BATTIMENTO
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BETWEEN AMPLITUDE AND HARMONIC
A tremolo that morphs from optical throb to harmonic shimmer; and into the shadows.
CAESURA · v0.1.12 · Batt
IThe Idea
A battimento is the soft edge of a shadow; the band that is neither full light nor full dark. This tremolo lives there, on a continuum. At one end it is classic amplitude throb, the old optical pulse. Turn BLEND across and it becomes a harmonic tremolo, the lows and highs wavering in opposite phase like light bending through water. Push DEPTH toward the top and it slips past tremolo entirely into a resonant, vowel-like sweep; the eclipse zone. SWEEP throws it all into motion across the stereo field. Half-light, never quite committing to either side.
IIThe Controls
- RATE
- Speed of the modulation. With SYNC on, it locks to a host note division.
- DEPTH
- How deep the effect goes. Near the top it sweeps into a resonant, vowel-like zone.
- BLEND
- Morphs the type: 0 = amplitude tremolo, 1 = harmonic tremolo (bands waver in opposite phase).
- CROSS
- The split frequency between low and high bands for harmonic mode.
- SWEEP
- Stereo width and auto-pan; from centered to a full hard left-right sweep.
- MIX
- Dry/wet balance (starts fully wet).
IIISwitches & Footswitches
- SYNC (toggle)
- RATE locks to a host tempo division (1/1 down to 1/32).
- BYPASS (footswitch)
- True dry passthrough.
IVStart Here
Optical
BLEND 0, DEPTH mid, RATE to taste
Classic amp-style tremolo throb.
Harmonic Vibe
BLEND 1, CROSS mid, DEPTH mid
Lows and highs sway against each other; watery vibrato.
Eclipse
DEPTH high, BLEND high
The resonant, vowel-like wild zone.