Elder Thing by Xoxos
Building on his previous VST, known as Fauna (Figure 2), which also used waveguide modeling techniques to create vocalizations, both animal as well as synthetic, xoxos created for this instrument a more complex vocal tract that includes a reflective multiport junction. From the manual: “the sum of the parts is a segmented KellyLochbaum tract model coupled with a bank of resonators capable of adding a swarm-like effect to the central voice.” Ah, yes, just what I thought! The GUI for Elder Thing contains a large number of parameters that may overwhelm at first, but with practice will become more
easily understood. Reading the manual helps greatly, reading the manual with Stephen Hawkings helps even more. As a wink to the followers of Dagon et al, “Elder Thing VST parameter scales are not indicated on the GUI, again in order to balk and confound Euclid.” If you missed that one, in the fine print: The words stygian, cyclopean and non-euclidean are not used in this document. Oh Ruric, you devil you!
May 2011
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