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Collision

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Collision is a physical modeling synthesizer that simulates mallet percussion instruments using Applied Acoustics Systems technology. It combines dual oscillators (Mallet and Noise) feeding independent stereo resonators to recreate the characteristics of real or imagined struck objects like marimbas, vibraphones, and glockenspiels, offering far greater sound design flexibility than acoustic instruments.

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Key Features

01Dual oscillators: Mallet and Noise sections with independent controls
027 resonance types: Beam, Marimba, String, Membrane, Plate, Pipe, Tube
03Physically modeled resonators with decay, material/radius, and brightness controls
04Dual independent LFOs with 8 waveform shapes (sine, square, triangle, sawtooth up, sawtooth down, 2 noise types)
05MIDI/MPE mapping for pitch bend, modulation wheel, pressure, and slide signals
06Serial (1 > 2) and parallel (1 + 2) resonator routing configurations
07Quality settings from Eco to High for CPU/fidelity trade-off

Things to Try

  • 01Use the Noise Exciter with long envelope times (high Decay and Release values) to create washy, quasi-granular textures
  • 02Try resonators in parallel (1 + 2) configuration to experiment with alternative signal flows
  • 03Increase Stiffness to decrease mallet impact time and increase high frequencies for brighter strikes
  • 04Route Noise filter frequency modulation via the Env Amt control for dynamic filter sweeps on each note

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