How It Works
Technical view
The current code simply high-passes the signal and applies low- and high-shelf shaping before the normal dry/wet and output stages. There is no pitch detection, note estimation, or mute logic here yet, and the shared `squeeze` control is declared but inactive.
- Compression, Gate & EQ
- band-pass filtering
- 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 and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the dynamics or EQ core.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3high-pass cleanup
- 4low-shelf contour shaping
- 5high-shelf tone shaping
- 6dry / wet mix
- 7DC blocker
- 8output gain trim
- 9final tanh limiter
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 dynamics or EQ core.
Effect core
Simple conditioning path with high-pass cleanup and gentle shelf EQ, without pitch analysis.
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
- high-pass cleanup
- low-shelf contour shaping
- high-shelf tone shaping
- dry / wet mix
- 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: Blends the untouched stereo preview source with the processed path after the core effect.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- squeeze: Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
- tone: Adjusts the high shelf after the conditioning filters.
- contour: Adjusts the low shelf after the high-pass stage.
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
- gateCore
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Blends the untouched stereo preview source with the processed path after the core effect.
Lower settings keep more dry attack and natural dynamics; higher settings push the processed behavior forward.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual dynamic or EQ structure.
Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
Changing it currently has no effect on the sound.
Adjusts the high shelf after the conditioning filters.
Makes the signal a bit darker or brighter.
Adjusts the low shelf after the high-pass stage.
Adds or removes low-end body in the conditioned preview signal.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation is a simple filtered utility path, not an actual tuner with pitch detection.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- gateCore
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- monitorBand
- referenceMono
- pickedVoice
- referenceVoice
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- refEnv
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- combLP
- echoOnly
- diffuser
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/compression-gate-eq/tuner.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 62