Official effect
Parallel high-band saturator that adds clipped upper harmonics back on top of the dry signal.
This effect keeps the dry signal intact and adds a second branch that high-passes the audio, drives it through tanh saturation, and scales it back in parallel. `focus` sets the crossover into that exciter branch, `motion` raises the saturation amount, and `rate` controls the exciter branch level rather than any time-based modulation.
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
This effect keeps the dry signal intact and adds a second branch that high-passes the audio, drives it through tanh saturation, and scales it back in parallel. `focus` sets the crossover into that exciter branch, `motion` raises the saturation amount, and `rate` controls the exciter branch level rather than any time-based modulation.
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 filter 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 filter core.
Parallel high-passed saturation branch blended back with the dry signal.
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 filtered path after the effect core.
Lower settings preserve more dry attack and full-band tone; higher settings emphasize the filter treatment.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the filter behavior itself.
Sets the high-pass cutoff feeding the exciter branch.
Moves the added harmonic emphasis higher or lower in the spectrum.
Raises the saturation amount applied to the exciter branch.
Adds more harmonic edge and brightness.
Sets the gain of the exciter branch after saturation.
Changes how much of the excited high-band content is blended in; it is not a time control in the current code.
Analysis
Current implementation is a distinct parallel harmonic-enhancement path rather than a time-modulated filter.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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