How It Works
Technical view
The current rotor-style original does not yet add separate tremolo, echo, or rotor cabinet behavior. It crossfades each channel toward a short modulated delay tap, with `depth` setting the modulation depth, `rate` setting the two LFO speeds, and `tone` raising the delayed-branch gain. The result then passes through the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.
- ninetysix Originals
- 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 the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before each side is blended toward its own LFO-modulated short-delay tap.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3left LFO-modulated short-delay tap
- 4right LFO-modulated short-delay tap
- 5per-channel dry / delay crossfade
- 6DC blocker
- 7output gain trim
- 8final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before each side is blended toward its own LFO-modulated short-delay tap.
Effect core
Per-channel LFO-modulated short-delay widening 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
- shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- left LFO-modulated short-delay tap
- right LFO-modulated short-delay tap
- per-channel dry / delay 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 or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- depth: Sets how far the left and right short-delay taps move around their base times.
- rate: Sets the LFO speeds driving the left and right delay modulation.
- tone: Raises the gain of the modulated delay taps.
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
- leftFx
- rightFx
- phraseMono
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Crossfades or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
Higher settings make the processed layer more dominant relative to the dry phrase.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the underlying effect structure.
Sets how far the left and right short-delay taps move around their base times.
Higher settings make the modulation sweep wider and more noticeable.
Sets the LFO speeds driving the left and right delay modulation.
Higher settings make the movement cycle faster.
Raises the gain of the modulated delay taps.
Higher settings bring the moving delayed layer farther forward.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the exact same modulated short-delay architecture with Firefly. There is no dedicated rotor cabinet motion yet.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- leftFx
- rightFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- leftWet
- rightWet
- pickedVoice
- slowA
- maxDelaySamples
- slowB
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- combLP
- echoOnly
- diffuser
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/ninetysix-originals/prism-rotor.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 280