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Wah: every effect side by side
The 12 wah effects of the Motif ES at their default settings, one per row. Every column uses one scale from top to bottom, so anything that looks bigger, faster or brighter in one row than in another really is.
In plain terms: read across a row to get one effect's character, read down a column to compare them all on one quality. Click a column title to sort by it; click a row to open that effect's controls. Under the board: each effect's controls setting by setting, then 4 detailed charts, closed until you open them.
Wahclick a row for its controls The peak travelling Each dot is the filter's peak at one instant: time left to right over two seconds, pitch bottom to top. The peak moves ↕ How far the peak travels on steady noise; the bar is that distance in octaves. Touch wahs follow playing level, so on a steady sound they hold still. Tone ↕ The effect's tone at its default settings: bass left, treble right; above the line is boosted, below is cut. Left against right ↕ +1 = the same on both sides (sits in the middle), 0 = unrelated (wide), below 0 = opposite. The mark is 0. sort by: The peak moves Tone Left against right
Auto Wah
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves 1,055 to 3,575 Hz
1,055 to 3,575 Hz Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.90
+0.90 Auto Wah+Dist
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.99
+0.99 Auto Wah+Odrv
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.99
+0.99 Touch Wah
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves holds at 7,709 Hz
the peak does not move on steady noise
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.98
+0.98 Touch Wah+Dist
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.99
+0.99 Touch Wah+Odrv
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.99
+0.99 Vintage Auto Wah 1
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves 646 to 1,550 Hz
646 to 1,550 Hz Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.82
+0.82 Vintage Auto Wah 2
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves 646 to 1,550 Hz
646 to 1,550 Hz Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.83
+0.83 Vintage Touch Wah 1
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves holds at 1,550 Hz
the peak does not move on steady noise
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.83
+0.83 Vintage Touch Wah 2
The peak travelling where each one sits over 2 s: time left to right, pitch (100 Hz to 12 kHz) bottom to top
The peak moves holds at 1,550 Hz
the peak does not move on steady noise
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.83
+0.83 Wah+Dist+Dly
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.99
+0.99 Wah+Odrv+Dly
The peak travelling has a distortion stage: its response cannot be read by comparing output with input
Tone tone at default settings: bass on the left, treble on the right, above the line = boosted Left against right +0.98
+0.98 Controls, setting by setting
One sheet per effect. Every tested setting of a control sits next to the others on the same axes, with the default setting drawn as a thin line inside each cell, so a small difference between two settings is two neighbouring cells, not two screens.
ring colour: barely changes the sound ▬ first 200 ms after a click▬ tone against the default
Auto Wah every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
LFO Depth: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Depth
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.00 → 3.49
LFO Speed: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Speed
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.00 → 2.87
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~4.1 kHz by up to 41 dB
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 1.3 kHz by up to 21 dB (~0.7 octaves wide)
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 1.7 kHz by up to 13 dB (~0.5 octaves wide)
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 3.1 kHz by up to 19 dB (~2.0 octaves wide)
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~375 Hz by up to 11 dB
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers everything below ~460 Hz by up to 20 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~1.6 kHz by up to 24 dB
Cutoff Offset, with LFO Depth low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Depth low, amber with LFO Depth high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with LFO Speed low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with Cutoff Offset low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Cutoff Offset low, amber with Cutoff Offset high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with LFO Depth low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Depth low, amber with LFO Depth high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Cutoff Offset, with LFO Speed low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Depth, with LFO Speed low / high
what LFO Depth does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Auto Wah+Dist every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -100 → -43 dB; also gain compression across the input range 0.0 → -17.0 dB
Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range 1.2 → -17.5 dB; also THD at full input -37 → -28 dB
LFO Speed: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Speed
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -43 → -14 dB
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -15 → -40 dB; also gain compression across the input range -17.7 → -9.3 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -43 → -31 dB; also gain compression across the input range -15.6 → -17.6 dB
LFO Depth: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Depth
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -29 → -39 dB; also gain compression across the input range -18.3 → -15.7 dB
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -38 → -48 dB
LPF Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LPF Cutoff
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
15
first 200 ms at setting 15 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 15 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
45 · default
first 200 ms at setting 45 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 45 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -47 → -41 dB
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2nd harmonic -48 → -52 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -16.1 → -17.7 dB; also THD at full input -37 → -40 dB
Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -18.4 → -17.0 dB
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -17.4 → -16.1 dB
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2nd harmonic -49 → -51 dB by raw 30, then 2nd harmonic -51 → -48 dB by raw 40
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
