User Manual

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Mutation
The Mutation
control allows
you to select
among 24
dierent
varieties of
mutation, as
well as being able to select “0,” which, not
surprisingly, will result in no mutation eect.
Although the sound of each mutation
setting depends to a great extent on
the characteristics of the specific voice
being processed, as a general rule, odd-
numbered settings will typically result in
more enharmonic overtones being added to
the voice (i.e., weird growly or grunginess)
than even-numbered settings. When first
experimenting, try starting with “8” and then
work out from there.
Beyond that, there are really no rules for
predicting how a particular setting will aect
a particular voice. Trial and error is the method
of the day.
NOTE: For the technically curious,
what’s going on here is a unique
variation of the technique called
ring modulation, a staple of early analog
synthesizers. What makes MUTATOR Evo’s
mutation process special is that MUTATOR
Evo is constantly detecting the pitch of the
input voice and shifting the relative pitch
of the modulating signal to match, thereby
preserving the basic mutation quality
regardless of pitch changes in the input. A
setting of “8” sets the modulation signal to
the same frequency as the input voice. “4” sets
it an octave lower and “16” an octave higher.
Intermediate settings result in more complex
ratios and more complex harmonic structures.
To select a Mutation variety, click on the
knob and move the cursor up to turn
the knob clockwise, or down to turn it
counterclockwise. The numeric display will
indicate the mutation number.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC)/Option (Pro
Tools) clicking on the knob will reset it to its
default value of 0 (no mutation).
Mutant Mix
This control allows you to set a mix between
the original unprocessed voice and the voice
after being processed by the Mutation control.
This mix is then sent on to the Alienize section.
When this control is set to the extreme
“Original” end of its range, only the original
unprocessed voice will be sent. At the extreme
“Mutated” end, only the processed voice will
be sent. In the middle of the range, a selectable
mix of the two will be sent.
To set the Mutant Mix, click on the knob and
move the cursor up to turn the knob clockwise,
or down to turn it counterclockwise. The
numeric display will indicate the percentage of
the Mutated signal in the mix.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC)/Option (Pro
Tools) clicking on the knob will reset it to its
default value of 100 (all mutated signal).
ALIENIZE SECTION
The Alienize section lets you give your speech
the quality of an alien language by chopping
it up into small segments and playing each
segment in reverse. (The eect is kind of hard
to describe in words, so just try it. You’ll see.)
Alienize
The Alienize switch lets you
activate and deactivate the
Alienization process. Click
anywhere on the switch to toggle
its state between On and O. It
turns blue when Alienization is On and gray
when it is O.