[LAU] Why does PHASEX sound so damn good?

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 06:24:41PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
 
> It sounds so... raw, uncontrolled, well, ANALOG. Most software simulations sound
> more or less authentic, but all so much more "tame", for want of a better term.
> But PHASEX always sounded to me (and felt, as I was playing with it) that at any
> moment it could do something crazy like throw a DC offset, to into an uncontrollable
> oscillation, or blow up my speakers, etc.

You have been lucky then. If your sound card and amp are DC coupled, 
Phasex *will* blow up your speakers. On my first test it produced a
DC offset 30 dB above the audio signal level. 

Whatever qualities it may have, this is crappy.

Ciao,

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