measurable but below practical size: spectral tilt -0.02 → 0.02 dB/oct
Cutoff Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Cutoff Offset goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 1,276 → 4,056 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Drive
dB THD as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -75.1 → -7.41 dB THD
Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -76.6 → -14.5 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
LFO Depth
cents pitch swing as LFO Depth goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 3.17 → 5.36 cents pitch swing
LFO Speed
Hz LFO rate as LFO Speed goes from setting 23 to 127; this cell's own height scale 4.84 → 9.1 Hz LFO rate
LPF Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as LPF Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 60; this cell's own height scale 1,355 → 4,165 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 2,469 → 2,868 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Cutoff Offset, with Drive low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Depth, with LFO Speed low / high
what LFO Depth does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Cutoff Offset, with LFO Speed low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with Drive low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Speed, with Drive low / high
what LFO Speed does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with Cutoff Offset low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Cutoff Offset low, amber with Cutoff Offset high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with LFO Speed low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Auto Wah+Odrv every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range 1.2 → -18.3 dB
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 2.2 kHz by up to 19 dB (~2.8 octaves wide)
LPF Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LPF Cutoff
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
15
first 200 ms at setting 15 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 15 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
45 · default
first 200 ms at setting 45 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 45 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~6.7 kHz by up to 29 dB
LFO Depth: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Depth
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.00 → 0.32; also pitch-LFO rate 9.95 → 8.06 Hz
Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises the whole band, up to 95 dB
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 565 Hz by up to 16 dB (~1.9 octaves wide)
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 528 Hz by up to 16 dB (~2.0 octaves wide)
LFO Speed: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Speed
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.01 → 0.20; also pitch wobble 0 → 19 cents
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -40 → -51 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 430 Hz by up to 12 dB (~2.0 octaves wide)
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 3.4 kHz by up to 9 dB (~1.1 octaves wide)
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 125 Hz by up to 8 dB (~0.4 octaves wide)
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -45 → -39 dB; also gain compression across the input range -17.2 → -15.9 dB
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2nd harmonic -49 → -52 dB
Cutoff Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Cutoff Offset goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 1,267 → 3,534 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Drive
dB THD as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -75.1 → -7.43 dB THD
Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -72.5 → -14.6 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
LFO Depth
cents pitch swing as LFO Depth goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 6.87 → 4.57 cents pitch swing
LFO Speed
Hz LFO rate as LFO Speed goes from setting 15 to 127; this cell's own height scale 3.14 → 9.1 Hz LFO rate
LPF Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as LPF Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 60; this cell's own height scale 1,305 → 3,978 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 2,207 → 2,820 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Cutoff Offset, with Drive low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LPF Cutoff, with Drive low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Depth, with LPF Cutoff low / high
what LFO Depth does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LPF Cutoff low, amber with LPF Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Depth, with LFO Speed low / high
what LFO Depth does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Speed low, amber with LFO Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Cutoff Offset, with LFO Depth low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LFO Depth low, amber with LFO Depth high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LFO Depth, with Drive low / high
what LFO Depth does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Drive low, amber with Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Cutoff Offset, with LPF Cutoff low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LPF Cutoff low, amber with LPF Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Touch Wah every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.92 → 0.26 oct per 10 dB
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.00 → 0.54 oct per 10 dB
Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.01 → 0.52 oct per 10 dB
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2nd harmonic -82 → -72 dB; also changes output level by +3.8 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.45 → 0.62 oct per 10 dB
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
modulation depth 0.06 → 0.00; also stereo width 0.17 → 0.11
Sensitivity, with High Gain low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with High Gain low, amber with High Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance, with Sensitivity low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Sensitivity low, amber with Sensitivity high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with Sensitivity low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Sensitivity low, amber with Sensitivity high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with High Gain low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with High Gain low, amber with High Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance, with High Gain low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with High Gain low, amber with High Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Low Gain, with Resonance low / high
what Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: High Frequency, Low Frequency.
