Frequency Guillotine

Input Gain sets level before saturation and the filterbank.

Input Drive increases input saturation before the signal is split into bands.

Feedback returns the summed filterbank output to the mono input. Higher values increase resonance, density, and the chance of self-sustaining tones.

Output Gain sets level after the filterbank.

Output Limit sets the threshold of the final soft limiter.

Dry/Wet crossfades between the unprocessed input and the stereo filterbank output.

TwoNinetySix switches both the audio and sidechain banks to centers at 80, 150, 250, 350, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1300, 1600, 2000, 2600, 3500, 5000, 8000, and 11000 Hz.

Smooth Mode changes the saturation and limiting curves, reduces the filter slopes from 48 to 36 dB/octave, uses the lowest and highest bands as low-pass and high-pass filters, and maps the positive band range to a softer maximum of +18 dB.

Band faders attenuate or boost the output of each band. The printed labels show the active center frequencies.

Pan controls place each band from left through center to right.

Band dots show signal level for each band. Black means no signal, red indicates the normal range, and pale red indicates overload.

The normal frequency set is 15, 65, 90, 122, 170, 230, 320, 435, 600, 825, 1100, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5500 Hz.

No sidechain signal uses the regular filterbank mode. A sidechain that is only a host-created mirror of the main input is treated as inactive.

Once a real sidechain has been detected during playback, vocoder mode remains latched through silent passages until transport stops.

Band faders attenuate or boost the corresponding sidechain-controlled carrier band instead of being replaced by the envelope value.

Pan controls still place the vocoder bands independently in stereo.

Dry/Wet continues to mix the original carrier with the vocoded output.

TwoNinetySix and Smooth Mode affect the main and sidechain filterbanks together, so corresponding bands remain aligned.

Band Randomize generates one new set of band levels. It works with Slew even when synced randomization and the slot clock are off.

Random to Pan includes the 16 pan controls when a random event is generated.

Band Rnd sets level-randomization range. Zero produces no movement; maximum can use the full available range around 0 dB.

Pan Rnd sets pan-randomization range. Zero leaves pan unchanged.

Rnd Slew sets transition time. Without synced random it runs from 0.01 to 18 seconds; with sync active it runs from immediate to the full selected note length.

Synced Random generates a new target from the DAW clock.

Sync Div sets the clock interval from 1/32 through dotted and triplet values to 8 bars.

Generated values affect the sound and slots but are not written as host automation. Only direct user gestures write automation.

1-8 select a slot and show its stored band and pan values.

Copy / Paste copies or pastes the complete level-and-pan state of the selected slot.

Random creates randomized level and pan content for the slot pattern.

Manual Band Randomize and synced randomization update slot contents as well as the current audible targets.

A held level, pan, or supported button is a persistent gesture override. Every slot passed during the gesture receives only that edited parameter; all other lanes continue their own slew.

CLK OFF stops automatic stepping. Slots can still be selected manually, and randomization still uses its own slew.

CLK INT runs from the internal clock. Rate is displayed in Hz and uses an exponential response for useful control at slower speeds.

CLK HOST runs from the DAW transport and changes Rate to musical divisions.

Rate sets internal speed or host-clock division, depending on the selected clock source.

Slew sets interpolation between slot states. At 100% the transition occupies the complete step and reaches the incoming slot exactly at the next boundary.

A short minimum transition is retained at the lowest setting to reduce clicks when slot values change abruptly.

Slot selection, Slew, internal Rate, and host Sync Division are exposed as automatable parameters.

Preset arrows step through the available presets and wrap between the first and last entries.

Preset name opens the preset browser.

Name generates a preset name.

Save writes the complete state. Saving without first generating a name creates one automatically.

Factory / User / Starting Points / Favorites filter the preset browser.

Versioned Save writes a numbered copy when the current preset has changed.

Folder opens the preset directory for external renaming or deletion.

Refresh reloads externally renamed or deleted preset files.