Audio Damage Replicant 1.5 - Manual (Page 15)

The RANDOM HOLD button, when turned on, causes Replicant to use the same series of randomly generated
events for each measure, based on the settings of all parameters at the beginning of the measure. This means
that Replicant will generate the same pattern of repeated audio loops until you change any of
the controls that are affected by randomly chosen values—essentially all controls other than the
filter controls, the panning controls, and the output controls. The RANDOM HOLD button is
checked only at the beginning of each measure. As a result, you may find it most effective to
turn the button on, listen to Replicant‟s output and decide whether or not you find it
interesting, and if not turn the button off and back on again as Replicant‟s position indicator moves past the
beginning of the next measure (i.e., the top of the dial). This will cause Replicant to generate a new series of
random events which will be preserved until you toggle the RANDOM HOLD button again.
Effects Mode
The FX MODE buttons choose different signal-mixing configurations. The different
configurations control how Replicant mixes the processed signal with the incoming signal to
form its output signal, and are appropriate for the different ways in which a plug-in can be
inserted in the signal paths in your host software.
 The MIX mode mixes the input signal with the output signal in equal amounts. This mode is
appropriate when you‟re using Replicant as an insert effect on one channel of your host software‟s
mixer, and you want to hear both the original signal and the processed signal mixed together.
 The DUCK mode silences the input signal when it is playing back looped audio, and passes the input
signal without alteration otherwise. This mode is useful when you‟re using Replicant as an insert
effect, and you want to hear the original signal and the processed signal but not both at once.
 The SEND mode does not pass any of the unprocessed input signal to Replicant‟s output. You hear
only the looped audio. This mode is useful when you‟re using Replicant as a send effect in your host‟s
mixer, sending one or more channels to it and mixing its output with the other signals.
Bit Reducer
The BITS numerical controls a bit-depth reducer applied to the looped audio. Dragging
downwards on this control effectively reduces the number of bits used to represent the
audio signal. This creates “lo-fi” effects associated with older hardware samplers,
hand-held electronic games, etc. The bit-depth reducer affects the signal before it
reaches the filters, so you can use the low-pass filter to reduce the high frequencies
and remove some of the edge created by bit-depth reduction. (Alternatively you can use the high-pass filter to
remove the lower frequencies, accentuating the edge.) Note that at very low settings the bit-depth reducer