User Guide

Module: Blender
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Module: Blender
However, as we were developing Neuron it came to us
that the capability of blending or mixing two models
could offer tremendous creative potential. And that
notion prompted us to build the blender module.
It enables dynamic cross fading between two
resynators and lets you manipulate one resynator
using another.
Say resynator 1 contains the model of a flute.
Resynator 2 provides a piano-like model. Neural
synthesis allows specific parameters of one model to
influence the other model. In this configuration it
would be entirely feasible to impose the sound
generating properties of the piano model (that is,
the elements of the sound that we classify as scape
parameters - the vibration of strings, the dimensions
or the material the strings are made of) on the
sound-shaping environment of the flute model - for
example the material or size of the flute body. These,
in turn, are represented by the flute model’s sphere
parameters.
What does a strings pad sound like when chopped up
rhythmically by a drum loop? This could generate
freakish, alien-sounding rhythm clusters. How about
a choir made to "sing" through the body of a grand
piano or a snare striking the strings of a guitar –
what would that sound like?
Practically the only boundary is your zeal for
experimentation, especially when you consider the
complex intra-resynator routing options that various
blender types (see page 96) put at your disposal. The
more abstract models in particular offer wholly
unprecedented approaches to synthesizing sound.
But there is more good news: The blender is such a
versatile feature that it offers options for shaping
the blender amount (or level) on the fly. You can
modulate the amount via the mod module’s freely
definable LFO oscillations and/or via the shaper’s
free envelopes. The latter option gives you a choice
of two ADSR envelopes or one 4 levels 4 times
envelope.
Both modulation methods are defined via the given
depth parameters in the blender menu (see page 95).
Neuron features
another breed of
newfangled control
unit that sweeps
between resynators
called blender. We
had originally
intended to equip
Neuron with just
one resynator.
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