question about Thor mixer balance knob
Was using a really basic Thor patch involving only Oscillator 1, and I realized when I moved the mixer balance knob from 60 down to 0 it changed the character of the sound -- took away a lot of the high frequencies. Then I also realized it only did this if the self oscillation button was activated on the filter. Can anyone explain to me why this is the case? Seems to me if I'm not using oscillator 2 then moving the balance knob from 60 to 0 shouldn't have any effect other than to make it a bit louder, but then again I don't have that good of an understanding of how the self oscillation setting works (despite reading the manual), so maybe I'm missing something...
The Mixer Balance is BEFORE the input goes into the filter. If the input to the filter is louder, the resonating or feedback is harder. If it is quieter, the result is quieter as well.
That means, the Mixer Balance is indeed a "gain" in your case, but the loudness has more or less impact to the sound if you have different filter settings.
That means, the Mixer Balance is indeed a "gain" in your case, but the loudness has more or less impact to the sound if you have different filter settings.
Reason12, Win10
Thank you. I guess I just still don't understand how it would change frequency content rather than just loudness.Loque wrote: ↑05 Nov 2019The Mixer Balance is BEFORE the input goes into the filter. If the input to the filter is louder, the resonating or feedback is harder. If it is quieter, the result is quieter as well.
That means, the Mixer Balance is indeed a "gain" in your case, but the loudness has more or less impact to the sound if you have different filter settings.
Because of the filter. Disable the filter and it should be only a gain change.JRIII86 wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019Thank you. I guess I just still don't understand how it would change frequency content rather than just loudness.Loque wrote: ↑05 Nov 2019The Mixer Balance is BEFORE the input goes into the filter. If the input to the filter is louder, the resonating or feedback is harder. If it is quieter, the result is quieter as well.
That means, the Mixer Balance is indeed a "gain" in your case, but the loudness has more or less impact to the sound if you have different filter settings.
Reason12, Win10
The "self oscillate" button in the filter does two things, activates "self oscillate" and also activates saturation in the filter path.
Saturation is a non-linear effect with regards to level, meaning if the level changes at the input to the effect, then the saturation changes.
Thus as Loque already describes, adjusting gain (osc 1/2 mix) into saturation will affect the amount of saturation which equals a tonal change in most cases due to the additional harmonics generated by the effect. Make sense?
Saturation is a non-linear effect with regards to level, meaning if the level changes at the input to the effect, then the saturation changes.
Thus as Loque already describes, adjusting gain (osc 1/2 mix) into saturation will affect the amount of saturation which equals a tonal change in most cases due to the additional harmonics generated by the effect. Make sense?
Selig Audio, LLC
That’s very clear, thank you!selig wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019The "self oscillate" button in the filter does two things, activates "self oscillate" and also activates saturation in the filter path.
Saturation is a non-linear effect with regards to level, meaning if the level changes at the input to the effect, then the saturation changes.
Thus as Loque already describes, adjusting gain (osc 1/2 mix) into saturation will affect the amount of saturation which equals a tonal change in most cases due to the additional harmonics generated by the effect. Make sense?
Okay that clears some things up. Thank you!selig wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019The "self oscillate" button in the filter does two things, activates "self oscillate" and also activates saturation in the filter path.
Saturation is a non-linear effect with regards to level, meaning if the level changes at the input to the effect, then the saturation changes.
Thus as Loque already describes, adjusting gain (osc 1/2 mix) into saturation will affect the amount of saturation which equals a tonal change in most cases due to the additional harmonics generated by the effect. Make sense?
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