5.4 crush

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  1. 1SHIFT + T3
  2. 2blue

5.4.1 crush introduction

type: bitcrusher · by maiko

Fewer bits and a lower sample rate: from a little grit to an old games console to pure noise. A drive in front pushes the sound into a soft clip first.

The screen is a hydraulic press. Its jaws close as you turn up the drive and flatten the wave; the wave you see is the crushed one over the clean one.

New effects are in the effects list: SHIFT + T3. They work on synths, on drums and as the master effect (MIXER, T3, then SHIFT + T3). The list also has FILTER, TE's own filter effect, which the stock firmware hides.

The crush screen: a hydraulic press squeezing a stepped wave, BITS, RATE, DRIVE and MIX around it
crush
The effects list with CRUSH highlighted, then the crush screen
crush in the effects list

5.4.2 opening crush

+

step 1

SHIFT + T3

step 2

blue

SHIFT + T3, then turn blue to CRUSH.

5.4.3 knobs

turn

blue

bits: 1 to 16 (fewer = rougher)

green

rate: 345 hz to 44.1 khz

white

drive: up to +24 db into a soft clip

orange

mix: dry to crushed

5.4.4 tips

  • It starts at 6 bits, 8 khz, +6 db of drive, fully crushed.
  • Works on a synth, a drum kit and as the master effect (MIXER, T3, then SHIFT + T3).
  • On a synth or drum it comes back switched off after a power cycle: press T3 to switch it on. Switched off, the screen dims and shows FX OFF.
  • Saved as TE's filter, so a sound or master that uses it still loads on stock firmware (or op1r alone): there it is TE's filter with the same knob positions.