How It Works
Technical view
The current drone wet path layers the shared self-triggered synth phrase with a held low organ note, then shapes the combined layer with a `color`-driven low shelf and a `motion`-driven high shelf before crossfading it with the dry stereo preview source through `mix`. `blend` both raises the organ drone contribution and scales the overall wet layer. The result then passes through the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.
- Resonator, Synth & Experimental
- 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 a 19-sample right-channel delay. The wet side adds a separately synthesized phrase plus one sustained low organ drone rather than generating a free-running drone from live input.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3separately synthesized lead phrase plus held low organ drone
- 4color-controlled low-shelf reinforcement
- 5motion-controlled high-shelf shaping
- 6dry / drone crossfade
- 7DC blocker
- 8output gain trim
- 9final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay. The wet side adds a separately synthesized phrase plus one sustained low organ drone rather than generating a free-running drone from live input.
Effect core
Self-triggered synth phrase plus sustained low organ drone, 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
- stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- separately synthesized lead phrase plus held low organ drone
- color-controlled low-shelf reinforcement
- motion-controlled high-shelf shaping
- dry / drone 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 the dry stereo preview source toward the current wet layer.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- color: Raises the brightness of the held organ drone and the low-shelf reinforcement applied to the combined wet layer.
- motion: Sets the high-shelf gain on the combined wet layer.
- blend: Raises the held organ-drone gain and also scales the overall wet-layer contribution in the final crossfade.
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
- channelFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Crossfades the dry stereo preview source toward the current wet layer.
Higher settings put more of the synthesized or resonant effect layer in front of 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.
Raises the brightness of the held organ drone and the low-shelf reinforcement applied to the combined wet layer.
Higher settings make the drone thicker and more present in the low mids.
Sets the high-shelf gain on the combined wet layer.
Opens the top end of the drone layer as it increases.
Raises the held organ-drone gain and also scales the overall wet-layer contribution in the final crossfade.
Higher settings make the sustained drone heavier and more dominant.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation layers the shared synth phrase with one held low organ voice and shelf EQ. It is not a free-running drone engine or live input follower yet.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- channelFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- dronePad
- pickedVoice
- synthMono
- organVoice
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- synthVoice
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- combLP
- echoOnly
- diffuser
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/resonator-synth-experimental/drone-generator.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 247