THE DESTROYER's pixelFM v1.0

MAIN FEATURES:

- input gain
- depth
- drift (1.0000 = pure frequency modulation)
- carrier gain
- mod gain
- output gain
- PD/FM modulation meter
- modulation sources:
external sidechain (SC EXT)
self feedback (FB)

- bias mode: half-wave rectifier modulation.

- DX7 mode

- LP filter with resonance and drive

- DC blocker

- phase invert

- output clip

- built-in oversampler 2x/4x/8x/16x

- x2 zoom

The idea behind pixelFM came from my long fascination with the audio
engine of FM8 by Native Instruments. Loading it as an effect
and pushing the input into self-feedback always produced a raw,
analogue-flavoured distortion that I found fascinating.
I always wondered what it would sound like to make two
separate signals collide through FM distortion but FM8
has no sidechain input and no dual-entry architecture.
That limitation sparked the idea: recreate the same algorithm,
but with the ability to apply this distortion across any mixer channel
using any other channel as the modulation source.
The result goes further than the original inspiration: thanks to the
built-in oversampler, the high-frequency detail that FM distortion
usually reduces to noise is preserved,
revealing textures that would otherwise be lost.
And when Drift reaches 1.0000, the engine shifts into
pure Frequency Modulation,
the same mathematical heart that made the Yamaha DX7 a legend.

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