Ward Barrier

How it's made

Source

a magical field charging up, then locking. Three layers: a harmonic hum (stacked sines at f0..6·f0, each doubled with ±0.1 % detune so the pairs beat slowly), a glassy shimmer (inharmonic glass-like partials at 2.3–6.6 × 4·f0 with slow tremolo) and a band-passed air swell.

Body

the hum is low-passed by a filter that opens from 2·f0 to 5–13·f0 as the barrier forms, so upper harmonics bloom late; the lock-in is a struck glass pane: partials at 4, 6, 8 and 9.3 × f0 ringing 0.1–0.5 s (higher partials die first) over a soft sub thump at f0.

Envelope

the swell rises on a convex curve over `swell` seconds (default 0.85 s) while the shimmer glides up ~4 %; at the lock-in the hum and air drop to a 35 % sustain and fade, the ring decays exponentially.

Variation

`rng` detunes each partial by a fraction of a percent and sets the tremolo phases; width spreads the detuned hum pairs left and right. Presets move pitch, swell time, ring length and brightness.

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