Official effect
Hard-gated fuzz that slams shut on the note tail for abrupt, sputtering decay.
After high-pass cleanup and a hot biased tanh stage, this patch multiplies the signal by a clamp-based gate driven from a smoothed absolute-value envelope. `fuzz` increases both the pre-clip gain and the gate steepness, while lower `bias` raises the gate threshold so the tail chokes off sooner.
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
After high-pass cleanup and a hot biased tanh stage, this patch multiplies the signal by a clamp-based gate driven from a smoothed absolute-value envelope. `fuzz` increases both the pre-clip gain and the gate steepness, while lower `bias` raises the gate threshold so the tail chokes off sooner.
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 fuzz 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 fuzz core.
Hard-gated fuzz that clips first, then applies a smoothed amplitude gate before final high-shelf tone shaping.
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 fuzzed path after the effect core.
Lower settings preserve more pick attack and clean body; higher settings push the fuzz treatment to the front.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual fuzz structure.
Raises both the gain feeding the fuzz stage and the multiplier that sharpens the gate response.
Adds more fuzz density and makes the gate clamp down more aggressively.
Adjusts the post-fuzz high shelf.
Makes the gated splatter darker and choked or brighter and more cutting.
Shifts the pre-clip offset and changes the threshold used by the smoothed amplitude gate.
Lower values make the tail choke and sputter earlier; higher values let notes hang on longer.
Analysis
Current implementation shares the same hard-gate topology as Velcro Fuzz and Sputter Fuzz.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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