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Effects

Four global effects sit between the voice mix and the master stage, in this order:

voice mix ─► Phaser ─► Chorus ─► Delay ─► Reverb ─► master

All four are global (shared by both layers) and each can be turned on or off independently.

Phaser

Pre-chorus phaser. Four cascaded all-pass stages with an LFO sweeping the centre frequency.

ParameterRangeDefaultUnitNotes
PhaserOff / OnOffbool
Phaser Rate0.05–100.5HzLFO rate, exp taper (mid 1 Hz)
Phaser Depth0–10.7linearSweep range
Phaser FB−0.9 to +0.90linearFeedback (negative inverts)
Phaser Mix0–10.5linearDry/wet
Phaser Stereo0–180180°L/R sweep offset — 180° anti-phase (widest), 0° both channels in lockstep

Chorus

Vintage BBD (bucket-brigade) chorus, “Bright” voicing modelled on the Juno-60. Includes bucket-write saturation, reconstruction filter at 9 kHz, and post-BBD makeup gain.

The right channel reads the inverted LFO phase — authentic mono-compatible stereo, not two offset LFOs.

ParameterRangeDefaultUnitNotes
ChorusOff / OnOnboolDefault on
Chorus Rate0.05–80.6HzBBD LFO rate
Chorus Depth0–10.5linearDelay swing amount
Chorus Mix0–10.4linearDry/wet

Delay range: 1.66–5.35 ms, swept by a strict-triangle LFO.

Delay

Stereo delay with feedback.

ParameterRangeDefaultUnitNotes
DelayOff / OnOffbool
Delay Time0.01–20.35sLinear taper
Delay FB0–0.950.4linearFeedback amount
Delay Mix0–10.25linearDry/wet
Delay SyncOff / OnOffboolHost-tempo sync (planned; not yet routed)
Ping-PongOff / OnOnboolFeedback crossfeeds L↔R; off keeps each side’s feedback on its own channel

Reverb

Feedback delay network (FDN) reverb. Size controls the FDN’s perceived room dimensions; damp absorbs high frequencies on each feedback pass.

ParameterRangeDefaultUnitNotes
ReverbOff / OnOffbool
Reverb Size0–10.5linearRoom size
Reverb Decay0.2–102.5sDecay time, exp taper (mid 2.0)
Reverb Damp0–10.4linearHigh-freq damping
Reverb Mix0–10.3linearDry/wet

Bypass behaviour

Each effect’s on/off toggle hard-bypasses that stage. Bypassed stages have no CPU cost — the audio buffer passes through unaltered. There is no smoothing on the bypass toggle, so automating it mid-note will click — use the Mix knob for click-free wet/dry changes.