"MV Ephex Rack" combo Vicanek effects
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:52 pm
Inspired by the 'effects stack' Martin included in Karplus-String IV, I combined MVerb 7B, Martin's Quad Chorus and my own very lonnnnng Time, nearly-infinite Feedback delay into a retro-style effects rack.
I added an adjustable 2-pole Butterworth high pass to the MVerb.
The Quad Chorus is great for stereo-izing mono-output synths.
The Delay has a max Time of a full 10 seconds for roughly approximating 'Frippertronics', so also includes a "Play over" button for playing notes over the repeating 'delay cloud' without adding to it. Turn it off, add more notes to the 'cloud', and so on. The feedback max is set for the maximum amount before 'run-away'. The line has subtle low pass filters in it to make each repeat very slightly duller, as would happen with the hardware tape recorder based "Fripper' system. One could probably get even closer to the repeated tape copy result by adding the right kind of distortion in the feedback line, but I haven't experimented with this yet.
I added an adjustable 2-pole Butterworth high pass to the MVerb.
The Quad Chorus is great for stereo-izing mono-output synths.
The Delay has a max Time of a full 10 seconds for roughly approximating 'Frippertronics', so also includes a "Play over" button for playing notes over the repeating 'delay cloud' without adding to it. Turn it off, add more notes to the 'cloud', and so on. The feedback max is set for the maximum amount before 'run-away'. The line has subtle low pass filters in it to make each repeat very slightly duller, as would happen with the hardware tape recorder based "Fripper' system. One could probably get even closer to the repeated tape copy result by adding the right kind of distortion in the feedback line, but I haven't experimented with this yet.