Dither and Expand, meanwhile, add stereo noise and adjust the bias of quantisation resolution towards low-level signals, ultimately turning them into square waves for a less detailed, ‘nastier’ sound. Over on the right, the DC function prevents bit depth quantisation to zero, smoothing (for want of a better word!) the sound out to some extent and Crunch attenuates the input level, thus reducing the quantisation range, for continuous resolution changes without stepping.
Radio mode is tricky to get a handle on, but the evocative retro and extra-terrestrial ‘broadcast’ sounds it makes are absolutely awesome. The demod circuit band-pass filter is also adjustable, for balancing resonance and noise. The Carrier knob sets the demodulation carrier frequency (increase for higher fidelity), and ‘dialling in’ the radio is done using the Tuning knob, with interference increasing to either side of the centre point. In Radio mode, two Demodulation circuit types emulate an envelope detector and a product detector, the latter being the more spectacularly ‘resonant’ of the two. It brings a useful dynamic control aspect to Freak, and also makes us wonder why the other two plugins weren’t similarly equipped, for modulation of saturation amount, sample rate, etc. In Sidechain mode, the directly analysed modulation signal can be blended with the output of an envelope follower, for a highly shapeable response, with a band-pass filter on call for narrowing the modulation frequency range. As well as Oscillator mode, Freak also features a Sidechain input mode for modulation via the input or an external signal, and the unique Radio mode, emulating the sound of an AM radio.
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