Aqueduct® is a vintage-inspired pitch vibrato with eight modulation modes offering synth-like sonar pulses, print-sensitive frequency modulation, smooth rolling pulses, steady kosmische pulses, rapid trills, squams Sonic SLIGGLES SLIGLY SONIC, WIGGLES, BENDES, Pseudo-Bride, and whatever else your pitch-warping brain can conjure up in your bleary mind's eye.
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Sine: The smoothest and most subtle of all waveforms, sine waves are most often associated with classic chic vibrato. Plug in, turn on and start chooglin'.
Triangle: Triangle waves have a sharper rise and fall than sine waves with a more pronounced pitch bend at the top of each LFO cycle.
Ramp: like a triangle wave with a twist. The ramp waveform has a sharp sonar pulse followed by a rapid downward slope with a synthesizer-style hold and release. This is where things start to get a little weird.
Square: Square waves are the stiffest and abruptest of the waveforms. Rather than sliding smoothly between pitches, square waves produce an instant on or off transition between notes. Use this mode for trills when you get tired of doing hammer-ons and pulls.
Random: This waveform isn't a waveform as much as it is a drunken modulation master who inserts your notes into an unpredictable assortment of greasy folds before disappearing at the last call and leaving you let it get stuck with the tab. It has a “distorted recording” effect at low depth settings and becomes flipped and more randomized as you increase the depth control.
ENV D: This is the depth mode controlled by the envelope. The WaveShape is set to a sine wave, the speed of which can be adjusted using the speed control. The Depth control sets the sensitivity of the envelope - the point at which the effect begins in your playing. In this mode, your attack of choice sets the intensity of the modulation. The deeper you dig, the more pronounced the effect. Try it during your next Moti jam.
ENV R: This is the envelope controlled rate mode. In this mode, the input level (Ie Path Attack) controls the rate of the LFO. The LFO uses a sine wave inverter. Play louder for faster modulation or lower for slower modulation speeds. The speed control adjusts the sensitivity of the envelope. Depth selects the intensity of the LFO.
ENV P: This is the envelope-controlled pitch mode, which we've lovingly nicknamed "the Bloody Valentine's Day setting." If your instrument doesn't have a tremolo bar, it does now. In this mode the LFO is set to a sine inverter and the frequency modulation is controlled by the dynamics of your attack of choice and not the LFO. Do yourself a favor and try this one with Flexi-Switching™.
The depth defines the wet/dry mix. This is the only mode containing a wet/dry mix and can be adjusted to taste to create dynamic vibrato, chorus, flanger or screen-sensitive touch drop. Total counterclockwise is all dry, counterclockwise is all wet. With this control set to noon, you will get a 50/50 mix with a small amount of phase cancellation.
The rate sets the sensitivity and overall range of the pitch curvature.
The controls are simple. Rate (1) adjusts the speed of the LFO which controls how quickly the rise rises and falls. Depth (2) controls the LFO amplitude, adjusting the intensity of the Vibrato effect. The rotary switch mode (3) selects between one of eight Wavehaapape and LFO envelope combinations that dramatically change the character of the modulation and make the aqueduct adaptable to almost any musical situation.