Hiss; Effect Mode; Freeze - Qu-Bit Electronix Stardust Manual

Functions: Primary Controls

17. Hiss

The Hiss knob and CV input adjust the second effect assigned by the FX Mode button.
The effect is off when the knob is fully to the left, and at its maximum amount when fully to the
right. See the Effect Mode section to find a full list of effects that Hiss can control!
Hiss CV Input range: -5V to +5V

18. Effect Mode

The Effect Mode button selects the effect currently controlled by Flutter and Hiss. All available
effects run simultaneously. See the list below to learn each effect, and their controls.
Effect LED Color
Blue
Green
Gold
Purple
Did You Know? If you are a bit lost keeping track of 8 effects controls and want a fresh start,
holding the Shift button and pressing the Reset button will reset Stardust's controls to default
values. This will set all effects to off!
Learn more about Stardust's shift combos in the secondary section of the manual.

19. Freeze

The Freeze button and Gate input lock and repeat a small portion of the loop. Freeze is
activated either when the button is released, or when the gate input goes high.
In freerunning clock mode, the frozen audio length is 1% of the loop length, with a minimum
possible length of 62ms.
Freeze Gate Input threshold: 0.4V
Effect Mode
Analog Tape Emulation
Digital Audio Artifacts
Reverberation
Highpass/Lowpass Filtering
Flutter Control
Wow & Flutter amount (pitch/
amplitude modulation)
Downsampling amount
Reverb amount
Highpass amount (dry to 12kHz)
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Hiss Control
Tape hiss amount (noise &
compression amount)
Bitcrush amount
Reverb time
Lowpass amount (dry to
25Hz)