Official effect
Biased high-gain fuzz that currently uses the same mid-shaped vintage core rather than adding a dedicated pitch stage.
The current implementation matches the same biased single-stage fuzz used by Germanium Fuzz, Silicon Fuzz, Tone-Bender Style Fuzz, and Big-Box Fuzz: high-pass cleanup, tanh clipping with DC offset, a broad 980 Hz contour, and a post-fuzz high shelf. In other words, it is presently a naming variant of that core rather than a pitch-tracking or pitch-shifted fuzz design.
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 implementation matches the same biased single-stage fuzz used by Germanium Fuzz, Silicon Fuzz, Tone-Bender Style Fuzz, and Big-Box Fuzz: high-pass cleanup, tanh clipping with DC offset, a broad 980 Hz contour, and a post-fuzz high shelf. In other words, it is presently a naming variant of that core rather than a pitch-tracking or pitch-shifted fuzz design.
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.
Increases sustain and saturation density.
Adjusts both the 980 Hz peak EQ and the post-fuzz high shelf.
Changes how forward the mids and upper harmonics feel after clipping.
Offsets the waveform before clipping.
Changes clipping symmetry and the rasp of the fuzz texture.
Analysis
Current implementation does not add pitch tracking or pitch shifting; it shares the same biased vintage-fuzz topology as Germanium Fuzz, Silicon Fuzz, Tone-Bender Style Fuzz, and Big-Box 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.