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Illthy Shimmerchorus, ensemble and tremolo

VST3 modulein the NoAMP zipv0.2.1

A lush, glassy ensemble: several detuned voices with a shimmering top that never tips into seasick pitch wobble, plus two tremolos. The meter shows the modulation moving.

Controls

ControlWhat it does
ModeEnsemble (default): the multi-voice chorus. Trem: a volume tremolo. Harm Trem: lows and highs pulse in opposition, split around 750 Hz. Switching fades the wet out and back in, so it never clicks.
Voices2 to 6 voices (default 4). More voices, thicker ensemble. Ensemble mode only.
RateModulation speed, 0.02 to 8 Hz (default 0.35 Hz). Greyed while Sync is on.
Sync + DivisionLocks the modulation to the host tempo: 1/1 down to 1/16T (default 1/8).
DepthHow far the voices move; in the Trem modes, the tremolo depth.
SpreadStereo spread. In the Trem modes it offsets the right channel; full Spread is an auto-pan.
ToneDark to bright tilt on the wet.
FeedbackRegeneration toward a flanged sound, kept bounded.
MixDry/wet (default 50%).
OutputOutput level, −24 to +12 dB.

In Trem and Harm Trem, Tone and Feedback do nothing: the delay path is out of the circuit.

On the NoAMP board

This engine is the board's CHORUS card. There it adds a fourth mode, Single (one classic voice), a Stereo switch that moves the chorus after the amps and shows Spread, and Feedback's Auto setting that follows Depth. See CHORUS in the NoAMP manual.

Specs, tersely

Engine2 to 6 voice modulated delay ensemble with a dispersive top; tremolo and split-band tremolo
Synchost tempo, 10 note values
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