REAKTOR COMMUNITY

DESCRIPTION

The Zero Kelvin ensemble was inspired by the Electro-Harmonix Freeze pedal. It’s not an exact replica as I added a few customizations of my own.

The primary purpose of this effects ensemble is to generate drones and sustaining notes/chords from live input by "freezing" audio passing through. Kind of like a seamless looper with a really short memory.

There are two identical freezing instruments in parallel: ICE1 and ICE2. The captured frozen signals can be shaped via a 10-band EQ and multimode 4-pole filter and finally crossfaded manually or via modulation (aka churn).

The ensemble was built with live performance in mind which accounts for the large displays and huge LEDs. I also kept true switches to a minimum to allow for parameter and modulation changes without losing the current buffer.

If you’re a guitarist and cursed with only two hands, I recommend using a foot controller to map the hold buttons.

Credits to:
-Chet Singer for his excellent EQ macro (part of the awesome Ampere Modular collection) and associated art
-Bernd Keil for some knobs ("031 tlm" in the Reaktor user library)
-Dieter Zobel's DigiSchmutz ensemble for bit and sample reduction macros

All other custom artwork, switches, knobs and sliders were made by me. Feel free to use them in your own ensembles!

****Version 2 Updates****
1.REDUCED CPU: Each ICE instrument now converts stereo input to mono reducing cpu use by roughly 50%

2.NEW MODE: “Auto.” In this mode the freeze function is automatically triggered by audio input. When both ICE1 and ICE2 are set to Auto they alternate freezing. Depressing the hold button allows for soloing on top of drone without auto trigger.

3.NEW FEATURE: “Destroy” toggle switch on each ICE instrument for bit and sample rate reduction with a saturation circuit.

4.Various tweaks and added fine tuning options in view B.