Audio Damage Kombinat Dva Upgrade - Manual (Page 12)

added to the signal. As you rotate the knob, progressively more persistent errors are
added to the signal, creating digital-sounding noise. The BITS and ERR knobs are
somewhat complementary in that the effect of the ERR function is less noticeable at
high settings of the BITS knob.
RINGMOD: The RINGMOD engine type is a ring modulator. Ring modulators are familiar to
many users of synthesizers and guitar effects; they produce “clangorous” or inharmonic
tones by multiplying the input signal with the output of a built-in oscillator. Ring
modulation is actually a form of amplitude modulation; “ring” refers to the arrangement
of diodes in analog circuits originally used to create the effect.
RINGMOD has three knobs. The first knob, AMT, controls the amount that the
incoming signal is modulated (affected) by the oscillator. Turning this knob up
increases the overall intensity of the effect. The second knob, FREQ, controls the
frequency of the oscillator. Rotating this knob changes the timbre or tone of the effect.
The third knob, SHAPE, varies the shape of the oscillator’s wave. At its fully anti-
clockwise position, the wave has a smooth sinusoidal shape. As you turn the SHAPE
knob up, the shape becomes more and more squared off. Turning the knob up makes
the effect brighter and more digital-sounding.
X NOISE: The X NOISE engine multiplies the input signal with filtered white noise. Applied
lightly, this adds a subtle amount of distortion to the signal. Applied heavily, it more or
less turns the signal into noise, modulated in amplitude by the original signal.
X NOISE has three knobs. . The first knob, AMT, controls the amount that the incoming
signal is modulated (affected) by the noise signal. Turning this knob up increases the
overall intensity of the effect. The second knob, FREQ, controls the center frequency of
a bandpass filter which changes the tone of the noise, and hence the tone of the overall
effect. The third knob, Q, adjusts the resonance of the filter; higher settings make the
filter narrower.
OCTAVER: The OCTAVER engine uses the same methods found in guitar effects pedals to
generate signals one octave above and below the input signal. On simple signals these
methods are fairly effective and produce distinct pitch-shifted replicas of the original.
On more complex signals they don’t work terribly well as pitch shifters, but do produce
interesting distortion effects with a tonal center one octave above/below the input
signal.