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Feedback Organism

Currently the same organ-voice layering as Organ Machine rather than a true unstable feedback network.

The current wet path does not derive organ tone from the dry signal. It mixes in a separately triggered phrase built from two CZ-square partials plus one upper sine partial, then crossfades that synthetic organ phrase with the stereo preview source through `mix` and `blend`. In the current implementation the top-level `color` and `motion` sliders are not wired into the wet path; the organ notes use fixed per-note brightness values instead. The result then passes through the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.

  • Resonator, Synth & Experimental
  • Library #253
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Waveform preview

Static peaks come from the compiled FAUST preview render. The live scope is drawn from the browser playback output in real time.

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Compiled browser preview
Live oscilloscope from the browser playback output.AnalyserNode keeps the signal path unchanged while exposing the waveform.

How It Works

Technical view

The current wet path does not derive organ tone from the dry signal. It mixes in a separately triggered phrase built from two CZ-square partials plus one upper sine partial, then crossfades that synthetic organ phrase with the stereo preview source through `mix` and `blend`. In the current implementation the top-level `color` and `motion` sliders are not wired into the wet path; the organ notes use fixed per-note brightness values instead. 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 in this preview is a separately synthesized organ phrase triggered on fixed note events rather than being derived from the dry input.

  1. 1internal picked-string demo phrase
  2. 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
  3. 3separately synthesized organ phrase
  4. 4fixed per-note organ brightness shaping
  5. 5dry / organ crossfade
  6. 6DC blocker
  7. 7output gain trim
  8. 8final tanh limiter

Preview source

An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay. The wet side in this preview is a separately synthesized organ phrase triggered on fixed note events rather than being derived from the dry input.

Effect core

Current organ-voice layer shared with Organ Machine, 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 organ phrase
  • fixed per-note organ brightness shaping
  • dry / organ 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: Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
  • motion: Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
  • blend: Scales the level of the synthetic organ phrase inside the wet path before it is crossfaded with the dry source.

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

  • mix

    Active

    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.

  • output_gain_db

    Active

    Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.

    Matches loudness without changing the underlying effect structure.

  • color

    Active

    Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.

    Changing it currently has no effect on the sound.

  • motion

    Active

    Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.

    Changing it currently has no effect on the sound.

  • blend

    Active

    Scales the level of the synthetic organ phrase inside the wet path before it is crossfaded with the dry source.

    Higher settings make the organ layer fuller and more dominant.

Analysis

Code-derived notes

Current implementation shares the exact organ-voice architecture with Organ Machine. Despite the name, there is no feedback loop or instability yet, and the top-level color and motion sliders are not wired into the wet path.

Active blocks

  • demo
  • fx
  • outputStage
  • leftDemo
  • rightDemo
  • channelFx
  • phraseMono
  • previewShiftSamples
  • dronePad
  • pickedVoice
  • synthMono
  • organVoice
  • combLP
  • fund
  • pickEnv
  • ampEnv
  • triggerAt
  • synthVoice
  • maxDelaySamples

Inactive helpers

  • bellVoice
  • softsat
  • quantize
  • echoOnly
  • diffuser

Warnings

No current warnings are attached to this effect.

Source

  • library/resonator-synth-experimental/feedback-organism.dsp
  • Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
  • Library position: 253

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