How It Works
Technical view
The current string-resonator wet path builds a separately triggered synth phrase, feeds it into a short comb filter whose delay follows `motion` and whose feedback and damping rise with `color`, then crossfades that resonant layer with the stereo preview source through `mix` and `blend`. It does not currently model independently tuned sympathetic strings or a fuller physical string body. The result then passes through the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.
- Resonator, Synth & Experimental
- 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 a 19-sample right-channel delay. The wet side is a separately synthesized phrase sent through a short comb resonator rather than a bank of live sympathetic strings or a full physical model.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3separately synthesized carrier phrase
- 4short comb resonator with feedback and damping
- 5dry / resonator crossfade
- 6DC blocker
- 7output gain trim
- 8final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay. The wet side is a separately synthesized phrase sent through a short comb resonator rather than a bank of live sympathetic strings or a full physical model.
Effect core
Comb-filtered synth resonator 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
- stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- separately synthesized carrier phrase
- short comb resonator with feedback and damping
- dry / resonator 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 the dry stereo preview source toward the current wet layer.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- color: Raises the comb feedback amount and the low-pass damping cutoff inside the resonator.
- motion: Sets the comb delay length.
- blend: Scales the level of the comb-resonated layer inside the wet path.
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
- channelFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Crossfades the dry stereo preview source toward the current wet layer.
Higher settings put more of the synthesized or resonant effect layer in front of 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.
Raises the comb feedback amount and the low-pass damping cutoff inside the resonator.
Higher settings make the ring longer and brighter.
Sets the comb delay length.
Moves the perceived resonant pitch and spacing of the ringing.
Scales the level of the comb-resonated layer inside the wet path.
Higher settings make the resonant ring more obvious.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the same comb-resonator architecture with Comb String and Physical String Model. It does not yet model multiple independently tuned sympathetic strings.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- channelFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- stringPad
- pickedVoice
- synthMono
- combLP
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- synthVoice
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- echoOnly
- diffuser
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/resonator-synth-experimental/sympathetic-string-resonator.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 236