Jade Starr Music

Crystals

by Eventide

Reverse pitch effect pairing shifted delays with reverb

Jun 17, 202162 minWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 11:27Pitch mix blending the A and B shifters, each with its own reverse delay
  2. 12:02The reverb and its decay, plus feedback for the two reverse delays
  3. 13:10The flex button, held down to jump everything an octave
  4. 15:21Assigning knobs to the ribbon, with a start and an end value for each
  5. 17:15Preset folders on piano: signature, octaves, fourths and fifths, reverse delays, reverbs
  6. 42:47On a drum computer, where the reverse delays are easiest to pick out
  7. 53:17The ribbon swept across a live vocal while she sings

What it does

A pitch effect built from twin reverse pitch shifters, A and B, each feeding its own reverse granular delay, with a reverb after them. A pitch mix knob sits hard left for A, hard right for B or in the middle for both, feedback is set per delay, and delay time is tapped in or synced to the host. Holding the flex button jumps everything up an octave. The ribbon along the bottom takes any set of knobs, each with a start and an end value, so one swipe moves several at once.

In the demo

Jade runs the preset folders on piano, then a wavetable synth, 4Pockets Strummer, a drum computer and a live vocal, pulling the source out of the mix so the effect alone is audible. She spends a stretch on the ribbon, assigning knobs to it and then sweeping it while singing.

Worth knowing

This rewrites what goes into it rather than adding a discreet tail. Anyone wanting a plain reverb or a clean pitch shift will find it doing a good deal more.

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