The audio input to the ReAnimator is first processed by the Sonic Deconstruction section.

This section can add subtle to heavy distortion. Sonic deconstruction separates audio into three frequency chunks and then applies math stuff to make them slightly exaggerated around certain coefficients….basically allowing varying control of the distortion with 4 CONTROLS.

The TYPE knob near the inputs selects one of 7 presets for the sonic deconstruction effect. The first three are mild (Clean-Warm-Warmer) The last 4 get more extreme (Bassy-Toasty-Munchy-Krunch)

The AMOUNT slider controls how much clean signal (slider all the way down = all clean) versus filtered and distorted signal. (slider all the way up = all filtered and distorted)

The LO and HI knobs above the AMOUNT slider add additional distortion in the hi frequencies and in the lo frequencies.

This is not an imitation of tube distortion, it is a unique way to add subtle to mild variations to the signal input.  A proper line level signal is needed to produce distortion.  It is not an all mangling massive distortion or a lo-fi bit munching distortion. It’s kinda’ like white fluffy bread with a nice light brown toasty crunch…yumm. (see audio and video examples)

This section adds delay to the signal. The delay time is adjusted by setting the bpm desired using the Delay Time knob.The range is 60-150 bpm with an additional long mode of 30 bpm. (30bpm = 2 seconds for the first delay and 4 seconds for the second delay)

The Delay 1 slider mixes in audio that is delayed one beat from the original. The Delay 2 slider mixes in audio that is delayed 2 beats from the original.

For example when set to 60 bpm.

Delay 1 is one second delayed version of the input.

Delay 2 is a two second delayed version of the input.

The sliders control how much of the delayed signal is mixed with the original signal. If the sliders are all the way down, no delay is mixed with the signal.

The Reverb 1 and 2 sliders add reverb to the audio signal.

Reverb 1 is a medium size room with less brightness.

Reverb 2 is a larger room with more high end sparkle

The two Reverbs can be blended to taste.

The sliders control how much of the reverb signal is mixed with the original signal. If the sliders are all the way down, no reverb is mixed with the signal.

This section has a left and a right 4 pole low pass filter with resonance.

Freq1 knob controls the filter cut off of the low pass filter (variable from 100Hz to 24000Hz)

Rez1 knob controls the amount of resonance added to the signal at the cut off frequency.(variable from 0 to 98) Freq1 =Left and Freq2 =right in stereo

This filter is designed to be similar to a classic 4-pole analog filter with not as much loss in signal when adding resonance. The filter does not resonate at low frequencies like a classic analog filter.

Also, like an analog filter high resonance settings can be irritating to the ear

The volume control sets the volume of audio going out the left and right Out jacks.

The switch to the left turns on and off the ReAnimator. A blue LED in the switch indicates power.

The second stereo output is called Out-no filter. This is a stereo output without the filter section or the volume control. This allows you to send 2 stereo tracks to a live mixer or recording console. Each set of Outputs are completely independent.

A large 4 row by 20 character LCD allows for real time continuous display of all sliders and knobs, except the volume control.

The LCD* knob adjusts the viewing angle of the LCD.