How It Works
Technical view
The current `Wormhole-Style Pitch Space` patch uses the same diffuse-reverb-plus-synthesized-layer architecture as the shimmer family, but the auxiliary phrase is voiced from a different note set. It still does not pitch-shift the live reverb tail in real time: `space` and `decay` reshape the underlying diffuse reverb core, while `tone` brightens that core beneath the fixed-bright synthesized harmony layer.
- Reverb & Space
- 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 as the dry source, and the wormhole-style patch layers a separately synthesized harmony phrase into the wet field instead of pitch-shifting the live reverb tail.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3four parallel damped comb stages
- 4two serial diffuser stages
- 5post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- 6separately synthesized shimmer phrase
- 7dry / wet blend with auxiliary shimmer layer
- 8DC blocker
- 9output gain trim
- 10final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo as the dry source, and the wormhole-style patch layers a separately synthesized harmony phrase into the wet field instead of pitch-shifting the live reverb tail.
Effect core
Diffuse comb-and-diffuser reverb plus a separately synthesized harmony phrase blended into the wet field.
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
- four parallel damped comb stages
- two serial diffuser stages
- post-reverb high-shelf shaping
- separately synthesized shimmer phrase
- dry / wet blend with auxiliary shimmer layer
- 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: Scales both the diffuse reverb field and the separately synthesized shimmer layer against the dry source.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- space: Expands the comb-and-diffuser lengths of the underlying diffuse reverb core.
- decay: Raises the feedback coefficients of the underlying diffuse reverb core.
- tone: Brightens the underlying diffuse reverb core; the auxiliary shimmer phrase itself stays fixed-bright in the current code.
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
Scales both the diffuse reverb field and the separately synthesized shimmer layer against the dry source.
Lower settings keep the direct phrase forward; higher settings bring up both the reverb bloom and the added harmonic lift.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual reverb structure.
Expands the comb-and-diffuser lengths of the underlying diffuse reverb core.
Moves the ambience from a closer halo toward a larger floating wash.
Raises the feedback coefficients of the underlying diffuse reverb core.
Extends the reverb tail beneath the added harmonic layer.
Brightens the underlying diffuse reverb core; the auxiliary shimmer phrase itself stays fixed-bright in the current code.
Changes how dark or open the supporting reverb tail feels under the added shimmer voice.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation uses the same diffuse-reverb-plus-synthesized-layer architecture as the shimmer family rather than a differentiated wormhole engine.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- leftFx
- rightFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- verbWet
- shimmerLeft
- shimmerRight
- pickedVoice
- verbCore
- shimmerMono
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- combLP
- diffuser
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- echoOnly
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/reverb-space/wormhole-style-pitch-space.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 188