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The Tremolo/Panner block provides tremolo and panning effects and is available on various Fractal Audio products. It offers different tremolo types including optical, bias, and harmonic tremolo. The position of the block in the signal chain impacts the effect. Key parameters include rate, depth, LFO phase and duty. Advanced uses include using other blocks as tremolo, shuffle tremolo, and syncing the effect to a metronome.

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Tremolo:Panner Block - Fractal Audio Wiki

The Tremolo/Panner block provides tremolo and panning effects and is available on various Fractal Audio products. It offers different tremolo types including optical, bias, and harmonic tremolo. The position of the block in the signal chain impacts the effect. Key parameters include rate, depth, LFO phase and duty. Advanced uses include using other blocks as tremolo, shuffle tremolo, and syncing the effect to a metronome.

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Tremolo/Panner block

Contents
1 Available on which products
2 Channels or X/Y switching
3 Tremolo/Panner types
4 Position of the Tremolo/Panner block on the grid
5 Parameters
5.1 Parameters table
5.2 LFO Phase
5.3 Depth
5.4 Triggering the Tremolo
5.5 Duty
6 Tips and tricks
6.1 Tremolo in Amp block
6.2 Widen the Panner
6.3 Ring Modulator as a tremolo
6.4 Flanger as a tremolo
6.5 Tremolo as an On/Off switch
6.6 Shuffle tremolo
6.7 Vox Percussion Tremolo
6.8 Sync tremolo to Metronome

Available on which products


Axe-Fx III: 2 blocks
FM3: 2 blocks
Axe-Fx II: 2 blocks
AX8: 1 block
FX8: 2 blocks

Channels or X/Y switching


Axe-Fx III and FM3: 4 channels
Axe-Fx II Mk I and II: no
Axe-Fx II XL and XL+: X/Y
AX8: X/Y
FX8: X/Y

Tremolo/Panner types
The block provides the following types in firmware Ares:

Tremolo
Panner
Bias — tube emulation algorithm to replicate the bias tremolo used in vintage tube amps. As the FM3
does not support the Amp block’s Bias Tremolo, use this instead
Harmonic Tem — recreates the famous sound of the tremolo circuit in the old “Brownface” amplifiers.
This effect splits the spectrum and applies modulation to the two frequency bands. The Crossover Slope
parameter selects the filter order for the crossover. The original circuit used a 6 dB/octave crossover.
Higher slopes can give a more intense effect. The crossover frequency can be changed with the Crossover
Frequency parameter. Note: unlike most implementations the Axe-Fx III version is full stereo and can be
used before or after the Amp block without losing stereo separation. Additionally the effect supports LFO
phase for the left/right which can be used to achieve unique sounds. Furthermore the effect supports LFO
types other than Sine for even more unique sounds
Optical

Both Bias Trem and Harmonic Trem use nonlinear processing techniques and, as such, may add distortion to the
audio signal, just as their tube-based counterparts would.

"I like the Harmonic Trem on clean and light crunch before an amp. It takes on a slight phaser vibe.
Another cool thing to try is to put it near the end of the chain and set the LFO Phase to 180. Funky
stereo tremolo." source (http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/axe-fx-iii-firmware-version-2-03.145
132/page-3#post-1716717)

Forum discussion about harmonic tremolo (http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/the-flint-tremolo-done-right.1


09107)

Strymon's white paper on tremolo types (http://www.strymon.net/amplifier-tremolo-technology-white-paper)

Position of the Tremolo/Panner block on the grid


If the Tremolo block is placed before the Amp block and there's a lot of amp gain, the tremolo effect will be less
noticeable because of the compression of the signal. Adjust the waveform or the Duty parameter to emphasize
the pulse. Or move the Tremolo block to a position after the Amp block.

The Panner pans the signal left and right, just like a ping pong delay. This requires the signal not being summed
to mono after the Tremolo/Panner block.
Parameters
Parameters table
Parameter Axe-Fx III / FM3 Axe-Fx II AX8 / FX8

Type yes

Rate yes
Tempo yes

Depth yes

Level yes
LFO Type yes

LFO Duty Cycle yes

LFO Phase yes


Start Phase yes

Trigger Threshold (Ares 11.02) yes

Harmonic — Crossover Slope yes


Harmonic — Crossover Freq yes

Panner — Width yes

Panner — Pan Center yes

LFO Phase
Set LFO Phase to 0 for mono output, and to any other value for stereo output.

Depth
There's no Mix parameter In the Tremolo block. Depth is the same as Mix, because a tremolo's modulation is
volume-based.

"Mix makes no sense in a tremolo as it is the same as reducing the depth." source (http://forum.frac
talaudio.com/threads/can-we-get-a-mix-knob-for-the-tremolo-block.125674/page-2#post-1495700)

Triggering the Tremolo


To trigger the Tremolo:

when engaging the block: use the Start Phase parameter.

when hitting the strings (synchronize the Tremolo to your playing): turn up the Trigger Threshold
parameter (firmware Ares 12 and later). When the Tremolo is triggered, it will start and the LFO phase
will start at the Start Phase value. Turn Trigger Threshold all the way down to defeat the trigger.

In earlier firmware without trigger Threshold, set Rate to “LFO1 SYNC”, sync LFO1 to a Tempo, and attach the
LFO to the Envelope follower.

Duty
Use this parameter to change the character of the tremolo peaks, from a regular tremolo to electronic "blobs".

Tips and tricks


Tremolo in Amp block
The Amp block in the Axe-Fx II and III (not in the AX8 and FM3) provides its own Bias Tremolo.

Widen the Panner


Make the Panner effect appear fuller and wider, by adding the Enhancer block.

Ring Modulator as a tremolo


You can configure the Ring Modulator block to operate as a tremolo, by turning down Frequency all the way.

Flanger as a tremolo
You can turn a Flanger block into a tremolo.

Tremolo as an On/Off switch


Set the Tremolo's LFO to Square with Depth at 100%.

Shuffle tremolo
Create a "shuffle" tremolo (https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/shuffle-tremolo-tempo.90991/)

Vox Percussion Tremolo


To simulate the Percussion Tremolo effect on old Vox guitars, set LFO Type to Saw Down.

Sync tremolo to Metronome


Read this (https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/how-to-sync-the-tremolo-to-a-metronome.155954/page-2)

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