| project name: | oilcan |
| project url: | https://github.com/zjb-s/oilcan |
| author: | zbs |
| description: | monophonic digital-style percussion voice |
| discussion url: | https://llllllll.co/t/oilcan-percussion-co/60754 |
| documentation url: | https://github.com/zjb-s/oilcan |
| tags: | mod drum synth nb |
what?
- Oilcan is a monophonic digital-style percussion voice. At its core, Oilcan is two sine waves capable of basic FM synthesis. These operators are wavefolded, then mixed into two stages of clipping.
- Oilcan is arranged in timbres. You can think of each timbre as its own drum. Each time Oilcan triggers, it picks a timbre based on the note you're sending.
- You can find all of Oilcan's params in the
OILCAN >param group.
editing timbres
- Change
SELECTED TIMBREto edit different timbres. The selected timbre's params will populate below. - Below the timbre params is the
MACROSsection. These params non-destructively multiply timbre params as they're played, acting as performance controls. - Below
MACROS, you can find trigger params for temp-saving and temp-loading timbres or macro settings. This can be used as a performance control, or to copy timbres to new slots. - Below temp controls is the save system. Everything is saved with your psets - this is for sharing sounds with other norns.
signal flow
params overview
| param name | description |
|---|---|
FREQ |
Base frequency |
SWEEP TIME |
Percentage of release time spent sweeping towards base frequency |
SWEEP INDEX |
Depth of pitch sweep |
ATTACK |
Rise time. Affects all envelopes. |
RELEASE |
Fall time to silence. All other envelopes use this time as a reference - changing this param affects all envelopes. |
MODULATOR RELEASE |
Percentage of release time spent releasing the modulation operator to silence. |
MODULATOR LEVEL |
Multiplier for the modulator envelope height. |
MODULATOR RATIO |
Multiplier for the modulator's frequency relative to base frequency. |
FEEDBACK |
Modulator FM feedback. 0 is a sine wave, 10 is tuned noise. |
FOLD |
Amount of wavefolding applied to operators at start of signal chain |
HEADROOM |
Amount of headroom before the signal hard-clips. Lowering HEADROOM applies a filthy compression effect. |
GAIN |
Signal multiplier into a soft-clipping waveshaper. |
ROUTING |
Linearly pan the modulator between 0 (carrier modulation only) and 1 (mix with carrier for output) |
LEVEL |
Clean level control. |