HyperTremolo
HyperTremolo is a Dual Amplitude Modulator effect. It is designed to be an Harmonic Tremolo, but can be tweaked to get a lot of different effects, from haunting Ring Modulations to Rotary Speaker emulations!
The Effect
HyperTremolo splits your input signal into a low-passed and a high-passed signal. Each of these signals is modulated with an amplitude modulator (tremolo). Then the two signals are mixed back together.
Parameters
The parameters are divided in three sections
Tremolo
- Through-0: when this toggle is on, the tremolo will go through zero. In other words, the amplitude modulation will be between -1 and +1. When it is off, the modulation is between 0 and +1
- Rate: this is the amplitude modulation frequency (of the low-pass signal)
- Ratio: this is the ratio between the amplitude modulation frequencies of the low-pass signal and of the high-pass signal. When ratio is greater than 1, the high-pass signal will be modulated faster then the low-passed signal (useful to get a Rotary-speaker emulation effect)
- Sync: in the center of the ratio knob there is a sync button. This syncronizes the phases of the two tremolos to be at a difference of π/2. Click on this when setting the ratio back to 1 to align the tremolos in such a way to get a harmonic tremolo effect
- Depth: The mix between the modulated signal and the dry signal
Filter
- Crossover: the cutoff frequency of the low-pass and high-pass filters
- Resonance: the resonance of the low-pass and high-pass filters
- Balance: the mix of the low-pass and high-pass signals. With a balance of 0, only the low-pass signal is mixed. With a balance of 1, only the hi-pass signal is mixed
- Harmonic: The mix between the filtered signal and the bypassed signal. With values close to 1, the effect is more similar to an harmonic tremolo. With values close to 0, the effect is more similar to an ordinary tremolo
Mixer
- Gain: Gain for the wet signal
- Mix: The mix between the wet and dry signals
Example Settings
| Through-0 | Rate | Ratio | Sync | Depth | Crossover | Resonance | Balance | Harmonic | Gain | Mix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Pulsar | ✗ | 6.00 | 1.00 | ✓ | 0.50 | 1000.0 | 0.707 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 |
| Slow Phaser | ✗ | 0.75 | 1.00 | ✓ | 0.67 | 1000.0 | 0.707 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 |
| Subtle Rotary | ✗ | 1.33 | 4.50 | ✗ | 0.90 | 1000.0 | 0.707 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 |
| Rotary Cabinet | ✓ | 1.33 | 4.50 | ✗ | 0.90 | 1000.0 | 1.25 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 |
| Dual Trem | ✗ | 2.00 | 4.00 | ✓ | 0.75 | 1000.0 | 0.707 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 |
| Glitchy Resonances | 6.28 | 10.00 | ✗ | 1.00 | 200.0 | 0.707 | 0.333 | 0.50 | 7.00 | 1.00 |
Installation
You can find the latest release on GitHub at https://github.com/ChromaticIsobar/HyperTremolo/releases
Installer
To download and install HyperTremolo, you can use an installer
Windows
You can either download the installer only (HyperTremolo_win_installer_v<x>.<y>.<z>.zip) or the the whole release (HyperTremolo_v<x>.<y>.<z>.zip, see Download).
Extract and execute HyperTremolo_win_installer_v<x>.<y>.<z>.exe for a guided installation
Linux
From the command line, run
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromaticIsobar/HyperTremolo/main/installers/linux/install.py | python3 -Run the command with the --help option to get information about the available options
Manual instalation
Download
You can either download only the specific plugin (standalone, VST3, or Audio Unit) for your OS or the whole release in a single zip file: HyperTremolo_v<x>.<y>.<z>.zip. This file contains:
HyperTremolo_UserManual_v<x>.<y>.<z>.pdf: the user manual PDF file for the specific versionChangelog.txt: a summary of changes between different plugin versionsWindows: a folder of precompiled binaries for WindowsHyperTremolo_win_installer_v<x>.<y>.<z>.exe: installer for Windows VST3 pluginsWin32: a folder of precompiled binaries for 32 bit WindowsHyperTremolo.exe: the standalone executable for 32 bit WindowsHyperTremolo.vst3: the VST3 plugin for 32 bit Windows
x64: a folder of precompiled binaries for 64 bit WindowsHyperTremolo.exe: the standalone executable for 64 bit WindowsHyperTremolo.vst3: the VST3 plugin for 64 bit Windows
MacOS: a folder of precompiled binaries for MacOSHyperTremolo.app: the standalone executable for MacOSHyperTremolo.vst3: the VST3 plugin for MacOSHyperTremolo.component: the Audio Unit plugin for MacOS
Linux: a folder of precompiled binaries for UbuntuHyperTremolo: the standalone executable for UbuntuHyperTremolo.vst3: the VST3 plugin for Ubuntu
Install
Standalone applications require no installation. Plugins must be copied to the proper directory to be installed
| OS | Plugin | Path | Plugin | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | VST3 (x64) | C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 | VST3 (Win32) | C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VST3 |
| MacOS | VST3 | Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3 | AU | Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components |
| Ubuntu | VST3 | ~/.vst |
Build from source
You can find instructions on how to build from source at https://github.com/ChromaticIsobar/HyperTremolo/blob/main/BUILD.md
Contacts
This software was developed by Marco Tiraboschi at the Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale
- mail: marco.tiraboschi@unimi.it
- website: https://www.lim.di.unimi.it
For issues about this specific software, please open an issue on GitHub
https://github.com/ChromaticIsobar/HyperTremolo
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Marco Tiraboschi
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