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Quote:I haven’t actually played a Worm, yet, so I ask a naive question: Does it actually DO the phase-filter thing? That is, 2 stages allpass, followed by 2 stage lowpass? If you’ve never tried it (though somehow I doubt that could ever be
), its a wonderful swampy thing. Cancel the dry signal so that you only get the allpass/lowpass signal and its this gorgeous combination of vibrato, modulated wah and quasi-tremolo that, at medium speed, has voodoo written all over it. It’s a sound that deserves to be heard more often.I`m not aware of how THE phasefilter thing sounds (though I`ve read Mr. Rossum`s, and Mr. Colin`s teachings),
but there indeed is a chance I have come through similar sounding effects when experimenting with the 6-stage pure tube apparatus which the discrete transistor Wahbrato is a souped-down clone of:there are a lot of possibilities of interactively combining those stages…
From vibrato to phaser to filter (+ tremolo)
is what I did in the (non-OTA…) “Wahbrato”-labelled prototype… :now its aka: “WORM”
(…but I fully understand what you`re trying to explain –
some “Small sTon plus” (OTA-based) indeed is to be found in some of my 7 or 8 year old vaulty files)BTW.:
my initial prototype did have a “center-control” and a “dry/wet”-blend… :
Quote:There is much to like in the classic Small Stone, but there is so much more to mine in the basic design. Those of us who have tinkered with the basic circuit have found so many more sonic options in it. From vibrato, to Leslie-type ramp-up/ramp-down options, to Uni-Vobe adaptations, to my personal favourite: the phasefilter (based on John Blacet’s old Phase-Filter module for synths).With just a couple of extra toggles, the basic Small Stone can be transformed until you can barely recognize it. So why keep it harnessed as a one-knobber any longer?
While we’re at it, how about a simple 4/6/8 stage option?
Mark: currently, the most advanced “Small Stone” is vibe-able,
has 2 variable delaylines in it`s feedback-loop so it can go through zero,
and some more…
the prototype was labelled: “Stoned Missus” – “Flaser/Phanger”, for obvious reasonsnow its aka: “Flanger Hoax”
), its a wonderful swampy thing. Cancel the dry signal so that you only get the allpass/lowpass signal and its this gorgeous combination of vibrato, modulated wah and quasi-tremolo that, at medium speed, has voodoo written all over it. It’s a sound that deserves to be heard more often.
