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XFX Style: Ring Mod
The Ring Modulator multiplies your lead vocal with an internally
generated sine wave to create a classic ‘Dalek from Doctor Who’ sound.
At full Ring Mod depth, you’ll be ready to visit planet Skaro, but subtle
amounts can also work wonders on a vocoder voice to bring out an old-
school Electric Cylon Orchestra sound for a retro sci-fi clip or two.
Robots and aliens aside, a bit of Ring Mod will give any signal a gritty
electronic characteristic that follows the pitch or melody of the input
signal. It’s very useful!
Ring Mod, Mod 1:
Frequency
Ring Mod, Mod 1
controls the
frequency
(pitch) of the
modulating sine wave. Sweep it across its range to
apply a vintage radio tuning sound on your fixed pitch
signal, or keep the frequency fixed while singing a
melody to hear that 1950’s UFO/Raygun sound.
Range: 30 to 1000 Hz
Ring Mod, Mod 2:
Level
Ring Mod, Mod 2
controls the
level
of the
ring-modulated signal relative to the input audio signal.
Range: 0 to 100%
XFX Style: Flange
Flanging is an audio effect produced by mixing
two identical signals together, with one signal
delayed by a small and gradually changing
amount.
Part of the flanged signal is fed back to the input,
producing a resonance effect which further
enhances the intensity of the sound.
Flange 1 is a
Negative Flange
: the phase of the fed-back signal is inverted (made negative), producing a striking
alternative to the classic sound of Flange 2 (which is a
Positive Flange
).
Flange, Mod 1:
Speed
Flange Mod 1
controls the speed of the gradually
changing delay time. You can take the flanging from a
subtle slow ‘Jet Plane’ sweep variation all the way up to
an extreme ‘wowing’ effect.
Range: 0 to 100%