Touch Wah+Dist every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
decay time 0.03 → 3.59 s; also 3rd harmonic -52 → -9 dB
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 2.48 → 0.11 oct per 10 dB
Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3rd harmonic -61 → -10 dB; also changes output level by +16.5 dB
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.59 → -0.33 oct per 10 dB
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~350 Hz by up to 12 dB; also changes output level by +4.2 dB
LPF Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LPF Cutoff
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
15
first 200 ms at setting 15 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 15 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
45 · default
first 200 ms at setting 45 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 45 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.21 → 0.19 oct per 10 dB
Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.55 → 0.22 oct per 10 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.11 → 0.16 oct per 10 dB
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.07 → 0.10 oct per 10 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.05 → 0.11 oct per 10 dB
Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.11 → 0.01 oct per 10 dB
Cutoff Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Cutoff Offset goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 291 → 4,049 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Drive
dB THD as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -71.3 → -7.3 dB THD
Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -63.6 → -13.9 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
LPF Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as LPF Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 60; this cell's own height scale 924 → 7,647 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 2,959 → 4,526 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
LPF Cutoff, with Dist Low Gain low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Low Gain low, amber with Dist Low Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LPF Cutoff, with Resonance low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Cutoff Offset, with Resonance low / high
what Cutoff Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Dist Low Gain, with Resonance low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
LPF Cutoff, with Cutoff Offset low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Cutoff Offset low, amber with Cutoff Offset high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Dist Low Gain, with Cutoff Offset low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Cutoff Offset low, amber with Cutoff Offset high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down neither changes the tone
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: High Frequency, Low Frequency.
Touch Wah+Odrv every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 2.33 → 0.10 oct per 10 dB
Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3rd harmonic -61 → -10 dB; also changes output level by +16.2 dB
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3rd harmonic -52 → -9 dB; also 2nd harmonic -77 → -49 dB
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~460 Hz by up to 23 dB; also changes output level by +6.5 dB
LPF Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LPF Cutoff
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
15
first 200 ms at setting 15 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 15 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
45 · default
first 200 ms at setting 45 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 45 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.21 → 0.22 oct per 10 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.12 → 0.22 oct per 10 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
stereo width 0.05 → 0.19; also spectral tilt 0.89 → 0.31 dB/oct
Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.11 → 0.09 oct per 10 dB
Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.54 → 0.35 oct per 10 dB
Cutoff Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Cutoff Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.31 → -0.14 oct per 10 dB
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.08 → 0.07 oct per 10 dB
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
measurable but below practical size: 2nd harmonic -53 → -54 dB
Cutoff Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Cutoff Offset goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 234 → 3,537 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Drive
dB THD as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -71.4 → -7.7 dB THD
Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -63.1 → -13.9 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
LPF Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as LPF Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 60; this cell's own height scale 925 → 7,163 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 2,589 → 4,158 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
LPF Cutoff, with Dist Low Gain low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Low Gain low, amber with Dist Low Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
High Gain, with LPF Cutoff low / high
what High Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with LPF Cutoff low, amber with LPF Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
High Gain, with Dist Low Gain low / high
what High Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Low Gain low, amber with Dist Low Gain high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
LPF Cutoff, with Resonance low / high
what LPF Cutoff does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
High Gain, with Resonance low / high
what High Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Dist Low Gain, with Resonance low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Resonance low, amber with Resonance high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down neither changes the tone
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: High Frequency.
