On 6/16/07, Charles Osthelder put forth:
>Freq'in' sweet!!!
>
>Just arrived today (five business days from ordering)and I still need
>to figure out how to make full use of it. Fun stuff! Anyone have
>wild patch ideas?
Well, it does wild very easily, as it can totally transform a sound
into something else at less than extreme settings. So if you want to
make strange sounds, you probably don't need any serving suggestions
from us :)
While many have dismissed it as being only good for weird sounds, it
has a wealth of practical uses. I often like to think about not what
it does, but rather what it doesn't do. Unlike a filter or
filter-based effect it does not emphasize frequencies that are
already there, so it does not amplify certain harmonics over other
harmonics. So unlike an EQ, it can be used to change the frequency
content of a sound without bringing out a note or making some notes
louder than others. This is especially useful for percussion sounds
within a mix.
For the same reason, it is also good for adding inharmonics to
oscillator-based patches. While I also find this useful for
percussion sounds, it can be used with piano and plucked instrument
sounds as well.
With subtle shift and feedback settings, it can create "phasing" and
"ambience". I've found this works best with dry recordings of real
instruments. It can also be used to create more noticeable stereo effects
with synthesizer sounds at less subtle settings.
It can be used to in the regeneration path of an effect to prevent
runaway feedback. This isn't just useful for delays. It can be used
with all sorts of BBD, DSP and mechanical effects where patching the
output back to the input would result in overload. You might like to
try it with a flanger or reverb. As the Encore Frequency Shifter
also has its own internal feedback path, you can come up with new
sounds very quickly. In the same way, it is also useful for
convolution, as you can shift one sound to prevent common frequencies
from being reinforced excessively.
And, if you didn't have one already, you also have a quadrature
oscillator which can be used as a mod source for other modules...