ORBIT is a module designed for use in polyphonic scenarios: It adjusts the panning of each channel/voice of a polyphonic cable in the stereo image.
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INPUT is the input signal, should be polyphonic.
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TRIG triggers a new random position. If the trigger signal is monophonic all input channels get a new random position, if the trigger signal is polyphonic the corresponding input channel gets a new position, all other input channels stay unchanged.
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Spread adjusts the maximum amount of panning from 0% to 100%.
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Drift controls, if the position in the stereo image is statically assigned or moving: Values from -1 to 0 drift the positions to the left or right, depending on the randomly assigned side of the input channel, values 1 to 0 drift to the center.
ORBIT provides different options for generating the random positions of the input channels, controlled by the Distribution setting in the context menu:
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Normal: The positions are generated according to a normal distribution, a center position is more likely than the extreme positions.
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Normal (mirrored): The positions are generated according to a normal distribution but in a kind of "mirrored" sense, the extreme positions are more likely than center positions.
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Uniform: The positions are generated uniformly distributed, every position in the stereo field has the same probability.
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External: The position are generated from an external input connected to the DIST-port, it is used like a "Sample & Hold" or "Sample & Glide" if Drift is set unequal to 0. The input can be monophonic or polyphonic and an input voltage 0-10V is expected.
The output can be configured as polyphonic (with the same number of channels as IN) or summed to single channels for left and right.
- v1.9.0
- Initial release of ORBIT
- v2.0.0
- Added output level control (#286)