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bipolar
A bipolar signal is one that goes above and below zero. Most audio
signals are bipolar.
carrier
An audio signal controlled by another signal (the “modulator”). The
term is usually applied to AM and FM synthesis.
Category
In SFX Machine Pro, Categories are folders of Preset files. You can
select a Category (for example, “Delay”) by using the Category List
Box; then choose a Preset (“Sitar Drone”) from the Preset List Box.
channel
An audio signal pathway. SFX Machine Pro uses a maximum of two
channels, Left and Right.
chorus
An effect that makes a single voice sound like multiple voices in
unison. You can implement chorusing by sending a sound through a
series of delays whose delay times are slowly being modulated.
clipping
An amplitude distortion that occurs when signal levels try to exceed
the available amplitude range. The tops and bottoms of clipped
waveforms are typically squared off, generating frequencies that
weren’t in the original signal.
cocktail party effect
The ability to focus one’s listening attention on a single voice in the
midst of a combination of background noises and conversations.
See also the “Earl Vickers effect.”
comb filter
A filter whose frequency response exhibits a series of deep peaks or
notches equally spaced in frequency (hence the word “comb”).
In SFX Machine Pro, you can implement a comb filter by delaying the
source signal by at least 0.1 ms and adding it (with either a positive
or negative output amplitude) to the original signal. Alternatively,
instead of adding in the delayed input, you can delay and scale the