KVR Audio

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:22 pm

What kind of effect will bring about a "rippling" effect - say, I want to feed audio through an effect and have it "ripple" or "shimmer" - would it be a tap-delay? some sort of reverb? modulation? Any specific recommendations (i.e. Ohm Force)? I've been experimenting with all the above but haven't found quite what I'm looking for - difficult to describe in words maybe - but if you have any ideas, I thank you in advance!!

bitcrusher · Post by **bitcrusher** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:26 pm

To me, "rippling" means hearing something repeating (as ripples do on a lake), but not a static repeat (some time-based motion).

Both the "bounce" and "microspread <->" features in Lucifer VST are a bit rippling to me... check this video (where I start mousing the knobs) and you'll see what I mean..

http://www.deadmau5.com/BSOD/LuciferDemo1a.html

stevejay · Post by **stevejay** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:40 pm

mayan wrote:What kind of effect will bring about a "rippling" effect

Hi there,

Also give the Convoluter plug-in that part of the AnarchyEffects bundle a demo. You can get a good watery rippling effect with it.

Bye,
Steve

Funkybot · Post by **Funkybot** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:47 pm

I also think of a very deep fast chorus effect as sounding like a ripple (or at least I think just under water). Could give that a try.

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:16 pm

THanks all! Great ideas! I have Anarchy Effects in my bag of tricks...have never used the COnvoluter though...Also will check out Lucifer. Damn - and y'know- I very rarely reach for a Chorus...I will check that out as well. Thanks!

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:51 pm

For a gentle "shimmer", I would first try a chorus effect, possibly along with some creative EQ.

take care,
McLilith

Oxo · Post by **Oxo** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:17 am

The best way to achieve the ripple effect is to lie DOnkey Tugger down naked and slap his stomach...

Hypnotic ever-decreasing circles will send you into a whirl of rythmic tarnce....

Ox

3*s · Post by **3*s** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:19 am

Hmm... to me a "ripple" effect is a tremolo drenched in effects.

TotcProductions · Post by **TotcProductions** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:20 am

Oxo wrote:The best way to achieve the ripple effect is to lie DOnkey Tugger down naked and slap his stomach...

Hypnotic ever-decreasing circles will send you into a whirl of rythmic tarnce....

Ox

Hmm...and this is the same dumb f**k who told me I had nothing useful to say.

Oxo · Post by **Oxo** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:22 am

TotcProductions wrote:
Oxo wrote:The best way to achieve the ripple effect is to lie DOnkey Tugger down naked and slap his stomach...

Hypnotic ever-decreasing circles will send you into a whirl of rythmic tarnce....

Ox
Hmm...and this is the same dumb f**k who told me I had nothing useful to say.

A top quality sound designer is someone who twiddles knobs on a freeware synth....

TotcProductions · Post by **TotcProductions** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:33 am

Oxo wrote:
TotcProductions wrote:
Oxo wrote:The best way to achieve the ripple effect is to lie DOnkey Tugger down naked and slap his stomach...

Hypnotic ever-decreasing circles will send you into a whirl of rythmic tarnce....

Ox
Hmm...and this is the same dumb f**k who told me I had nothing useful to say.
A top quality sound designer is someone who twiddles knobs on a freeware synth....

Well, i take no offense as obviously you're either blind, deaf, or just dumb. Once again, you've neglected to say anything useful to anyone here...And, before you belittle my work, i notice that you have none of your own....i'm dying to hear the genius sounds of oxo.

Oxo · Post by **Oxo** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:37 am

Donkey's belly........

hmmmmm

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:58 pm

Bram's (smartelectronix) Bouncing Ball delay can do that sort of thing on sustained sounds. Try Mutagene's 2Warp Delay also.

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:47 pm

Hey thanks D_ek...will check 'em out...they sound very itneresting.

As to the Donkey Tugger effect...erm...does it scream like a bastard?

cron · Post by **cron** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:05 pm

KTgranulator does a nice, if rather heavy sounding, shimmering effect. Start with the MM-Octaves preset as a guide and tone it down to taste. Maybe drop the feedback a little, shorten the grain length and increase grain density. Making the max delay a lot shorter may help too.

The idea is that you have your original signal with a tuned wash of high frequencies 'shimmering' over the top. I probably use synaesthesia-speak too much, but 'shimmering' is definitely the word which pops into my mind when using that little trick.

Rippling Effect?