Vintage Auto Wah 1 every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
Speed: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Speed
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
190
first 200 ms at setting 190 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 190 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
254
first 200 ms at setting 254 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 254 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude-LFO rate 0.23 → 20.01 Hz; also amplitude modulation depth 0.08 → 0.42
Output: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
21
first 200 ms at setting 21 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 21 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
42
first 200 ms at setting 42 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 42 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
84
first 200 ms at setting 84 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 84 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
changes output level by +22.1 dB
Bottom: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Bottom
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 5.4 kHz by up to 24 dB (~1.9 octaves wide)
Top: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Top
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 605 Hz by up to 18 dB (~1.3 octaves wide)
Resonance Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
22
first 200 ms at setting 22 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 22 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
44 · default
first 200 ms at setting 44 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 44 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
66
first 200 ms at setting 66 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 66 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
88
first 200 ms at setting 88 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 88 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 1.2 kHz by up to 15 dB (~0.7 octaves wide)
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~6.2 kHz by up to 18 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~154 Hz by up to 17 dB
OverDrive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) OverDrive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
80
first 200 ms at setting 80 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 80 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -64 → -54 dB; also gain compression across the input range 0.1 → -1.6 dB
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
spectral tilt 1.67 → 0.79 dB/oct by raw 43, then spectral tilt 0.79 → 1.69 dB/oct by raw 58
Type: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Type
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2
first 200 ms at setting 2 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 2 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3
first 200 ms at setting 3 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 3 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 3.9 kHz by up to 6 dB (~0.5 octaves wide)
LFO Wave: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Wave
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.41 → 0.48
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
measurable but below practical size: spectral tilt 1.11 → 0.95 dB/oct
Bottom
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Bottom goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 923 → 3,193 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
OverDrive
dB THD as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -74.8 → -34 dB THD
OverDrive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -87.3 → -47.4 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Resonance Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance Offset goes from setting 0 to 88; this cell's own height scale 1,214 → 1,016 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Top
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Top goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 621 → 1,548 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Type
cents pitch swing as Type goes from setting 0 to 3; this cell's own height scale 0.158 → 1.08 cents pitch swing
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Resonance Offset, with Bottom low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Bottom low, amber with Bottom high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with Bottom low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Bottom low, amber with Bottom high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance Offset, with Top low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Top low, amber with Top high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with Speed low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Bottom, with Speed low / high
what Bottom does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance Offset, with Speed low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance Offset, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Type, with OverDrive low / high
what Type does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Vintage Auto Wah 2 every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
Speed: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Speed
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
190
first 200 ms at setting 190 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 190 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
254
first 200 ms at setting 254 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 254 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude-LFO rate 0.23 → 20.01 Hz; also amplitude modulation depth 0.08 → 0.42
Output: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
21
first 200 ms at setting 21 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 21 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
42
first 200 ms at setting 42 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 42 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
84
first 200 ms at setting 84 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 84 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
changes output level by +22.2 dB
Bottom: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Bottom
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 5.8 kHz by up to 23 dB (~2.0 octaves wide)
Top: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Top
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 605 Hz by up to 19 dB (~1.3 octaves wide)
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
spectral tilt 0.70 → 1.69 dB/oct by raw 43, then spectral tilt 1.69 → 0.55 dB/oct by raw 58
Low Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
10
first 200 ms at setting 10 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 10 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
spectral tilt 1.19 → 0.45 dB/oct by raw 30, then spectral tilt 0.45 → 1.51 dB/oct by raw 40
Resonance Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
22
first 200 ms at setting 22 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 22 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
44 · default
first 200 ms at setting 44 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 44 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
66
first 200 ms at setting 66 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 66 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
88
first 200 ms at setting 88 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 88 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 1.2 kHz by up to 14 dB (~0.6 octaves wide)
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~165 Hz by up to 16 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~6.2 kHz by up to 17 dB
OverDrive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) OverDrive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
80
first 200 ms at setting 80 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 80 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -65 → -56 dB; also gain compression across the input range 0.2 → -1.6 dB
Type: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Type
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2
first 200 ms at setting 2 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 2 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3
first 200 ms at setting 3 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 3 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 3.9 kHz by up to 7 dB (~0.6 octaves wide)
LFO Wave: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) LFO Wave
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
amplitude modulation depth 0.41 → 0.48
Bottom
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Bottom goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 952 → 3,193 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
OverDrive
dB THD as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -74.4 → -34 dB THD
OverDrive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -83 → -47.4 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Resonance Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance Offset goes from setting 0 to 88; this cell's own height scale 1,170 → 1,032 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Top
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Top goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 621 → 1,454 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Type
cents pitch swing as Type goes from setting 0 to 3; this cell's own height scale 0.161 → 1.08 cents pitch swing
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Top, with Bottom low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Bottom low, amber with Bottom high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with Speed low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Bottom, with Speed low / high
what Bottom does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
High Frequency, with Bottom low / high
what High Frequency does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Bottom low, amber with Bottom high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Resonance Offset, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Type, with OverDrive low / high
