KVR Audio

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:17 pm

We are testing the relatively new KVR Marketplace and put The Martinic Scanner Vibrato there. It can be viewed here:

https://www.kvraudio.com/marketplace/sc ... y-martinic

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:24 am

is the effectit Part of the ..*Ahem nudge nudge* other software version of a famous Combo organ ?

electro · Post by **electro** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:02 pm

I thought it was a B3 Scanner/Vibrato

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:26 am

electro wrote:I thought it was a B3 Scanner/Vibrato

i'm 80% sure its Combo organs (transistor) like VOX and Farfisa.

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:41 am

I'm 90% sure it's a unique plug-in, designed to emulate as closely as possible the electro-mechanical Hammond organ scanner vibrato. So, nothing to do with transistor combos.

"A device that produces vibrato and chorus effects via phase modulation, by modulating the length of a very short delay line. The canonical example is the electromechanical version found on many models of Hammond organs. This consists of a series of allpass filter stages, implemented with simple inductor-capacitor circuits. Each stage of the filter introduces a small amount of phase shift in the input signal. To vary the resulting phase shift, the output circuit rapidly alternates between taps placed at various points in the line, going from shorter-length (fewer stages) to longer and then back.

In the Hammond, the output scanner consists of a mechanical rotor that is connected to the output. The rotor has a flat plate at one end. As it rotates, the plate slides in between sets of stationary plates placed around the circumference of the rotor's circle. Each set of stationary plates is connected to an output tap. As the rotor slides in between the plates, it forms a capacitor with the stationary plates, allowing the delay line signal from the connected tap to pass to the output. As the rotor moves from one plate set to the next, it gradually transitions to the next tap. This provides a relatively noise-free and maintenance-free means of rapidly changing taps, thereby changing the amount of phase shift.

In the Hammond, the generator's run motor spins the rotor continuously at about 7 Hz, and the continuously changing phase produces vibrato (variations in frequency) in the output. A chorus effect is produced by blending the scanner output with some of the dry signal; the phase and frequency differences between the dry and scanner output signal produce the effect. Some models have a complex multi-pole switch arrangement that allows the performer to vary the intensity of the effect by selecting taps so as to vary the distance between the shortest and longest taps of the delay line." (http://electronicmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Vibrato_scanner)

/Joachim

msl · Post by **msl** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:11 pm

From the first post in this thread...

Tale wrote:The Hammond B3 organ had a special (partly mechanical) chorus called a "scanner-vibrato". Because it is hard to get this exact effect out of a generic chorus I thought it would be nice to have a reasonably accurate dedicated plug-in. I believe such a plug-in is already included with Logic, but that is Mac only.

So here is a first version of Martinic Scanner Vibrato. It is a simple, one trick pony kind of plug-in, although you can tweak some aspects (speed, depth, mix), and it is stereo (the original was mono).

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:22 am

woops sorry My bad

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:34 am

§tohg§ created a super nice demo for this plug-in.

https://www.martinic.com/files/audio/sc ... rtinic.mp3

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:46 am

martinic wrote:§tohg§ created a super nice demo for this plug-in.

https://soundcloud.com/stohgs/msv

Very nice indeed, and an intriguing use of the Scanner Vibrato! Original and evocative.

/Joachim

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:13 am

Listen to the new Star Trek music by Mikael Karlsson featuring the Martinic Scanner Vibrato plug-in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEcmDrgV7fY

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:14 pm

Man this is a lovely piece of plugin.

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:35 pm

Yes a Popcorn version with the Martinic Scanner Vibrato by Mikael Karlsson !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo5H8-s5tx0

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:02 am

The Scanner Vibrato audio effect in Stohgs new Lurking Spirits (IV) is a bit scary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzceUz2Ov2w

martinic · Post by **martinic** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:26 pm

The Audio Plugin Guy has uploaded a nice demo here: http://audiopluginguy.com/demo-scanner-vibrato/

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:32 pm

Nice demos Martinic

Martinic Scanner Vibrato [v1.4.0]