Official effect
Warm-leaning biased fuzz that currently rides on the same mid-shaped high-gain core as the other vintage-named fuzz variants.
The current preview high-passes the signal, drives it into a single biased tanh stage, then reshapes the result with a broad 980 Hz peak and a post-fuzz high shelf. `bias` offsets the waveform before clipping, so it changes how asymmetrically the fuzz breaks up, but this is not yet a separate germanium transistor model.
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 preview high-passes the signal, drives it into a single biased tanh stage, then reshapes the result with a broad 980 Hz peak and a post-fuzz high shelf. `bias` offsets the waveform before clipping, so it changes how asymmetrically the fuzz breaks up, but this is not yet a separate germanium transistor model.
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.
Single-stage biased fuzz with pre-drive high-pass cleanup, 980 Hz mid contouring, and post-fuzz 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 the input multiplier feeding the single fuzz stage.
Adds more sustain, compression, and fuzz density as it increases.
Adjusts both the 980 Hz peak EQ and the post-fuzz high shelf.
Shifts the fuzz from darker and flatter to brighter and more cutting.
Applies DC offset before the tanh stage.
Changes clipping symmetry, compression, and how unevenly the waveform tears apart.
Analysis
Current implementation shares the same biased vintage-fuzz topology as Big-Box Fuzz, Silicon Fuzz, Tone-Bender Style Fuzz, and Pitch Fuzz.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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Each effect page uses the same generated description pipeline and compiled waveform preview assets.