Radio
Drifting AM band, tremolo, ducking static, and burst fades.
A narrow AM band that will not sit still: the tuning drifts, a heterodyne whistle wanders with it, a slow tremolo breathes, and static rushes into the quiet spots. Mono core. The most alive of the five devices — nothing here holds still.
The macros here
- AmountNarrows the band (about 180 Hz–4.5 kHz down to 320 Hz–2.8 kHz), speeds and deepens the tremolo (0.5 to 6 Hz, up to ~45% depth), widens the ±6% tuning drift, and coarsens the grit from 9-bit toward 6-bit.
- ToneScales the top cutoff ×0.7–1.3 — from pillow radio to tabletop set.
- NoiseStatic, hum, and crackle — plus the tuning whistle. The static ducks against your signal: it floods the gaps, not the notes.
- DropoutsThe station fades out under a burst of boosted static.
Kitchen radio
Amount 55%Tone 55%Noise 30%Dropouts 5%Mix 100%
A song playing in the next room.
Lost station
Amount 90%Tone 40%Noise 60%Dropouts 40%Mix 100%
Intro and outro drama — let the music fight the static.
Static air
Amount 70%Tone 50%Noise 45%Dropouts 15%Mix 25%
A parallel bed of AM texture under a sparse arrangement.