what Type does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
High Frequency, with Top low / high
what High Frequency does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Top low, amber with Top high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
High Frequency, with Speed low / high
what High Frequency does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Speed low, amber with Speed high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Vintage Touch Wah 1 every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
OverDrive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) OverDrive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
80
first 200 ms at setting 80 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 80 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3rd harmonic -42 → -14 dB; also 2nd harmonic -91 → -68 dB
Direction: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Direction
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.41 → -0.41 oct per 10 dB
Top: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Top
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.00 → 0.51 oct per 10 dB
Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~1.3 kHz by up to 20 dB; also changes output level by +4.7 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.58 → 0.09 oct per 10 dB
Bottom: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Bottom
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.49 → -0.00 oct per 10 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~605 Hz by up to 9 dB; also changes output level by +3.8 dB
Type: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Type
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2
first 200 ms at setting 2 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 2 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3
first 200 ms at setting 3 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 3 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers everything below ~350 Hz by up to 10 dB; also 2nd harmonic -86 → -81 dB
Output: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
21
first 200 ms at setting 21 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 21 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
42
first 200 ms at setting 42 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 42 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
84
first 200 ms at setting 84 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 84 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.19 → 0.42 oct per 10 dB
Resonance Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
22
first 200 ms at setting 22 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 22 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
44 · default
first 200 ms at setting 44 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 44 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
66
first 200 ms at setting 66 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 66 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
88
first 200 ms at setting 88 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 88 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.42 → 0.52 oct per 10 dB
Bottom
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Bottom goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 2,028 → 3,193 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
OverDrive
dB THD as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -75.3 → -34.1 dB THD
OverDrive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -85 → -45.9 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Resonance Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance Offset goes from setting 0 to 88; this cell's own height scale 2,139 → 1,594 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Top
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Top goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 621 → 3,193 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Stepped with these probes too, and the reading did not move: Type.
Sensitivity, with Direction low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Direction low, amber with Direction high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with Direction low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Direction low, amber with Direction high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Sensitivity, with Top low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Top low, amber with Top high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Type, with OverDrive low / high
what Type does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with OverDrive low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Direction, with OverDrive low / high
what Direction does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Sensitivity, with OverDrive low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance Offset, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: Attack Offset, High Frequency, Low Frequency.
Vintage Touch Wah 2 every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
OverDrive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) OverDrive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
20
first 200 ms at setting 20 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 20 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
40
first 200 ms at setting 40 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 40 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
80
first 200 ms at setting 80 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 80 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3rd harmonic -42 → -14 dB; also 2nd harmonic -89 → -69 dB
Direction: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Direction
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.41 → -0.41 oct per 10 dB
Top: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Top
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.00 → 0.51 oct per 10 dB
Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything above ~1.3 kHz by up to 20 dB; also changes output level by +4.5 dB
Bottom: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Bottom
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.48 → 0.00 oct per 10 dB
High Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.57 → 0.09 oct per 10 dB
Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~605 Hz by up to 9 dB; also changes output level by +3.6 dB
Type: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Type
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0 · default
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
1
first 200 ms at setting 1 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 1 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2
first 200 ms at setting 2 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 2 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
3
first 200 ms at setting 3 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 3 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers everything below ~350 Hz by up to 10 dB; also 2nd harmonic -86 → -80 dB
Resonance Offset: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Resonance Offset
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
22
first 200 ms at setting 22 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 22 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
44 · default
first 200 ms at setting 44 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 44 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
66
first 200 ms at setting 66 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 66 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
88
first 200 ms at setting 88 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 88 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.40 → 0.53 oct per 10 dB
Output: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Output
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
21
first 200 ms at setting 21 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 21 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
42
first 200 ms at setting 42 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 42 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
84
first 200 ms at setting 84 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 84 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound 0.31 → 0.42 oct per 10 dB
High Frequency: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) High Frequency
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
14
first 200 ms at setting 14 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 14 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
29
first 200 ms at setting 29 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 29 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
43
first 200 ms at setting 43 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 43 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
58
first 200 ms at setting 58 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 58 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
measurable but below practical size: 2nd harmonic -87 → -88 dB
Bottom
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Bottom goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 2,029 → 3,194 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
OverDrive
dB THD as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -74.6 → -34.1 dB THD
OverDrive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as OverDrive goes from setting 0 to 80; this cell's own height scale -80.6 → -46 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Resonance Offset
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Resonance Offset goes from setting 0 to 88; this cell's own height scale 2,139 → 1,594 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Top
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Top goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 621 → 3,191 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Stepped with these probes too, and the reading did not move: Type.
