Snowstorm
Snowstorm is a white noise drone/ring modulated distortion pedal.
In its droning state this pedal works by ring modulating a noise source with a droning oscillator. A dry copy of the noise is then added back in with the ring modulated output. The free running oscillator can either be a sine wave or a rising saw wave.
You can also use the audio input as a substitute layer for the oscillator, or a second carrier source that mixes with the oscillator to add into the ring modulation section.
This signal then gets sent into either a lowpass, highpass or comb filter followed by one of six distortion algorithms.
The density of the noise will greatly affect how filthy the signal gets as the carrier source gets lost in the snowstorm of noise. Perfect for walls of noise and bass, or for gnarly industrial distortion that sounds like disintegrating speakers.
This pedal is capable of outputting sub bass frequencies with the oscillator, as well as outputting very loud volumes with the white noise. So please be mindful of what speaker setup you use if engaging with this aspect of the pedal, as damage could occur if pushed in a way it was not originally designed for. Full range full frequency monitors and/or bass amps handle this great!
Template files for Max Msp Gen~ and the artwork can be found on this GitHub repository:
