CHAOTIC SYNTHS · CASCADING AM

Cascading AM

Preset guide

Neon Chop

A clear 300 Hz tone chopped twice per second. Start here for an immediate, deep amplitude pulse.

Choose a preset, then turn Audio on. The bank moves from deep chops and flutter to harmonic buzzes and metallic AM tones. The next-preset arrow steps through the sounds.

Amplitude cascade

2 stages · ×150 · rising

Stages2 Number of sine operators · 2 is classic AM · 12 is a deep chain · carrier pitch is preserved Root2 Hz Logarithmic · 0.02 Hz to 110 Hz · first amplitude operator · sub-audio values set the slowest rhythmic motion Cascade ratio×150 Focused logarithmic · 40% of the track covers ×1 to ×5 · below 1 descends, above 1 rises · extended range ×0.25 to ×200 AM depth99.0% 0–100% · amplitude change sent from stage 0 into stage 1 · deeper modulation creates clearer rhythmic accents Depth taper1.00× Multiplier applied to AM contrast at each successive hand-off; depths stay bounded to 100%

1.00× keeps the same maximum amplitude depth through the chain

Root2 Hz LFO Carrier300 Hz Stages2 Hz → 300 Hz Depths99.0% Outputstage 2 · bounded AM carrier

Every connection shapes amplitude while oscillator phase rates stay fixed. Modulation fades out where its sidebands would exceed the bandwidth ceiling.

DSP reference

algorithm + audio path