Sensitivity, with Direction low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Direction low, amber with Direction high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Sensitivity, with Top low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Top low, amber with Top high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with Direction low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Direction low, amber with Direction high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Type, with OverDrive low / high
what Type does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Top, with OverDrive low / high
what Top does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Sensitivity, with OverDrive low / high
what Sensitivity does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Direction, with OverDrive low / high
what Direction does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with OverDrive low, amber with OverDrive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Resonance Offset, with Low Frequency low / high
what Resonance Offset does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Low Frequency low, amber with Low Frequency high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: Attack Offset, Low Frequency.
Wah+Dist+Dly every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range 0.0 → -16.9 dB; also THD at full input -83 → -37 dB
Wah Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Cutoff
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -19.0 → -7.6 dB
Dist Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -68 → -37 dB; also gain compression across the input range -11.3 → -18.3 dB
Delay Mix: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Mix
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
changes output level by +4.0 dB
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -32 → -42 dB
Wah Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Sensitivity
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.06 → 0.19 oct per 10 dB
Wah Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Resonance
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers a band around 5.4 kHz by up to 12 dB (~2.8 octaves wide)
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -17.3 → -15.8 dB; also THD at full input -39 → -35 dB
Dist Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Output Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -18.4 → -16.9 dB
Delay Feedback Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Feedback Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -16.7 → -15.4 dB
Delay Time: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Time
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
4095
first 200 ms at setting 4095 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 4095 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
8191
first 200 ms at setting 8191 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 8191 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
12287
first 200 ms at setting 12287 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 12287 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
16383
first 200 ms at setting 16383 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 16383 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
2nd harmonic -37 → -41 dB
Delay Feedback Level
dB per repeat as Delay Feedback Level goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 0 → 0 dB per repeat
Delay Time
s T30 as Delay Time goes from setting 0 to 16383; this cell's own height scale 3.58 → 6.58 s T30
Dist Drive
dB THD as Dist Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -74.2 → -7.73 dB THD
Dist Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Dist Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -35.8 → -13.8 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Wah Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Wah Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 3,750 → 6,963 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Wah Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Wah Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 6,312 → 7,077 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Dist Low Gain, with Dist Drive low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Drive low, amber with Dist Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Delay Feedback Level, with Delay Time low / high
what Delay Feedback Level does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Time low, amber with Delay Time high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Dist Low Gain, with Delay Mix low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Mix low, amber with Delay Mix high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Dist Low Gain, with Wah Cutoff low / high
what Dist Low Gain does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Wah Cutoff low, amber with Wah Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Dist Drive, with Wah Cutoff low / high
what Dist Drive does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Wah Cutoff low, amber with Wah Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Delay Mix, with Dist Drive low / high
what Delay Mix does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Drive low, amber with Dist Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Delay Mix, with Wah Cutoff low / high
what Delay Mix does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Wah Cutoff low, amber with Wah Cutoff high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Not shown, because these recordings show no measurable change from them: Wah Release.
Wah+Odrv+Dly every control, every tested setting Each row is one control. Its ring is its travel, coloured by how much the sound changes along it. To the right, first every tested setting of that control overlaid (its tone against the default, low setting cyan to high setting amber; ▶ play steps through them one at a time and marks the matching cell), then one cell per tested setting: on top the first 200 ms after a click (thin line = the default setting), under it the change in tone against the default (flat = no change; above the line = brighter at that pitch).
