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bitcrush-stab

Bitcrushed stab: aggressive lo-fi colour via `crush` + `coarse`. Use sparingly — the harmonics are unforgiving above 0.5 amplitude.

Demos/Techniques/Timbre/bitcrush-stab.strudel · 130 BPM

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// Bitcrushed stab: aggressive lo-fi colour via `crush` + `coarse`.
// Use sparingly — the harmonics are unforgiving above 0.5 amplitude.
setbpm(130);

note("c3 ~ ~ c3 eb3 ~ g3 ~")
  .s("square")
  .crush(4)
  .coarse(2)
  .cutoff(2200)
  .release(0.15)
  .gain(0.5)