Ambivalent Instruments Development blog

I created this thread to hear your feedback and to share updates about my modules. Feel free to leave any comments!


Currently Available Modules

Grainer Real-time granular synthesis processor with advanced randomization

EQ8 8-band stereo parametric equalizer with fixed frequency bands

XFMN01 Cross-FM noise synthesizer with several effects

Modulo Modulo operator effect/utility module

Delay Digital delay effect with 4 modes (Repitch / Octave / Reverse / Ping-pong), feedback, and modulation

Delay Expander Tap tempo and sync expander for Delay modules

GroupDelay Group delay effect using cascaded all-pass filters for transient shaping and phase dispersion

Cheby Chebyshev harmonic generator with H1–H8 sliders

Seq8 8-step CV/Gate sequencer

AutoPanTremolo Stereo auto-pan and tremolo effect with adjustable LFO curve and sync

NØ!SE//ERR Dual-output noise oscillator that travels between calm and agitation, harmony and dissonance


Videos

If you upload a video using my modules on YouTube, feel free to share it with me. I enjoy watching your work—it’s always inspiring. I’ll be adding videos I find to this playlist


Support / Donations

Donations are always appreciated if you’d like to support the development:

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Currently, there is an issue where the reverb resets when the freeze button in Grainer is pressed. This will be fixed in an upcoming release—please stay tuned!

Thanks for fixing the slight clicking on Grainer, I made some weird guitar effects with it. There’s a section where you can hear Grainer on its own, then it starts feeding into even more delays and gets a bit nuts. I think it sounds beautiful with acoustic guitar though!

I also noticed an issue with Group Delay. I was using it to make a bass drum by feeding it a trigger, which actually slaps by the way. But when I open the patch it reverts to more of a ‘zap’ sound. and I have to bring the pinch control right down again, even though it was on the lowest setting when the patch was saved.

It’s a really interesting module, do you have any other use cases for it? Also polyphony would be nice at some point, if that’s possible.

Cheers!

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It’s amazing how beautiful it sounds when combined with delays. Thanks a lot for the video! I’ve added it to my playlist as well.

Regarding the GroupDelay issue, I think I have an idea of what might be causing it, so I’ll try to fix it.

Personally, I feel this module works especially well on low-frequency sounds like kicks and bass. It was heavily inspired by the Kilohearts Disperser, so you might find some useful examples by checking that out as well.

I’ll also give polyphony support a try. Thanks for the suggestion!

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[v2.0.6] Update

■ New Module Feedback EQ8

Stereo 8-band parametric EQ with a bipolar Feedback Amount control that sends part of the EQ output back into the input. Boost any band to shape the feedback and push the module into resonance or even self-oscillation. A built-in limiter keeps the feedback loop stable.

■ Improvements

EQ8 / Delay / Modulo / Cheby / AutoPan

Added polyphonic input support with per-channel expansion.

Group Delay

Smoothed modulated parameter updates to reduce zipper noise, and fixed a bug where the sound changed after reopening a patch.

Grainer

Fixed a bug where pressing Freeze reset the reverb state.

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