Air on top without the harshness
Air on top without the harshness: an exciter that adds harmonics above FREQ, driven at DRIVE and blended in with MIX. Brightens a dull chip or a muffled take without an EQ boost's hiss.
As SHINE: X is FREQ, Y is MIX. Touch to engage, lift to let go, HOLD to keep it.
Four to a socket, in order: sound runs through the slots top to bottom. Open the box and every knob is in real units; BYPASS takes it out of the path without losing its settings; the presets are along the top; any knob learns a controller and gets an automation lane.
| Knob | Range | Starts at | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREQ | 1000 Hz to 10000 Hz | 3000 Hz | log |
| DRIVE | 1 x to 10 x | 3 x | linear |
| MIX | 0 to 1 | 0.3 | linear |
Every box ships with a bank. AS SET is the knobs as you left them; the rest are starting points, each a sound someone wanted often enough to name. Star one and it sits at the front of the bank.
| Preset | FREQ | DRIVE | MIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARKLE | 3000 Hz | 3 x | 0.3 |
| AIR | 6000 Hz | 2 x | 0.35 |
| SUBTLE | 2500 Hz | 2 x | 0.15 |
| SIZZLE | 4000 Hz | 6 x | 0.45 |
| TOP | 8000 Hz | 4 x | 0.4 |
| HARSH | 1500 Hz | 10 x | 0.6 |
Every box is also a line of the console's language, so a pad or a patch can carry its effects in text. The words are the knobs:
fx shine freq=3000 drive=3 mix=0.3