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destroy · effects · schema v1

Bitcrusher + decimator distortion.

A bitcrusher / sample-rate decimator — the project's grungy lo-fi destroyer. Two classic digital-degradation stages run in series on the input: DECIMATE holds every Nth sample (a sample-rate reduction that adds aliasing and a slo-mo grainy texture), and BITS quantizes the amplitude to fewer bits (the gritty, steppy crunch of low bit-depth). A WET knob crossfades the mangled signal against the clean dry, so it doubles as a parallel-distortion send. Pull DECIMATE up for aliasing grain, pull BITS down for thick quantization grit. Both controls are CV-patchable for rhythmic crush sweeps.

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4 inputs · 1 outputs · 3 params

inputs

id	cable	what it does
`audio`	audio	The dry signal fed into the decimator + bit-reducer chain. Also passed to the dry side of the WET blend. audio signal
`decimate`	cv	CV that displaces the DECIMATE knob (linear), modulating the sample-rate reduction — patch an envelope or LFO for rhythmic aliasing sweeps. A ±1V CV sweeps roughly ±31 steps from the knob position. control voltage (CV); modulates decimate (additive offset — ±1 CV sweeps the full range, centered on the knob)
`bits`	cv	CV that displaces the BITS knob (linear), modulating the quantization depth live. control voltage (CV); modulates bits (additive offset — ±1 CV sweeps the full range, centered on the knob)
`wet`	cv	CV that displaces the WET knob, modulating the dry/wet crush amount. control voltage (CV); modulates wet (additive offset — ±1 CV sweeps the full range, centered on the knob)

outputs

id	cable	what it does
`audio`	audio	The processed (destroyed) signal blended with the dry input per WET. audio signal

params

id	label	range	default	curve
`decimate`	Dec	1..64	1	linear
`bits`	Bits	1..16	16	linear
`wet`	Wet	0..1	1	linear

controls

control	what it does
Bits	Quantization bit depth (1..16): 16 is pristine (effectively no reduction); lower values quantize the amplitude to fewer steps for the thick, steppy crunch of a low-bit converter — 1 bit is near square-wave destruction.
Dec	Sample-rate decimation (1..64): hold every Nth input sample. 1 is pristine (no decimation); higher values drop the effective sample rate for aliasing artifacts and a coarse, downsampled grain.
Wet	Dry / wet mix (0..1): 0 is the clean input, 1 is the fully crushed signal, between blends them — useful as a parallel-distortion amount.

source

destroy.ts on GitHub.