benjamindehli / 4-track-music-box

4-track Music Box - Version: [1.3]

Date: 2024-03-18

Name: Benjamin Dehli

Profile: pianobook.co.uk/profile/benjamindehli

Included formats

• Decent Sampler

Release notes

Version 1.3 (2024-03-18)

• Tremolo depth can now be controlled by the modulation wheel
• Improved impulse responses for echo and reverb

Version 1.2 (2023-11-13)

• Added a "Layered (Pitch Stretched)" preset.

Version 1.1 (2023-08-29)

• Fixed typo (wrong casing) in the directory name for some samples, which caused the samples not to load on some devices.
• Added a "split" preset to play samples at normal speed and samples at half speed in different parts of the keyboard.

Version 1.0 (2023-08-09)

• First version released

Description

A music box recorded on to cassette tape and played back at half speed and normal/original speed. Playing back at half speed results in an octave lower pitch.

Technical specification

	Sample rate	Bit depth	Channels	Number of files	File size
Samples	48 kHz	24 bit	1 (mono)	52	50.40 MB
Impulse responses	48 kHz	24 bit	2 (stereo)	4	3.60 MB

User Interface

Overview

Instrument

Button controls for the instrument settings

Velocity and damping

• Velocity
  • Determines whether the velocity should affect the volume of the samples
• Damping
  • When damping is off, the sample will continue to play after you release the key (like a music box)
  • When damping is on, the sample will fade out quickly after you release the key

Mixer

Mixer controls

Volume

Mix between the normal speed samples and the half speed samples. They also have independent tremolo controls.

Tremolo

The tremolo rate and tremolo depth knobs enable you to modulate the amplitude of the sound with the desired depth and rate using a Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFO).

• Tremolo Rate
  • Tremolo rate determines the speed at which the modulation occurs
• Tremolo Depth
  • Adjust the Tremolo depth to introduce subtle or pronounced variations in volume

Effects

These effects are achieved using carefully crafted impulse responses. The echo effect employs a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo recorded twice for stereo, while the reverb effect draws from a Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978 reverb pedal with a room setting.

Echo

Controls for the tape echo impulse response

Select from two distinctive echo options: the short echo, delivering a classic slapback effect, and the long echo, characterized by a slower decay and numerous repeats.

• On
  • Turns the echo on and off
• Long
  • Switches between a short slapback echo and a long echo with slow repeats and high feedback
• Mix
  • Mix between direct signal and echo signal

Reverb

Controls for the room reverb impulse response

You'll also find two reverb effects: the short reverb, evoking the intimacy of a small room, and the long reverb, enveloping your sound in the vastness of a spacious environment.

• On
  • Turns the reverb on and off
• Long
  • Switches between a short/small room reverb and a long/big room reverb
• Mix
  • Mix between direct signal and reverb signal

Fidelity

Controls for the fidelity settings

Hi-fi

When the hi-fi switch is turned on, no effects are applied. When it's turned off, some filtering, saturation and modulation are added for a lo-fi effect. The saturation becomes more pronounced when you turn up the volume in the mixer section.

• Hi-fi
  • Turns the lo-fi effects on and off