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Jerry,

>Wonder if anyone can give a brief explanation of the Aural Exciter
>Variation Effect (#9)
>
>It seems to me that it segments the frequencies above the cutoff
>frequency, runs them through an overdrive and then reconstitutes the
>signal. (or something like that)

You're on the right track.  I'm not sure if "runs them through and 
overdrive" is correct, but the Aural Exciter seems to add a high frequency 
presence, and maybe even some extra harmonics (???)

>Is this correct, or does it also do some animation (like a chorus)?

I don't believe so.

>Is this effect unique to Yamaha?

No, it's licensed from Aphex.

>Is it similar to the sonic maximizer (BBE)?

The END RESULT is similar.  Whether the two methods use the same process is 
difficult to figure out, as both companies consider their process something 
of a trade secret, and so are not very forthcoming on the details.


Regards,

-BW

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