Delay Feedback Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Feedback Level
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
first left echo 20 → 400 ms; also first right echo 20 → 400 ms
Dist Drive: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Drive
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -68 → -40 dB; also gain compression across the input range -11.4 → -18.3 dB
Delay Time: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Time
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
4095
first 200 ms at setting 4095 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 4095 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
8191
first 200 ms at setting 8191 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 8191 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
12287
first 200 ms at setting 12287 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 12287 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
16383
first 200 ms at setting 16383 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 16383 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
echo tail T30 3.41 → 13.08 s
Delay Mix: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Delay Mix
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tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
changes output level by +4.1 dB
Dist Low Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Low Gain
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -31 → -40 dB
Wah Sensitivity: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Sensitivity
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
how much louder plucks brighten the sound -0.24 → 0.04 oct per 10 dB
Dist Mid Gain: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Mid Gain
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
19
first 200 ms at setting 19 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 19 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
38
first 200 ms at setting 38 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 38 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
57
first 200 ms at setting 57 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 57 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
76
first 200 ms at setting 76 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 76 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
THD at full input -39 → -32 dB; also gain compression across the input range -17.2 → -15.9 dB
Wah Cutoff: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Cutoff
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises a band around 4.1 kHz by up to 13 dB (~1.9 octaves wide)
Wah Resonance: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Resonance
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
30
first 200 ms at setting 30 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 30 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
60
first 200 ms at setting 60 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 60 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
90
first 200 ms at setting 90 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 90 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
120
first 200 ms at setting 120 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 120 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
raises everything below ~144 Hz by up to 5 dB
DryWet: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) DryWet
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
lowers everything above ~13.2 kHz by up to 7 dB
Dist Output Level: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Dist Output Level
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
31
first 200 ms at setting 31 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 31 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
63
first 200 ms at setting 63 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 63 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
95
first 200 ms at setting 95 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 95 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
127
first 200 ms at setting 127 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 127 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
gain compression across the input range -18.4 → -16.8 dB
Wah Release: each stretch coloured by how much the sound changes there (green little, red a lot) Wah Release
all settings together▶ play
tone at every tested setting compared with the reference, low setting cyan to high setting amber; the middle line is no change, the dotted lines are 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz, top and bottom are 15 dB up and down low → high
0
first 200 ms at setting 0 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 0 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
16
first 200 ms at setting 16 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 16 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
33 · default
first 200 ms at setting 33 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 33 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
50
first 200 ms at setting 50 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 50 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
67
first 200 ms at setting 67 (thin line: the default) tone at setting 67 compared with the default: above the line brighter there, below duller
measurable but below practical size: changes output level by -0.2 dB
Delay Feedback Level
dB per repeat as Delay Feedback Level goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -0.0604 → -0.0944 dB per repeat
Delay Time
s T30 as Delay Time goes from setting 0 to 16383; this cell's own height scale 4.31 → 7.53 s T30
Dist Drive
dB THD as Dist Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -74.7 → -8.33 dB THD
Dist Drive
dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS) as Dist Drive goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale -35.9 → -14 dB intermodulation (two tones at −30 dBFS)
Wah Cutoff
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Wah Cutoff goes from setting 0 to 127; this cell's own height scale 3,218 → 5,192 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
Wah Resonance
Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst) as Wah Resonance goes from setting 0 to 120; this cell's own height scale 3,366 → 5,792 Hz spectral centroid (loud noise burst)
What each control does in physical units, from the probes made for it: the line is the reading as the control goes from its lowest setting (left) to its highest (right), and the numbers under it are the reading at those two ends. Each cell has its own height scale.
Delay Mix, with Delay Time low / high
what Delay Mix does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Time low, amber with Delay Time high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Delay Mix, with Delay Feedback Level low / high
what Delay Mix does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Feedback Level low, amber with Delay Feedback Level high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Delay Feedback Level, with Delay Time low / high
what Delay Feedback Level does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Time low, amber with Delay Time high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down one changes the other
Delay Mix, with Dist Drive low / high
what Delay Mix does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Drive low, amber with Dist Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Delay Time, with Dist Drive low / high
what Delay Time does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Dist Drive low, amber with Dist Drive high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Dist Drive, with Delay Feedback Level low / high
what Dist Drive does to the tone from its low to its high test setting: cyan with Delay Feedback Level low, amber with Delay Feedback Level high; the middle line is no change, top and bottom are 24 dB up and down they simply add
Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners (each at its low and its high test setting). A cell is what the second control does to the tone, bass left to treble right: cyan with the first control low, amber with it high. The two lines lying on each other means the controls simply add; lines apart means one changes what the other does. The pairs furthest apart come first. On an effect that moves by itself some of the gap is the movement caught at a different moment.
