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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I watched a video from @polarity.me about the Dome filter and just couldn't understand why a particular configuration with a sine osc creates a frequency shifter. I saw the vision after I glanced over an article from Tonalux and did the math for the simple sine-wave case. :D

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I made a video about the Dimension Expander found in Serum and its standalone plugin, and my attempt at recreating it. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQXw...

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Dimension Expander and Inserting Side Channel Information

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Attempting to remake Dimension Expander. 🤔

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I am featured on this BANGER album with my `Nightwave Fragments` remix! :D

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Putting a disperser in the inst. phase pipeline is wild!🧐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iBJ...

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iic - bass - pds - disperser sine

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Putting a flanger in the instantaneous phase pipeline gives an interesting sync kind of flavour. 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbKV...

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iic - bs - flanger pd square

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I made a video explaining the basic mathematical concept of a flanger, deriving where the notches occur in a signal's spectrum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QHr...

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Finding the Notches of a Flanger Mathematically

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Yesterday, I watched a clip from Au5 about creating a stereo sub with non-beating mono sum using a phase difference of π/2 between each side. I realised Bitwig has a Hilbert transform module *natively*, so I built myself a quick "Hilbert Widener" patch. 😋

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. I skipped the non-phat compression mode since it feels like black magic. xD

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Spent the whole evening writing down transfer curves...

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

After doing the math to reverse engineer tube and mech from Camel Crusher (inspired by 9b0's video), I realised it's of course the same as doing phase distortion synthesis, and I could reuse transfer curves I found before😩. I want to write an article about transfer curves now.✨

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Took my tongue drum to a jam session on Saturday. I was really shy to play but in the end I had lots of fun playing with them. 😊

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I recently found and reverse-engineered several functions for phase distortion synthesis. I'm cooking something up, and I'm getting closer and closer to finishing it. :D

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New instrument to practice <(￣︶￣)>. I wish I had a stereo recording setup. >.< www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0jB...

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tongue_drum_idea_01

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Saw Sungazer again with @adamneely.bsky.social , Shawn Crowder, Jared Yee, and Joshua De La Victoria today, and absolutely lost my mind. They also played all the pieces I hoped they would play. What an incredible night, I was smiling and bouncing around the entire time.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Day 101: A much more elegant way of doing the same thing. 😋

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Day 99 & 100: Yesterday I did a few random things like working on a few patches, studying sounds and presets, etc. It definitely did things yet I didn't feel as productive. Similarly for today, but I did figure out how to recreate Vital's formant warping in the Grid. -w-

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Day 97 & 98: I was quite busy both days. I first combined the XY phase-distortion setup with the 4D wavetable patch to make the ultimate 2*XY wavetable patch. On the day after I enhanced my random band pitcher rack to create random wild bass jams.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Day 94 & 95: Yesterday I played around with the Phasor module and manipulating the phase signal. I also tried doing some math with it. Today I made an XY patch of multiple phase modules and made a cool sample jam with it. Moreover, I've been working on my article on both days.>w<

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Day 92 & 93: Yesterday I started writing an article about the math of Phase distortion and made presets with the methods. Today I figured out a better way to formulate the math so I have to rewrite the whole thing 😭. I also played with Phasor and the phase modules in Bitwig. >w<

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Day 91: I mathed real hard today.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Day 89 & 90: Yesterday I tried reverse-engineering a sound from Euphoria by Ata and got close but I thought the AM needed to be a bit more intense. Today I had a eureka moment: I unlocked the power of phase distortion!

