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Illthy Hazephaser + through-zero flanger, with a chaos engine

VST3 modulein the NoAMP zipv0.3.1

A liquid sweep with a wild streak. Four voiced phasers, from a gentle whisper to a heavy storm, plus a true through-zero flanger, all riding one LFO that can drift so the sweep breathes instead of ticking like a metronome. The meter at the top shows one lime tick for every notch that is moving.

Controls

ControlWhat it does
VoicingThe character. Mist: a gentle 4-stage sweep. Swirl: a hollow 4-stage with regeneration. Cathedral: a deep 8-stage stereo sweep. Storm: 6 stages with heavy built-in wander. Flange: a true through-zero flanger, the full tape-null jet. The first time you pick one of the four phasers its knobs jump to that voicing's own settings; after that each voicing remembers yours, saved with the session.
StagesVoiced (the voicing's own count) or 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. More stages, more notches. No effect in Flange.
RateSweep speed, 0.02 to 10 Hz (default 0.50 Hz). Greyed while Sync is on.
Sync + DivisionSync locks one sweep cycle to a note value at the host tempo: 4/1, 2/1, 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/4., 1/4T, 1/8, 1/8., 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T (default 1/8).
DepthHow far the sweep travels, 0 to 100% (default 70%).
ColorFeedback, 0 to 97%. Sharpens the notches toward a vocal, resonant sweep.
WidthStereo offset between left and right, 0 to 100%. 0 = mono sweep.
HazeThe chaos: random wander of the sweep's rate and position. 0 is perfectly regular; a little is organic drift; a lot is weather.
MixDry/wet, 0 to 100% (default 50%).
OutputOutput level, −24 to +12 dB.

On the NoAMP board

The HAZE card on the board runs the same engine and adds a sixth voicing, Advanced, which shows every control. There, each voicing shows only the knobs it uses, a Stereo switch moves Haze after the amps, and NERD adds Spread (notch spacing) and Regen (drive inside the feedback). See HAZE in the NoAMP manual.

Specs, tersely

Enginevoiced allpass cascade, 2 to 12 stages; through-zero flanger line; chaotic drift; stereo
Synchost tempo, 12 note values from 4/1 to 1/16T
Switchingon/off crossfades, no clicks
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