PalancarWare Sputnik
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PalancarWare Sputnik
BPM-synced delay line combined with a high-pass filter. win & beos.From the PalancarWare site:
Sputnik is a combination of a clean high-pass filter and a delay engine similar to that used in Refero. It is one of the first PalancarWare plugins designed to be foremost a send effect, rather than an insert effect.
What Sputnik does is first apply any input gain, then filter the signal to smoothly remove frequencies *below* the cutoff. Please note this is a filter with a smooth rolloff, not a hard wall, so please don't write me and tell me that you set your cutoff to 1000 Hz but some 980 Hz signal got through. This is to be expected -- the further below the cutoff you get, the more signal rolloff you see.
Once the signal has been filtered, it's sent to a BPM-synced delay engine, where the delay time is exactly one beat, as indicated by the BPM rate. This is the same way that Refero works, except that in Sputnik a specific stereo spread and delay depth is used that is optimized for higher-frequency signals. Or at least it sounds optimal to me!
Though Sputnik can be used as an insert effect just fine, you'll note that the high-pass filter removes all the low frequencies, which can make your signal sound like it's coming out of a telephone. If this is what you want, go for it.
But where Sputnik shines is as a send effect, where the processed signal gets mixed back in with the original by the VST host. This can give you an almost reverb-like effect, but with BPM-synced delay rather than just ringing ambience. Anyway, I like it and I think you will too.
Sputnik has four controls:
Using the Plugin
This is a great plugin to use on rhythmic synth arpeggios or chord hits, e.g. the arpeggio line in a trance tune. If you use it as a send effect, it can do a good job of keeping the "real" signal distinct from the "delayed" signal in the listener's ear.
This can also be used as an interesting vocal effect. For example, I have a tune called "White Horse" in which there's a voiceover saying mysterious things using this effect.
A couple of tips on using the plugin:
There are a preset number of cutoff frequencies, rather than a smooth spectrum. Sorry, but this was a design tradeoff I had to make internally. I've tried to concentrate the most options in the area of the spectrum you're most likely to need them.
If you want a longer delay than 1 beat, you can halve or quarter the BPM to make it wait longer. Or you can double the BPM to get a half-beat delay, etc.
If you just want to use Sputnik as a delay effect, you can set your cutoff to zero Hz.
Be careful with higher feedback values. It's possible to set up a vicious cycle where the delayed signals get continually louder and louder until distortion sets in and it starts sounding really bad.
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