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CHAPTER 21. LIVE AUDIO EFFECT REFERENCE 325
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21.24 Resonators
The Resonators Effect.
This device consists of ve parallel resonators that superimpose a tonal character on the
input source. It can produce sounds resembling anything from plucked strings to vocoder-
like effects. The resonators are tuned in semitones, providing a musical way of adjusting
them. The rst resonator denes the root pitch and the four others are tuned relative to this
pitch in musical intervals.
The input signal passes rst through a lter, and then into the resonators. There are four
input lter types to select from: lowpass, bandpass, highpass and notch. The input lter
frequency can be adjusted with the Frequency parameter.
The rst resonator is fed with both the left and right input channels, while the second and
fourth resonators are dedicated to the left channel, and the third and fth to the right
channel.
The Note parameter denes the root pitch of all the resonators ranging from C1 to C5.
It can also be detuned in cents using the Fine parameter. The Decay parameter lets you
adjust the amount of time it takes for the resonators to be silent after getting an input signal.
The longer the decay time, the more tonal the result will be, similar to the behavior of an
undamped piano string. As with a real string, the decay time depends on the pitch, so low
notes will last longer than higher ones. The Const switch holds the decay time constant
regardless of the actual pitch.