bipolar with 0Hz center

[zethus909]

Range
The SB module offers 3 bipolar frequency range options, which all start at 0Hz (center):
10Hz - for relatively slow-moving cyclical effects e.g. stereo phasing.
200Hz - for low-frequency effects e.g. deep bells, rumbles... or even phone dial-tones
4kHz - for high-frequency or very wide range effect

When you say that it's bipolar with 0Hz at the center, what does that mean?
ie. for the 10Hz setting, turning the knob clockwise makes it go as high as +10Hz....and counterclockwise means it goes -10Hz...?

so i get that it could go to as high as 10Hz....but i dont get negative Hz...or the negative side of the bipolarity... in terms of cycles/Hz...what does mean....negative cycles....inverted cycles?

so for 200Hz setting, the band goes as high as +200Hz and then what does going -200Hz below zero mean...

zero Hz = no cycles.......so nothing is happening...

so negative 10 Hz....means what? what is actually happening there.

[Gone soft]

for the 10Hz setting, turning the knob clockwise makes it go as high as +10Hz....and counterclockwise means it goes -10Hz...?

so i get that it could go to as high as 10Hz....but i dont get negative Hz...or the negative side of the bipolarity... in terms of cycles/Hz...what does mean....negative cycles....inverted cycles?

so for 200Hz setting, the band goes as high as +200Hz and then what does going -200Hz below zero mean...

zero Hz = no cycles.......so nothing is happening...

so negative 10 Hz....means what? what is actually happening there.

I'm not a representative of u-he but I'll dare jump in here and try to answer your questions still...

Yes, it means for instance + 10 Hz when the knob is above zero and -10 Hz below zero. -10 Hz means negative frequency shifting, similar to how you can pitchchift a signal by for instance -12 semitones and get a signal that's shifted downwards. Though the sound of frequency shifting is quite different from that of pitchshifting. Did that make sense to you? Let me know if I'm confusing you more instead of being helpful...

Generally for the classic uses you'd want a wet/dry ratio of 50/50, otherwise the effect may become to subtle in some cases. When you get more experience with it you may want to explore other ratios, for instance all wet for altering percussive sounds or making sci-fi-ish FX sounds.

0 Hz means no shift, that is in theory an unchanged signal. Then you can grap or automate the phase knob and have manual alteration of phase, try it with wet/dry set to 50/50 to have a listen at some of the funky things that can do as a special FX.

If you're still confused the best thing to do may be to play around with the plugin and see if it starts making more sense eventually, or if it can help you get some nice sounds out of it even though you may not understand 100 % what it does excactly. Hope you have fun with it! I certainly love my Uhbik-S.

[zethus909]

-10 Hz means negative frequency shifting

ok thanks i think i get it....basically you have the original signal and then turning the knob negative means you slowing the copied signal down (to a maximum of 10 Hz), so then you have the mix knobs which let you mix the slowed down signal with the original signal.

its not really "negative" Hz...its just pitched down by Hz....so slowed down...