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Chrome Tone
User’s Manual
A Look at the Chrome Tone Wah Configuration
The Chrome Tone Wah is a full featured modulated filter, configured as a Wah in default mode, and as a variety of
other filters as per the 14 selectable types available. The Wah, like the Tremolo and Chorus configurations, has a
Dynamics and Auto section for triggering modulation of the Wah filter (or Tremolo gain, or Chorus delay length).
The Dynamic section acts as an envelope follower with adjustable attack and decay times. A threshold determines
the triggering level of the envelope follower. The amount of effect the envelope follower has on the Wah (or other
selected filter) is determined by the Depth control. The amount of affect the envelope follower has on the Auto
section’s LFO Rate, Shape, or Depth is determined by the Mod control. Inputs to the Dynamic section are not limited
to audio - side chain audio, MIDI note or velocity, and any of the 128 MIDI controllers can be used as the modulation
source.
The Auto section is a configurable LFO (low frequency oscillator) used to modulate the Wah (or other selected filter)
with a periodic waveform. There are two waveform shapes that can be mixed in realtime, and the second shape can be
a multiple of the first. MIDI beat clock syncing is available along with a groove control.
Fig 3.3– Chrome Tone Wah Configuration (from the Wah page in the Stack config)
Hit the space bar to start audio playback in Pro Tools™ and check out the controls…
