Sightlines
by Aqeel Aadam
Playable harmonic filter that turns noise, samples and synth into tuned tones
Sep 4, 202647 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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- 4:59Noise source, band cairns raised one by one, colour and dust controls
- 12:45Sample source: metal chains loaded, sustain region and compression
- 17:46Voice page: poly, mono, fixed note, glide and drone modes
- 22:32Tuning page: ratio and warp stretch the harmonic series, then quantize to major
- 29:07Balance page: scan, tilt, attenuate and stereo spread
- 41:32As an effect on Booger clicks and pops, then on drums
What it does
Up to eight resonant bandpass filters tuned to the harmonic series, drawn as stacked cairns per band. It runs as an instrument fed by noise, a synth or a sample, or as an effect on any track. A tuning page warps the overtone ratios and quantizes bands to a scale, with LFOs, sequencers and MIDI modulation, plus chorus, delay and reverb.
In the demo
Jade builds it up in AUM from noise, then a metal chain sample and the synth. She fixes a 100 Hz note to show how ratio and warp move the harmonics, quantizes to major and minor, drops sequencers onto bands, drives it from Way Maker with no routing, and ends with it as an effect on drums.
Worth knowing
It is a sound design instrument rather than a mix EQ, and rewards holding a note and modulating. The desktop version is sold by the developer, $20 on sale, $30 after.
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