Voyager Doppler effect!

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theglyph
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Voyager Doppler effect!

Post by theglyph » Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:36 am

The winds, they are a blowin here in J-Ville. And my Mini's still standing tough and alive (luckily i still have power)! Best of luck to the north, including Ashville!

For inspiration in this scary moment, I decided to brave the incredible and essential world of Real Panel Control. To my surprise, the sound was a sweeping Doppler effect type.

I believe the filter evelope accounts for most of this effect (although i could easily be wrong).

Is the filter spacing being modulated?

I like these types of sounds (Floyd Fan) and would like to know how to better emulate Doppler sounds on the Voyager. Is there anyone who knows how to set this up on the MiniV?

Uh Oh! I think the power is about to go out ( the lights are flickering).


Thanks and Best Wishes to all!

LWG
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Re: Voyager Doppler Effect

Post by LWG » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:21 am

Hello,

You could use a leslie speaker as your model. As an approaching object (vehicle with a siren, for example) or device emitting sound moves toward
you, the pitch and amplitude of the sound rises, then falls as the sound source moves away.
This would seem to involve pitch and amplitude. If its a one-shot effect you're doing, you could experiment by assigning an envelope to the
panorama (stereo field) and sound source pitch, setting them to peak at
the point in the stereo mix where you have the Voyager placed (or where the listener would be standing). To loop the envelope, you could then use an lfo to trigger the envelope generator.
Also, an lfo by itself can be used to modulate pan and pitch.


regards,



LWG

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