Crusher

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Description

This filter is a bit crusher with enhanced functionality.

A bit crusher is used to audibly reduce number of bits an audio signal is sampled with. This does not change the bit depth at all, it just produces the effect. Material reduced in bit depth sounds more harsh and “digital”. This filter is able to even round to continuous values instead of discrete bit depths. Additionally it has a DC offset which results in different crushing of the lower and the upper half of the signal. An Anti-aliasing setting is able to produce “softer” crushing sounds.

Another feature of this filter is the logarithmic mode. This setting switches from linear distances between bits to logarithmic ones. The result is a much more “natural” sounding crusher which does not gate low signals for example. The human ear has a logarithmic perception, so this kind of crushing is much more pleasant. Logarithmic crushing is also able to get anti-aliased.

Parameters

Parameter

Value

Description

Input gain

Float

Sets level in

Output gain

Float

Sets level out

Limit

Float

Bit reduction

Integer

Sets bit reduction (range is from 1 to 64 bit; default is 8 bits)

Mix

Float

Sets mixing amount

Mode

Selection

Sets filtering mode (Linear or Logarithmic; default is Linear)

DC

Float

Sets DC

Anti-aliasing

Float

Sets anti-aliasing

Sample reduction

Integer

Sets sample reduction (range is from 1 to 250; default is 1)

Enable LFO

Switch

Enables LFO (default is disabled)

LFO depth

Integer

Sets LFO depth

LFO rate

Float

Sets LFO rate