5.11.12 Unisono Noise; Dissonance Effects; Beating - Native Instruments Razor Manual

5.11.12 Unisono Noise

Special filter that simulates the beatings of several instruments playing the same note si­
multaneously by applying fast modulation to the partial amplitudes. Can be used to give
the sound a noisy character. There is a stereo version of this filter in the stereo effects.
Fig. 5.47 Unisono Noise Filter.
▪ SPEED: Speed of beating. A slow speed sounds like unisono played instruments which
have almost the same pitch. With increasing speed it sounds like the unisono played
instruments get more and more detuned to each other.
▪ AMOUNT: Amount of filtering.
5.12

Dissonance Effects

These effects alter the tuning of the partials to each other to create unique dissonant
sounds. If off the partials have a harmonic tuning. That means that frequency of a partial
is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.
Phase randomization set with the RND control in the 'Pitch Phase' section can be used to
make dissonant effects sound more consistent: If the amount of dissonance in one of the dis­
sonance effect goes back to zero the partial's frequency are back to their harmonic position
but the partial's phase are still messed up. With the next note on the phases are reset which
results in a different sound although no parameter has changed. If this inconsistency is un­
wanted the phases need to be randomized.
5.12.1

Beating

Detunes every xth partial.
Overview of RAZOR Ensemble
Filter 2
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