Blooming Sparkles

Blooming Sparkles patch information

Blooming Sparkles chains a reverb with a sonic bloom and a buffer whose playback can be modulated in different ways. The bloom is created with a filter bank running into allpass filters. The output of the filter bank is recorded into a buffer which is played back at various speeds and directions.

Here’s a quick demo:

ControlParameterLeft LEDRight LED
Left knobRoom size
Right knobWet/ dry mix
Encoder button (single click)Toggle buffer length or sparkle volumeRed = buffer length, green = sparkle volume
Encoder button (double click)Cycle playback speed (1x, 2x, 4x)Red = 1x, orange = 2x, green = 4x
EncoderBuffer length or sparkle volumeRed = buffer length, green = sparkle volume
Left buttonCycle modulation typeRed = normal, orange = reverse, yellow = forward/ reverse, blue = all
Right buttonToggle freeze bufferBlue = frozen

Open the patch blooming_sparkles.pd in Plugdata to get an idea of how it works.

You can also flash the binary file directly to the pedal using the web interface (see the guide to flashing using the web.

Plugdata compile settings

Big + SDRAM.