Bass chorus

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The Orinj Bass Chorus is similar to the Orinj Chorus. It creates multiple repetitions of the same sound with minimal delay. The idea of a chorus is to create a fuller, richer sound with the impression that the sound has multiple sources. The repetitions of the signal (the voices) are with the same amplitude as the original signal (no decay). To make the chorus natural, the small delays between the original signal and the repetitions vary over time (the delay sweep).

The difference between the Orinj Bass Chorus and the Orinj Chorus is that the Orinj Bass Chorus does not repeat bass frequencies. This is so to avoid the muddiness in the sound that may appear if the bass frequencies are repeated multiple times. The Orinj Bass Chorus thus uses a high pass filter, a filter that passes only frequencies above some specific cutoff frequency and stops all frequencies below that frequency. Frequencies above the cutoff frequency are chorused. Frequencies below the cutoff frequency remain only in the original signal, but not in any of the repetitions.

Using the Orinj Bass Chorus

The Orinj Bass Chorus can be added to tracks in the multitrack session view, tracks the loop building view, and to waves in the single wave view. In the multitrack session view and in the loop building view, first select the track to which you want to add the effect. In all of these views, click on Effect, Delay, and then on Orinj Bass Chorus in the Orinj menu. You will see the following dialog.

The Orinj Bass Chorus dialog

When this dialog becomes visible, the Orinj Bass Chorus effect has been added. Adjust the parameters of the bass chorus in the dialog above and click on Close. These parameters are describe below.

Orinj Bass Chorus parameters

See Effects for an explanation of the Title, Track, Presets, Bypass, and Lock channels controls. The remaining Orinj Bass Chorus controls are as follows.

As you change the maximum delay in any of the channels in the bass chorus, the minimum delay might change automatically to ensure that the minimum delay is always smaller than the maximum delay. Similarly, as you change the minimum delay in any of the channels, the maximum delay might change automatically to be always higher than the minimum delay.

As with the Orinj Chorus, when the chorus is initially set, the initial delay for any of the repetitions is a random value between the minimum and maximum delay. At the beginning of playback, the initial delay for each of the repetitions is therefore different. The same random values are used when playback stops and is restarted to ensure that the effect has a consistent sound. During playback, the delay amount for each of the repetitions changes (delay sweep) at a random rate up to the (maximum) rate of change specified in the dialog, up and down between the maximum and minimum delays.

See Effects for additional notes on: where Orinj effects can be used, using boxes and sliders that control the same effect parameter, applying effects to mono and stereo waves, and using effects during playback. See Working with effects for additional information on creating, modifying, moving, removing, and processing effects.

Dry and wet mix

The Orinj Bass Chorus supports dry and wet mix changes. That is, you can adjust the mix between the original signal and the chorused signal. See Effects for more information.