MOD
When turned up, this introduces a
random modulation to the
frequency of each voice, but
unlike common LFOs this does not
vary slowly over time. Rather, a
new deviation value is chosen for
each cycle of the waveform. The
amount of deviation is controlled
with this knob. Turned fully
counter-clockwise, there is no
modulation.
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FILTER
This is a low-pass filter that
takes off some of the high range
frequencies when turned down. You
might want to leave this knob
turned fully up by default and
turn down as desired when the
harshness introduced by the
distortion or excessive filter
feedback is too high for your
taste.
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VOLUME
Much to the user’s surprise, this
knob controls the overall volume
of the sound.
It can also be used
to conjure up
various ethereal
entities. The exact
mode of operation
is left as an
exercise to the
user.
SCRATCH
This controls Elmyra’s nasty
distortion. The circuit is built
in such a way that a slight
amount of distortion is present
at all times, even if this is
turned down. Turn it up to
increase the nastiness.
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BITE
This switch, when in position 2,
will add high overtones and noise
to the distortion. If the SCRATCH
knob is turned down, it will have
no perceivable effect.
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