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Ephemera · Instrument

Exciton

polyphonic coupled-resonator synth
voices 0/8
Tuning · Input
Octave +0 (Z/X) · A–; play · Space = sustain
Timbre
Coupling
0.250
Coherence
0.85
Decohere rate
0.60 Hz
Decohere depth
0.50
Vibronic FM
0.00
Phonon rate
6.0 Hz
Sink trapping
0.40
Inharmonic spread
0.20
Stereo correlation
-0.30
Output gain
0.45
Glide
off
Velocity sense
0.60
Exciter · Voice
What strikes the resonators — source, blend & shape, struck or bowed — plus the amp envelope. Blend fades noise → a pitched source.
Blend
0.00
Shape
0.50
Articulation
8 ms150 ms · 0.70320 msADSR
Filter · Unison
A per-voice low-pass the amp envelope sweeps, a sub octave for body, and a detuned unison stack for width.
Cutoff
open
Resonance
0.00
Env amt
0.00
Sub
0.00
Detune
0¢
Filter enveloperaise Env amt to engage
8 ms150 ms · 0.70320 msADSR
stack 2–3 detuned voices for a fatter, wider note
Mod matrix
LFOs ride on top of the controls — pick a destination, then set rate & depth.
LFO 1
LFO 2
LFO 3
Drive · Chorus · DelayFX bypassed
Post-tone insert FX — saturation, ensemble width, and a ping-pong echo.
Drive
gentle saturation — Tone tames the grit it adds
Chorus
Delay
Tone · Space
Master low-pass that tames the resonator top, and the reverb bus.
Arpeggiator
Clock-driven sequence over the held notes.
tap
off → the arp plays every held key
C2
D2
E2
F2
G2
A2
B2
C3
D3
E3
F3
G3
A3
B3
AC4
SD4
DE4
FF4
GG4
HA4
JB4
KC5
LD5
;E5
'F5
IG5
[A5
]B5
C6
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