User Guide
18.20. RESONATORS 265
and the more deconstructed the sound. Downsampling is like applying a mosaic effect
to an image: There's a loss of information and sharp edges occur between the blocks.
The Downsample Mode switch denes if the downsampling either interpolates over a smaller
range (soft, down to 20.0 samples) or does not interpolate over a larger range (hard,
down to 200 samples).
Bit Reduction is similar, but while downsampling superimposes a grid in time, bit reduction
does the same for amplitude.
If the Bit Reduction amplitude dial is set to 8, amplitude levels are quantized to 256 steps
(8 bit resolution). If set to 1, the result is pretty brutal: Each sample contains either a full
positive or full negative signal, with nothing in between.
Bit Reduction denes an input signal of 0dB as 16 bit. Signals above 0dB are clipped, and
the red overload LED will light up.
Turning off Bit Reduction results in modest CPU savings.
18.20 Resonators
The Resonators Effect.