Detailed charts
The measurements behind the board, at full size, each with what it shows, how to read it and what it found.
In plain terms: the board gives the comparison at a glance; open one of these when you want the full picture of a single quality.
Where the peak sits from moment to moment What it shows. Steady pink noise through each effect at its default settings. Every 10 ms the effect's frequency response is worked out against the same noise recorded with no effect, and each peak in it is marked with a dot.
How to read it. Time runs left to right, pitch (frequency) bottom to top. Each trail of dots is one peak travelling up and down the spectrum. How far a trail travels is the depth of the sweep; how often it repeats is the speed; trails that keep the same spacing as they move are stages locked together. Use the slider to change effect.
What it found.
Auto Wah: about 1 peak at a time; the lowest moves between 1,054 and 3,577 Hz (1.8 octaves). Vintage Auto Wah 1: about 1 peak at a time; the lowest moves between 646 and 1,550 Hz (1.3 octaves). Vintage Auto Wah 2: about 1 peak at a time; the lowest moves between 646 and 1,550 Hz (1.3 octaves). Holding still on steady noise: Touch Wah, Vintage Touch Wah 1, Vintage Touch Wah 2 (these follow the playing level, and the noise here is one steady level). Not drawn: Auto Wah+Dist, Auto Wah+Odrv, Touch Wah+Dist, Touch Wah+Odrv, Wah+Dist+Dly, Wah+Odrv+Dly. Their distortion stage adds overtones of its own, so the response cannot be read by comparing output with input. Where the sound's centre of brightness goes after the noise jumps 30 dB louder What it shows. Pink noise that jumps 30 dB louder, through every wah at its default settings. The line is the output's spectral centroid (the frequency at which half the energy lies either side), a single number for how bright it sounds, read every 12.5 ms after the jump.
How to read it. Time after the jump runs left to right, brightness upward. A line that leaps up is a filter the louder signal has opened; a flat line is a filter that does not follow level. Only effects whose brightness moves by more than 0.3 octave are drawn.
What it found.
Wah+Dist+Dly opens furthest, from 1,304 Hz to 6,963 Hz (2.4 octaves). The touch wahs without a delay stage are already open at the first 12.5 ms reading, so their lines start high and stay flat; the chains that include a delay change late, by the length of that delay. Touch Wah+Dist, Touch Wah+Odrv, Wah+Odrv+Dly get darker when the level jumps, not brighter: the centroid follows what their distortion stage does to the noise as much as where the filter sits. Not drawn because their brightness does not follow level: Auto Wah, Auto Wah+Dist, Auto Wah+Odrv, Vintage Auto Wah 1, Vintage Auto Wah 2 (the auto-wahs sweep on an LFO). Where the sound's centre of brightness goes after it drops back What it shows. The same effects after the noise drops back by 30 dB: the filter closing.
How to read it. As above. The longer a line takes to come down, the longer the wah stays open after a loud note.
What it found.
Touch Wah takes 588 ms to close 90% of the way; Vintage Touch Wah 1 takes 250 ms to close 90% of the way; Vintage Touch Wah 2 takes 238 ms to close 90% of the way; Wah+Dist+Dly takes 38 ms to close 90% of the way. Where there is no delay in the chain, the opening is too fast to time and the closing takes tenths of a second: these filters snap open and ease shut. Which controls depend on each other What it shows. Every pair of controls that was recorded at all four corners, each control at its low and its high test setting, for the Wah effects. For each pair: what the second control does to the tone with the first one low, what it does with the first one high, and how far apart those two are as a share of the larger.
How to read it. One dot is one pair; hover for which. At the left edge the second control does the same thing wherever the first one is, so the two simply add. At the right edge it does something at one end of the first control and nothing, or the opposite, at the other. The same pairs are drawn as curves on each effect's sheet above, under two controls together.
What it found.
Of 84 pairs in which the second control changes the tone, 58 are ones where the first control changes what the second does. The pair furthest apart is Cutoff Offset with LFO Depth on Auto Wah. Tone only is compared, smoothed over about two thirds of an octave, so a change in timing alone does not show here. On an effect that moves by itself part of any gap is the movement caught at a different moment. Each effect's written breakdown, its measurement card and every single-control chart are on the
detail page (large).
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