Wave Collider
by Michael Kaisser
Blends two audio signals in 22 spectral, modulation, dynamics and math modes
May 16, 202625 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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- 1:28Routing two sources into it as a multi-bus instance in AUM
- 3:45Spectral vocoder modes with resolution, attack and release
- 9:16Morph dial crossfading between the two inputs
- 9:5116-step modulator driving the morph rhythmically
- 14:19FM, AM, ring mod and scrub in the modulation section
- 19:23Math modes on drums sidechaining a pad
What it does
A two-input AUv3 effect that combines a pair of audio signals in 22 blend modes: spectral (vocoders, frequency splice, phase swap, bit interleave), modulation (FM, AM, ring mod, scrub), stochastic, dynamics (sidechain duck, amplitude follow) and math (add, subtract, min, max, divide). A morph dial crossfades between the inputs and a 16-step modulator can drive it in time. Every control shows a plain-language description as you move it.
In the demo
Jade sets up the routing in AUM, loading it as a multi-bus instance so drums feed a piano, then walks through every mode with piano and drums, noise into a synth, and a Playbeat 4 pattern sidechaining a pad.
Worth knowing
It needs a host with multi-bus routing such as AUM, or a sidechain-style setup in Logic. The results lean toward glitchy, noisy sound design rather than subtle processing.
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