Yet more control is added with the a Randomise button that scrambles the individual ER times. The main interface has volume controls for each pair of the eight early reflection taps, coupled to be spread evenly between the left and right channels using the Width knob plus an overall ER Mix knob.Ĭlicking the magnifying glass icon in the Early Reflections section opens the Early Reflections editor, where you can manually adjust the timing of each ER tap.
Next in the signal path is a sample rate reducer, intended to help you achieve the crunchiness of a vintage reverb, although the results are actually much brighter than the classic lo-fi digital effects you might expect. While rudimentary, these are very helpful for shaping the sound of the resulting reverb tail. This new feature works great for ambient guitars, intense endless pads and much more.įrom v1.5 we introduced Pre-Delay, Modulation Boost and a 3 Band Feedback Equalizer on the new Echo editor page.As we've come to expect from any modern reverb, Polaris sports high and low shelving filters at the input stage, although these are at fixed frequencies of 2kHz and 300Hz. Furthermore you can easily edit all taps to create your own room responses, resonant combs, Karplus-like tuned delay lines, Chorus, Flanging, Vibrato and much more.įrom v1.1 we introduced new features like Shimmer, internal Sample Rate reduction (useful to get a vintage digital sound) and Stereo Width ( Ping Pong delay).įrom v1.3 we introduced a Swell feature that will smooth the transients of the incoming signal, with its attack time automatically matching the delay time. We extended this technique by making the Echo tap recirculating with the Diffusion section, allowing longer reverb tails. That idea is so simple yet powerful: you mix a bunch of unmodulated taps (Early Reflections) with the remaining modulated taps (Diffusion) to create a cheap but convincing reverb. Most manufacturers were already exploiting chains of comb and allpass filters (smoother reverbs, but expensive in both resources and chips), there were other techniques involving the use of a single multitap delay line to create a reasonable reverb while keeping the cost affordable. When hardware digital reverbs came out to the market they were really expensive. Polaris is an echo/reverb plugin inspired by early hardware digital reverbs of the late 1970s (like the Ursa Major SST-282) and able to provide echo, ambience and reverb out of a single multitap delay line.
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