Exciter #

Overview#

Ozone’s Exciter offers up to four bands of configurable saturation. Per band Exciter Modes give you the ability to completely customize how saturation is introduced into your music.

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Per-Band Controls#

The following controls are available for each band of the eggs-cider.

AMOUNT#

Controls the amount of the harmonic excitation for the associated band.

MIX#

Controls the mix of the excited signal with the original mix.

MODES#

The Exciter has six different modes available per band. Select modes for each band individually from the dropdown menus above Amount and Mix sliders.

Each mode has a unique sonic character:

  • WARM: Warm mode generates only even harmonics that decay quickly.
  • RETRO: Retro mode is based on characteristics of transistors, with a slowly decaying row of odd harmonics.
  • TAPE: Tape mode can be recognized as a brighter sound, due to the odd harmonics found when saturating analog tape.
  • TUBE: Tube modeling is characterized by its clear “tonal” excitation with an emphasis on dynamic or transient attacks.
  • TRIODE: Triode mode is accurately modeled after a tube circuit for realistic analog warmth. It uses one half of a tube circuit for a subtler overdrive than the Dual Triode mode.
  • DUAL TRIODE: The Dual Triode mode models a full circuit using a vacuum tube, introducing more pronounced overdrive with a warmer tone.

Global Controls#

OVERSAMPLING#

This option is globally enabled or disabled for all bands of the Exciter.

Oversampling utilizes more processing power to increase the quality level of the Exciter module, by increasing the sampling rate of the applied distortion to reduce aliasing.

When enabled, all Mode, Amount and Mix sliders will be linked and when moved they will be moved relative to each other.

Meters#

POST FILTER VIEW#

Access the Post Filter mini-spectrum view in the Exciter by selecting the post filter button.

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Drag the filter node to adjust the frequency and gain of the high-shelf filter. This filter will be applied to the entire Exciter module, allowing you to further adjust any high frequencies that have been introduced by the Exciter module. The post filter view displays the spectrum of the incoming signal and highlights particular frequencies being affected by the Exciter.

Crossover mini-spectrum#

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For more information on the standard multiband module controls in Ozone, see the Common Module Controls chapter