7 fusor fx suite, Overview, Wet mix control – FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad Operation Manual User Manual

Page 76: Effect types, Gain, Gate (noise gate), Eq-filter, Comp chan, Comp bus, Delay

8:7 Fusor FX suite

Overview

FX can be used in the following ways in Fusor:
• 3 insert FX in each of the 3 synth channels
• 3 aux FX with sends from each synth channel
• 3 insert FX on the master output

Wet Mix control

With the exception of the Gain and EQ, all effect devices feature a

WetMix control that allows you to blend between dry

and processed signals, for quick parallel processing.

Effect types

Gain

This is a very simple gain and pan device, but its parameters can be modulated via the FuseMod system for enveloping,
tremelo and auto-panning. The

Amp control provides exponential gain from -inf. to +36dB, while the Pan control sets

the position in the stereo field.

AmpLin provides a linear amplitude function, which is useful if you want to modulate the

amount of gain with an exponential source.

Gate (Noise Gate)

The Gate attenuates the signal until its amplitude reaches the

Threshold level. The Attack and Release controls set the

speed at which the gate opens and closes after the signal goes above or below the threshold.
The

HPFreq and LPFreq controls allow you to high-pass and low-pass filter the signal used for the amplitude-detection

circuit, while the

Preview control allows you to listen to this signal.

Increasing the

Hysteresis control smooths the gate’s response, at the expense of sensitivity to small changes around the

threshold level.

The 4-band EQ is great for refining the final output of a synth, especially
when layering synths together.
Each Band is selected using buttons

1-4. All 4 parameters in each band can

be modulated via FuseMod. The EQ also features the Rel/Abs/Dif/Rnd edit
modes of the X4 quad effects (see below for details).
Bands 1 and 4 feature a control for switching between shelf and bell modes
(

LF-Bell and HF-Bell), which is replaced by a Q control for the parametric

bands 2 (

LMF-Q - low mid) and 3 (HMF-Q - high mid). All bands feature

power (

In), frequency (Freq) and Gain controls.

EQ-Filter

The EQ-Filter provides simple 1-pole high-pass and low-pass filters. Each
filter features power (

LPin and HPin) and frequency (LPFreq and HPFreq)

controls.

Comp Chan

This is a DCAM circuit-modelled channel compressor, based on a classic
‘limiting amplifier’ design. Increase the

Input control to make the sound more compressed, and adjust the Output level as

required. Use the

Ratio, Attack and Release controls to affect the compression characteristics.

Comp Bus

The Comp Bus is DCAM circuit model of a classic British console bus
compressor design, and features

Threshold, Ratio, Makeup, Attack and

Release controls.
The

Sidechain control allows you to highpass-filter the signal used for the

amplitude-detection circuit, while the

Analogue Limit control applies non-

linearities to the detection circuit, resulting in a compression characteristic
that is more transparent on attacks.

Delay

This is a classic stereo delay line. As well as

Time and Feedback controls, it

features a

Swing control for achieving a variety of delay feels, and adjustable

LowCut and HighCut filters in the feedback chain.
The

Sync control switches between time-based (Sec) and tempo-synced

(BPM) delay times. The

SumInput control sums the left and right inputs to a

single mono signal and feeds one delay line instead of two.

Phaser

Flanger

Chorus

These are classic time and pitch modulation effects to add richness, movement and psychedelic character to the signal.