The Bit Crusher effect distorts signals digitally. The bit depth of the audio signal can be reduced to 8 bits or less, creating a lo-fi sound by adding quantization noise.
- In Gain
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Allows you to adjust the input level.
- Low Bit Mode
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Determines what happens with the signal portions whose resolution is below 8 bits.
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Truncate sets the lower bits to zero.
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Preserve preserves the sounds by copying them from the source signal.
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Noise replaces the lower bits with noise.
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- Bit Grid
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Shows the eight bits that make up the current sampling value. The vertical axis shows the output value; the horizontal axis shows the input value. By default, the grid shows a diagonal line, with bit 0 at the first grid position, bit one at the second position, etc. You can edit each of the bits separately.
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Click in the grid display to copy the corresponding bit to another position.
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Click in the Operation column of a bit to edit it.
Source
uses the source signal.Invert
inverts the signal.Clear
sets the corresponding bit value to zero, which further reduces the bit rate.
NoteEditing the positions of the lower bits causes only minor changes in volume, whereas editing the positions of the higher bits causes major volume changes and can produce rather drastic results.
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- High-Pass Cutoff
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High-pass filter with 6 dB/oct. Frequencies below the cutoff are attenuated.
- Low-Pass Cutoff
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Low-pass filter with 6 dB/oct. Frequencies above the cutoff are attenuated.
- Decimation
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Distorts the sound using aliasing. The lower the setting, the more aliasing is added.
- Output Gain
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Allows you to adjust the output level.
- Mix
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Sets the ratio between the dry and the wet signal.