Reckless Technology

VST plugins / Filters and modulation

Plugin

Reckless Mod

v0.21

Six modulation effects on one panel: chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo and vibrato on one LFO, and Multi Chorus, eleven chorus voices spread across the stereo field.

The Reckless Mod plugin panel.

From the user guide

The modes

  • Chorus — a delayed copy wobbled by the LFO, mixed with the dry. Color is the delay.
  • Multi Chorus — eleven chorus voices at different delays and wobbles, placed across the field: an ensemble. Color sets their delay, Rate the slowest voice (the rest run faster), Spread fans them out, and Mix takes Feedback's place. Wave is dimmed; it has no feedback.
  • Phaser — three moving notches. Color is the middle notch's frequency.
  • Flanger — the chorus's delay made short and swept wide: the jet. Feedback makes it metallic.
  • Tremolo — the level moves. Feedback and Color are dimmed.
  • Vibrato — pitch wobble with the level left alone. Feedback makes the sweep resonant.
Multi Chorus: Mix in Feedback's place, and Wave dimmed.
Multi Chorus: Mix in Feedback's place, and Wave dimmed.

Picking a mode by hand sets Rate and Depth (and in Multi Chorus, Color) to that mode's starting point; automation, a session or a preset moves nothing. Double-click Rate or Depth to return to it. A mode change fades over 20 ms, so Mode is safe to automate.

Controls

ControlRangeDefaultWhat it does
Mode, close up on the Reckless Mod.ModeChorus / Multi Chorus / Phaser / Flanger / Tremolo / VibratoChorusWhich effect.
Wave, close up on the Reckless Mod.WaveSine / Triangle / Square / ExponentialSineThe LFO's shape. Square is two positions with a quick glide.
Rate, close up on the Reckless Mod.Rate0.02 to 10 Hz1 HzHow fast the effect moves. Multi Chorus stops at 2 Hz.
Sync, close up on the Reckless Mod.SyncFree, 2/1 to 1/16 (with dotted and triplet values)FreeLocks the LFO to the host's tempo, and to the timeline while playing.
Depth, close up on the Reckless Mod.Depth0 to 100 %50 %How far the LFO moves the effect. At 0 nothing moves.
Feedback, close up on the Reckless Mod.Feedback0 to 100 %0 %Wet signal fed back: resonance on a flanger, bite on a phaser.
Color, close up on the Reckless Mod.Color0 to 100 %, shown in the mode's units50 %Where the effect rests: a delay or a frequency. Type a value, e.g. 12 ms.
Spread, close up on the Reckless Mod.Spread0 to 100 %100 %Stereo width from the LFO. At 0 both sides move together.
Mix, close up on the Reckless Mod.Mix0 to 100 %70 %Multi Chorus only: dry against the eleven voices, level unchanged.

Tips

  • A classic chorus: Sine, Rate around 0.8 Hz, Depth 40 to 60 %, Color 10 to 15 ms, no Feedback.
  • The jet flange: Flanger, Triangle or Sine at 0.2 to 0.5 Hz, Depth full, Color around 1 ms, Feedback 60 to 85 %.
  • Hard tremolo: Tremolo, Square wave, synced to eighths or sixteenths for a rhythmic chop.
  • The lush ensemble is Multi Chorus as picking it leaves it. For an eighties rack chorus, Color 12 to 15 ms, Rate around 0.15 Hz, Depth 70 %.

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