A lo-fi channel that models a cheap converter going bad: fewer bits, a slower clock, a wobbling clock and hiss.
Inlets
Audio
2
Outlets
Audio
2
Bits coarsens the signal into fewer levels and Rate holds each sample longer so the top end aliases down into grit. Jitter wobbles the clock so hold lengths vary sample to sample, and Noise adds a hiss that rides the signal and ducks out in silence, so an idle patch stays quiet. Tone tilts the result dark or present, Mix blends it against the dry input for parallel grit, and a DC blocker keeps the output centred. Random rolls Bits, Rate, Jitter, Noise and Tone but leaves Mix and Level alone, so a roll changes the colour, never the balance of the patch. Cord it after a Sampler or a Drums organism, or before a Fern for a degraded echo.
Parameters
Bits
Word length, 1 to 16, in whole steps. Lower is coarser.
Rate
Sampling clock in Hz. At the top of its travel it is out of the path; low is crunchy.
Jitter
Clock wobble. Zero is a steady clock; up is warble and smear.
Noise
Signal-ducked hiss. Zero is silent.
Tone
Dark to present tilt around the middle.
Mix
Dry to rusted blend.
Level
Output level.
Recipe
Old sampler drums
Bits 10, Rate 22000, Jitter 0.1, Noise 0.15, Tone 0.4, Mix 1. Cord a Sampler playing a break in and the top end dulls into the classic early-sampler crunch; pull Rate down to 8000 for the breakdown.
