How It Works
Technical view
The current original-space family is a straightforward four-comb diffuser reverb. It sums four parallel `combLP` branches, scales that sum down, runs it through two short diffusers, and then applies a tone-controlled high shelf before crossfading the wet signal with the dry stereo preview source through `mix`. `space` sets the comb and diffuser delays, `decay` raises the comb feedback amounts, and `tone` opens both the comb damping cutoffs and the final high shelf before the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.
- ninetysix Originals
- waveshaping / saturation
- delay processing
- oscillator / LFO modulation
- DC blocking
Signal Path
Compiled preview chain
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before it is fed into the current four-comb reverb core.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3four parallel comb resonators
- 4gain trim on the summed reverb core
- 5first short diffuser
- 6second short diffuser
- 7post-reverb high-shelf tilt
- 8dry / reverb crossfade
- 9DC blocker
- 10output gain trim
- 11final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before it is fed into the current four-comb reverb core.
Effect core
Current four-comb diffuser reverb shared with Drift Chamber, crossfaded against the dry preview phrase.
Signal path
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
- internal picked-string demo phrase
- shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- four parallel comb resonators
- gain trim on the summed reverb core
- first short diffuser
- second short diffuser
- post-reverb high-shelf tilt
- dry / reverb crossfade
- DC blocker
- output gain trim
- final tanh limiter
Controls that matter
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
- mix: Crossfades or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- space: Sets the comb and diffuser delay lengths inside the reverb core.
- decay: Raises the feedback amounts on the four comb branches.
- tone: Sets the comb damping cutoffs and the final high-shelf tilt.
Code-backed analysis
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Crossfades or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
Higher settings make the processed layer more dominant relative to the dry phrase.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the underlying effect structure.
Sets the comb and diffuser delay lengths inside the reverb core.
Higher settings make the space feel larger and more stretched.
Raises the feedback amounts on the four comb branches.
Higher settings lengthen the reverb tail.
Sets the comb damping cutoffs and the final high-shelf tilt.
Higher settings keep the reverb brighter and more open.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the exact same four-comb diffuser reverb architecture with Drift Chamber, Shadow Choir, and Black Glass. There is no swell envelope stage yet.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- verbFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- verbWet
- pickedVoice
- verbCore
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- combLP
- diffuser
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- echoOnly
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/ninetysix-originals/carolina-swell.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 278