Official effect
Top-end tamer built from a steep high-shelf cut and an upper-mid peaking cut.
The current path is entirely static: it first applies a high-shelf attenuation whose cutoff shifts with `motion`, then applies a peaking EQ cut whose depth is controlled by `rate`. There is no modulation or dynamics here despite the shared control names, so it behaves as a focused harshness smoother rather than as a moving filter.
Static peaks come from the compiled FAUST preview render. The live scope is drawn from the browser playback output in real time.
How It Works
The current path is entirely static: it first applies a high-shelf attenuation whose cutoff shifts with `motion`, then applies a peaking EQ cut whose depth is controlled by `rate`. There is no modulation or dynamics here despite the shared control names, so it behaves as a focused harshness smoother rather than as a moving filter.
Signal Path
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the filter core.
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the filter core.
Static high-shelf reduction plus upper-mid peaking cut for taming harsh top end.
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
Controls
Blends the untouched stereo preview source with the filtered path after the effect core.
Lower settings preserve more dry attack and full-band tone; higher settings emphasize the filter treatment.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the filter behavior itself.
Sets the amount of high-shelf attenuation.
Higher values preserve more top end; lower values tame more high-frequency bite.
Moves the turnover frequency of the high-shelf cut and the center of the peaking cut upward.
Targets harsher bands higher or lower in the upper mids and treble.
Sets the depth of the upper-mid peaking cut.
Increases or reduces how much sharp presence is pulled back; it is not a time-based rate control in the current code.
Analysis
Current implementation is a distinct static harshness-taming EQ path rather than a moving filter or envelope effect.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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