Half Speeder

Playing back a recording at a slower speed is a classic experiment used since the early days of tape machines. Bringing out all kinds of details that are harder to appreciate at the original speed, it’s still a popular technique widely used today by producers and sound designers. Half Speeder is always recording and synced to the host, and plays back at half speed chunks of audio based on musical values. Great for discovering hidden details within your sounds, you can shape the results with filtering and saturation.

• MINI-SLIDER
  Controls the mix of the dry signal and the processed signal. The number indicated is the amount of the signal that is processed.
  Range: 0 ~ 100%

• SATURATE
  
Adjusts the gain added to the input signal.
  _Range: –12 dB to +18 dB _

• LO CUT
  Controls the highpass filter cutoff frequency.
  Range: 30 Hz ~ 4 kHz

• HI CUT
  Controls the lowpass filter cutoff frequency.
  Range: 6.5 kHz ~ 20 kHz

• CAPTURE
  The duration of the captured audio which is transposed is measured in note values.
  Range: 16th, 8th, 1/4, 1/2, 1 Bar, 2 Bars

NOTE: DAW buffer sizes can affect the immediacy of the playback.

• SONG POSITION
  Controls whether the buffer section is synced to the bars and beats of the host. When SONG POS is switched ON, the recording syncs to the Song Position of the host and does not reset based on note input. When SONG POS is switched OFF, the buffer section functions in Legato Mode—the recording begins on the first note of a legato passage, and it resets when the CAPTURE time is completed or when you play a note that is not connected to the previous one.

• OUTPUT

  Adjusts the output level.
  Range: – inf dB to +9.54 dB

*Experiment with the Arpeggiator. The interplay between CAPTURE and the Arpeggiator clock can achieve interesting results.