Orinj Bass chorus

Orinj version 9.0.0

The Orinj Bass Chorus creates repetitions of the signal with no decay and with small delays that change over time. It is a chorus that creates a fuller, richer sound and the impression that the sound has multiple sources.

The Orinj Bass Chorus does not repeat bass frequencies. It uses a linear phase high pass 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.

An example of the Orinj Bass Chorus

The following are three repetitions of the same guitar riff. The first repetition is as recorded, without a chorus. The second repetition uses a chorus of four voices, delayed between 5 and 15 ms with a slow rate of delay variation of 5 ms / s (i.e., a relatively "tight" chorus). The third repetition uses the same chorus, but with a high pass filter at 500 Hz (i.e., a relatively "tight" bass chorus).

Click to play this example with a bass chorus.

Using the Orinj Bass Chorus

The Orinj Bass Chorus can be added to tracks, auxiliary channels, and the master channel in the multitrack session view and to waves in the single wave view.

• To add the effect to a track or an auxiliary channel in the session, first click on the track or auxiliary channel to select it. Click on Effect, Delay, and then on Orinj Bass Chorus in the menu.
• To add the effect to the master channel in the session, click on Track and then on Master Channel in the menu. In the master channel dialog, click on the Add button.
• To add the effect to a wave in the single wave view, click on Effect, Delay, and then on Orinj Bass Chorus in the menu.

You will see the following dialog with two tabs.

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.

Orinj Bass Chorus parameters

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

• Left channel voices: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the number of voices in the left channel. This is the number of repetitions of the original signal plus one – plus the original signal. The chorus can have between 1 and 99 repetitions, which means between 2 and 100 voices.
• Left channel maximum delay: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the maximum difference in time between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the left channel. The maximum delay can be between 10 milliseconds (ms) and 200 ms.
• Left channel minimum delay: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the minimum difference in time between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the left channel. This delay is specified in milliseconds (ms) and can be between 5 ms and 100 ms.
• Left channel rate: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to specify the speed with which the differences in time between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the left channel changes. This rate of the delay sweep is measured in milliseconds per second (ms/s) and can be between 0 ms/s and 20 ms/s.
• Left channel invert: Use this control to invert the phase of the chorused signal in the left channel. The original signal will remain unchanged.
• Right channel voices: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the number of voices in the right channel.
• Right channel maximum delay: Use this control to set the maximum difference in time between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the right channel.
• Right channel minimum delay: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the minimum difference in time between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the right channel.
• Right channel rate: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to specify the speed at which the delay between the original signal and any of the repetitions in the right channel changes.
• Right channel invert: Click on this checkbox to invert the phase of the chorused signal in the right channel.
• Left mix volume: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the overall volume of the left channel. This is the added gain to the total output in the left channel, including the original signal and the repetitions. It can be between -20 dB and 20 dB.
• Right mix volume: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the overall volume of the right channel. This is the added gain to the total output in the right channel, including the original signal and the repetitions. It can be between -20 dB and 20 dB.
• High pass frequency: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the cutoff frequency, above which frequencies will be chorused and below which frequencies will not be chorused. The cutoff frequency is measured in Hz and can be between 300 Hz and 2.1 KHz.
• Precision: Use this control to set the precision, with which high and low frequencies will be separated. The high pass filter of the bass chorus transitions smoothly between the frequencies that are passed to the chorus and those that are stopped. The less precise the filter is, the slower the transition will be.
• Dry mix: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the amplitude of the original signal in the output. The dry mix is in percent and can be between 0% (no original signal) and 100% (original signal at its original volume).
• Wet mix: Use these controls – the box and the slider – to set the amplitude of the original signal in the output. The wet mix is in percent and can be between 0% (no repetitions) and 100% (repetitions at their original volume).
• Stereo and mono: Choose Stereo to allow different delays in the left and the right channel between the original signal and the chorus repetitions. Choose Mono to make the delays in the left and the right channel the same. Choosing Mono does not change the left and right channel parameters or automations. The effect will sound centered only if all parameters and automations in the left and right channels are the same.

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.

See Orinj 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 Orinj Working with effects for additional information on creating, modifying, moving, removing, and processing effects. See Delay effect for additional information on the different types of delay effects in audio processing, including the bass chorus.

Automations

The Orinj Bass chorus offers the following automations.

• Left chorus voices: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100 repetitions from the left channel.
• Left maximum: This automation adds or subtracts up to 200 ms from the maximum delay between the original signal and the repetitions in the left channel.
• Left minimum: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100 ms from the minimum delay between the original signal and the repetitions in the left channel.
• Left rate: This automation adds or subtracts up to 20 ms/s from the rate of change in the delays between the original signal and the repetitions in the left channel.
• Right chorus voices: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100 repetitions from the right channel.
• Right maximum: This automation adds or subtracts up to 200 ms from the maximum delay between the original signal and the repetitions in the right channel.
• Right minimum: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100 ms from the minimum delay between the original signal and the repetitions in the right channel.
• Right rate: This automation adds or subtracts up to 20 ms/s from the rate of change in the delays between the original signal and the repetitions in the right channel.
• Left mix: This automation adds or subtracts up to 20 dB from the output volume (original signal and repetitions) in the left channel.
• Right mix: This automation adds or subtracts up to 20 dB from the output volume (original signal and repetitions) in the right channel.
• Frequency: This automation adds or subtracts up to 2.1 kHz from the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter of the chorus.
• Dry mix: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100% from the dry mix (the volume of the original signal).
• Wet mix: This automation adds or subtracts up to 100% from the wet mix (the volume of the repetitions).

Right-click on the corresponding controls to add or remove automations.