFO parameters.
Distortion Module
The Distortion module can add effects to the Part's sound
ranging from a subtle harmonic edge to almost complete
destruction of the signal.
The Distortion module currently has five distortion algo-
rithms: Soft Rectifier, Hard Rectifier, Bit Crusher I, Bit
Crusher II and Gnasher. Each has a very distinctive effect.
The 'hard' variants are more severe versions of the 'soft'
variants. The rectifiers add traditional harmonic distorti-
on, the bit crushers add a gritty lo-fi effect to the sound and
the Gnasher is a band-limited tube limiter/compressor
model. Gnasher is unique amongst Kyra's distortion algo-
rithms in leaving low level signals undistorted, so it is very
useful for longer pad-type sounds.
To apply Distortion, increase the Distortion
Effect Mix
control. This will increase the amount of distorted signal in
the signal chain. At the lowest setting, the Distortion mo-
dule is effectively bypassed. At the maximum setting, the
signal is sourced entirely from the Distortion module. Use
intermediate settings to blend between the two.
The Drive parameter adjusts the signal level going into
the Distortion module itself - at lower settings, the input
signal is attenuated, at higher settings the signal is
boosted. As the Distortion module will add significant gain
and compression to the overall signal, the
Final Level
control should be used to equalize the overall Part level so
that it is comparable to other Parts. The
Final Level
con-
trol has the same effect as the
Part Level
control but is
stored as part of the Patch itself. Both level settings are
accounted for when setting the overall level of the Part
relative to all the other Parts. The Final Level control
should be left at its default maximum setting (minimum
attenuation) unless the Patch is too loud relative to other
Patches and you don't want to reduce the pre-effects Patch
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