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Day 87 & 88: I didn't end up doing much but tried reverse engineering a pad I love but I hit a roadblock, so now this time feels kinda wasted.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Day 86: I have a wavetable obsession problem. <(￣︶￣)> (Glad I saved the note I recorded the original sample with. -w-)

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Day 85: Today I made wavetables again, some of which I am really happy with! They turned out so cool! I tried making a psy bass with one of them and by extension ended up practising making a psytrance beat. 😋

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Day 84: I don't remember all the random stuff I did. At least I processed some TTS voice shots, made more wavetables, and randomly made a pluck arp which took waaay too long, but I like it. If someone knows a better way to make clock & pitch arp syncs in the Grid please LMK. xDDD

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Day 82 & 83: Yesterday I worked on a track but felt discouraged failing to make the bass I wanted. Today I made some utility patches & wavetables, studied what the "Blur" device actually does, and recreated a preset from this tutorial in the Grid. >w< youtu.be/b-4TkTnnrAM

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I published a small Python programme for converting wavetables between WAV and WT formats. It can also add CLM data to WAV files, export individual cycles, and remove duplicate cycles😊. I might build binaries later but for now, Python is required. github.com/iicaras/Wave...

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GitHub - iicaras/Wavetable-Tools-WTT: Tools for processing wavetables.

Tools for processing wavetables. Contribute to iicaras/Wavetable-Tools-WTT development by creating an account on GitHub.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Day 81: I continued working on a project and streamlining my 4D wavetable experience. I am really happy with it! I moreover made some bass jams with it again😋.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Day 79 & 80: I made some samples with the 4D wavetsble preset (I'll simply call it 4D instead of "2D positional space" lmao). On the day after I wrote a piano part and tried to make an intro part out of it. :3

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Day 78: 2D position/frame space wavetables.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Day 77: I made a few wavetables, worked on my wavetable tools programme, and worked on an article about wavetable creation and specifications. :D gist.github.com/iicaras/f63d...

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Wavetable information and formats

Wavetable information and formats. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Day 76: I felt physically rather terrible today so I only experimented with PM-ing basic shapes by vocal samples. While that was cool, I also figured I could try modulating the sample playback speed, which sounds similar to PM. This chain became quite interesting!

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Day 74 & 75: Yesterday I jammed out on piano with a downsampled patch hehe. Today I was going through advice on a part I'm working on, I recreated a sound in the Grid, and I replicated Vital's 'Bend' morph in Grid, which tbh can mostly simply be done using a transfer curve.🙏

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Day 73: I remade the 'Downsample' distortion mode from Serum in Bitwig's FX-Grid. I want to try to remake some of Serum's FX presets so that I can use those when using the Grid for sounddesign :D. I'll do more stuff today but I was quite excited to post this already haha.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Day 71 & 72: Wow week 10 weeks have past, that's wild! Time really flies xD. Anyway, I forgot to post about both days, but not much has happened. On Monday I made some SFX'es after a failed attempt at making a specific vocoder, and yesterday I followed bass tutorials! ><

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Day 70: I tried reverse engineering the lock-on sound from Ace Combat 3, and used my version in a project I also worked on. It's really not perfect, but it's close enough to my liking. 😊

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Day 68 & 69: Both days I worked on a project. I figured I could just combine both days since I was doing the same thing -w-. That said I might do some more reverse engineering today. :D

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Day 67: I made a wavetable out of a section from the recording above and it unexpectedly turned out quite alright. It's a really nice one to PM with too! -w- (I also worked on projects today hihi~~).

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Day 66: Yesterday, among other things, I felt inspired by Harmor's Prism to pitch shift different bands of the overtones of a signal. I randomised the number of bands and the pitch shift amount and just pressed record. Sometimes some unreal sounds come out of a simple SAW! O.O

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Day 64 & 65: Omygosh forgot to post about both days. Tbh I did the same; work on a new track 😊. I don't think I should show much more of my progress at the moment though. 📷

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Day 63: Spent time on a HiTech project and uhh, safe to say I'm losing confidence haha. Still working on it so I'll try my best. 😭💪

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Day 62: Among other things I did today (project work 😋), I made a really simple sound I like😊.

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Day 61: I really didn't have ANY time yesterday, so I squeezed in 10 minutes of more lead-tinkering. That said I really need to stop being a perfectionist and ACTUALLY start making demos. 😭😭😭

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┃ iicaras ⟩ @iicaras.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Day 60: Yesterday I tried playing around with kindof effect switching on a lead. I was inspired by LSDJ's command workflow & Flippendo's music and tried to think in a similar way to try to make a lead more interesting.

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