# CYANPHASE VIDIST 01

Type | Effect - Visual Distortion Unit
Author | Edward L. Blake (CyanPhase)
Email | blakee@rovoscape.com
Description | A pretty good distortion machine that can make a large amount of smooth distortion sounds. The GUI will remind you of Sound Forge's or CoolEdit's distortion window. The advantage with this machine is you can modify the machine's voltmap and hear the change while buzz is playing.

## PARAMETERS

To access this window: right click on the machine and select "Parameters...", or double-click on the machine
Range: Top | Changes the amount of range on the positive side, similar in concept to the "Top" parameter of a clamp distortion.
Range: Bottom | Changes the amount of range on the negative side, similar in concept to the "Bottom" parameter of a clamp distortion.
In: Gain | Amount of Gain before the distortion, this is basically the Drive parameter of the distortion.
Out: Gain | This is the outgoing gain of the distortion.
Out: Wet | The amount (Gain) of distorted (Wet) signal to pass through.
Out: Dry | The amount (Gain) of unprocessed (Dry) signal to pass through.

## ATTRIBUTES

To access this window: right click on the machine and select "Attributes..."
Output: Correct DC | Sets either on (1) or off (0) the DC correction filter. the DC correction filter should be enabled for a good quality output and mixing in the song.

Distortion: Mode

Sets how the distortion model of the machine treats the voltmap:
0 - the less sharpest of the distortion models
1 - distortion model with more color
2 - very sharp distortion model
3 and 4 are not implemented, except for maybe later additions

## VOLTMAP VIEW

To access this window: right click on the machine and select "Show Voltmap..."
This is the more exciting part of the machine, this window shows two maps, the way the window should thought of is that the samples of sounds are twisted by the map. a straight diagonal line means there are no modification, and is around linear. if there are a lot of curves that don't go in a straight line, then the distortion becomes non-linear and rich. just play with the map to get a feel of it.

VOLTMAP MENU | This contains general commands related to the voltmaps.
New Voltmap | Clears the current Voltmap and creates a new voltmap for editing.
Load Voltmap... | Opens a saved Voltmap from a Voltmap file from a hard drive.
Save Voltmap as... | Saves the Voltmap Data to a Voltmap File for later use.
Voltmap Information | General Information about the currently open Voltmap file.
Close Window | Closes the Voltmap window
HELP MENU | This contains general commands related to the voltmap editor Help.
Contents | Should show this document.
About | Shows more information about the ViDist 01 plugin.
The Voltmap Information window
Voltmap Name | This field is for the voltmap's name
Author Name | This field is for the author's name
Voltmap Description | This field is for describing the voltmap.

## EXTRA REFERENCES

## STUFF

E-Mail: | blakee@rovoscape.com blakee@cyanwerks.com cyanphase@dot9.ca
Web site: | www.buzzscene.ca www.cyanwerks.com/cyanphase www.dot9.ca/~cyanphase people.unb.ca/~f1c91

Mailing Address:

Edward Blake
339 Kennedy Road N
St-Come Liniere, Quebec
G0M 1J0
Canada

Copyright © 2000-2001 Edward L. Blake