Chaotic Good

Crush is two FM operators sandwiching a plate resonator: an agent of chaos, your new favorite drum synth.
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FM Outer Shell

The outer layer of Crush are two FM operators. FM synthesis (short for frequency modulation, or a fast and wide vibrato) is known for its often noisy and metallic timbre.

Crushes operators leave you with inharmonic surprises at every turn.
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Physical Modeling Core

Interactive Grid

Crush strikes a different "position" every time for a round robin effect.

The inner layer of Crush is a physical modeling plate resonator. Without going into too much science the resonator employs a 2D waveguide mesh, a tennis racket of delay lines that mimic the behavior of real plates.

The material parameter changes the “stiffness” of the resonator, scraping out all sorts of brassy overtones.

Order of Operations

Algorithm changes the processing order between the FM operators and the plate resonator for even more flavors of sound.

When the plate resonator is at the top of the chain, a simple noise exciter is employed, turning Crush into a true physical modeling synthesizer.

"Crush can generate very chaotic digital percussive sounds from harsh digital noise, glitchy bleeps, and bloops to weird overtone-rich percussive sounds."
-Synth Anatomy

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‍Minimum Requirements:
‍Ableton Live 10, 11 & 12 Suite or Standard with Max for Live Installed.