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Triangular Panner Built From Scratch

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Triangular Panner Built From Scratch — the board as it opens in the WaveWarp DrawingBoard.

What it does

Sawtooth panner built from scratch

Illustrates how to build a stereo sawtooth auto-panner by multiplying a mono audio signal by separate "left" and "right" amplitude modulation signals which are then "zipped up" to form a stereo output. The Up-Down Ramp Control Generator is used to generate a ramp signal which rises from 0 to 1 then falls back to 0 over a user-selectable duration. This double-sided ramp signal represents the sawtooth wave. The "One minus Control" block is used to distribute that portion of the signal power which is not going to the left channel.This is only one example of how to distibute the signal between the channels. Other variations on the theme are, of course, entirely possible.

Likewise, the structure can easily be extended to generate multi-channel panners instead of merely stereo (i.e. 2 channels).

Effects used

7 blocks 8 connections
In WaveWarp, 1998

How the original documented it

Sawtooth panner built from scratch Illustrates how to build a stereo sawtooth auto-panner by multiplying a mono audio signal by separate "left" and "right" amplitude modulation signals which are then "zipped up" to form a stereo output. The Up-Down Ramp Control Generator is used to generate a ramp signal which rises from 0 to 1 then falls back to 0 over a user-selectable duration. This double-sided ramp signal represents the sawtooth wave. The "One minus Control" block is used to distribute that portion of the signal power which is not going to the left channel.This is only one example of how to distibute the signal between the channels. Other variations on the theme are, of course, entirely possible. Likewise, the structure can easily be extended to generate multi-channel panners instead of merely stereo (i.e. 2 channels).

Components used (1998)

Input WAV fileOne minus ControlZipperOutput Stereo WAVE DriverMultiply Audio by Control with GainMultiply Audio by Control with GainUp-Down Ramp Control Generator