However, Sugar Bytes has delivered one that´s inspiring to use and sounds fantastic, with an excellent, wide-ranging selection of presets. We have to admit that we were initially a bit nonplussed at the prospect of reviewing yet another filter plug-in. This is cool stuff, though we can´t help but wish that it was possible to use more than two vowels at a time. U, UE, O, OE, A, A:, AE, E and I are all on the menu.
Using the Vowel Mode, users can sweep through a pair of selected vowel shapes. This is easily replicated using formant filters, such as the one found in WOW. Since your mouth and throat are really just resonant cavities, by pushing air through them and changing the shape and size, you´re altering the resonant frequency of the cavity through which that air moves. Once an exotic rarity, it´s becoming a more common tool these days, enabling your filter bank to ‘speak´ by imparting the character of the human voice. It can be used for all manner of effects, from auto-wah to pumping, filtered dynamics.Ĭlicking the Vowel Mode button will transport you away from the familiar analogue-style filtering and into the realm of the formant filter.
You can determine the frequency range, attack and release times, as well as the overall gain. One of the more intriguing techniques we stumbled upon involved using another mod source to modulate the sequencer´s Smooth parameter while the sequencer was used to tweak some other function.įinally, the envelope follower can be used to track the dynamics of the incoming signal and use it as a mod source. The step sequencer boasts a smoothing function and a handful of playback styles. Interestingly, it can also be retriggered by the incoming audio signal. The LFO offers Rate and Sensitivity controls and enables you to select any of seven different wave shapes. The LFO and step sequencer are fairly ordinary in design and can be synchronised to the host tempo. All of these are available simultaneously and can modulate one another as well as the usual filter parameters. You can call upon an envelope follower, an LFO and a step sequencer. WOW sports a minimal but wildly versatile selection of modulation sources. Once you´ve picked a filter, you have all sorts of options for tweaking its parameters.
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