Jade Starr Music

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. 1:28Routing two sources into it as a multi-bus instance in AUM
  2. 3:45Spectral vocoder modes with resolution, attack and release
  3. 9:16Morph dial crossfading between the two inputs
  4. 9:5116-step modulator driving the morph rhythmically
  5. 14:19FM, AM, ring mod and scrub in the modulation section
  6. 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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