Reaktor's Mirror 1 effect in Max/ signal folding natural phenomenon?
Nov 20 2015 | 9:24 pm
I'm trying to translate a very basic effect/building block in Reaktor to Max. It concerns an audio modifier called 'mirror 1'.
The explanation according to the manual:
• Mirror 1: Rather than clipping the signal, this Module "reflects" any signal that passes
above the threshold level.
Does anyone have an idea how to make something like this in Max? Should I upload a video of how it sounds?
Not sure if the term 'reflecting an audio signal' is something common or not...
- Nov 20 2015 | 9:43 pmI think you might be looking for the term 'folding'. There's a [fold] operator in gen~ actually. I'd start there.
- Nov 20 2015 | 9:51 pmYou're looking for pong~ https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/maxobject/pong~
- Nov 21 2015 | 2:25 amThank you Evan and Nick. This so-called folding distortion, is it something exclusively digital, or can it happen with analog oscillators? A simple sine wave for example can start to sound like an old tube theremin using this effect. Not sure if this by coincidence or not...
- Nov 21 2015 | 3:24 amWell folding an oscillation that goes above 1 can give the illusion of harmonics being present, so I don't think it's a coincidence. Although to get nicely musicl results you might have to massage the data bit. Could be wrong though as I have no experience creating a folding distortion.
- Nov 21 2015 | 4:09 pmYes, it needs some filtering and then it can sound very warm. So, if anyone knows if folding distortion might be a 'natural phenomenon' please let me know!
- Nov 21 2015 | 4:18 pmIf I'm not mistaken, all timbres on the early tube ondes martenots (1928-1960s) were derived from 2 heterodyning oscillators that produced simple sine waves. Maybe it's this folding distortion that allowed for timbres richer in harmonics...
- Nov 21 2015 | 9:22 pmpong~ > onepole~ comes to mind for simple cases
