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The Main Window

Everything you need sits on one face. The extra compressor controls are one click away under Advanced, and the modulators open under Automation.

Interface map

1 Hover or tap a number to see what that part does.

The Pyrosphere window with the Pulsar Beam preset loaded, with numbered markers on each part of the interface. — The factory preset Pulsar Beam.

1Automation opens the four built-in modulators. Modulators
2Licence badge: Full, Trial or Locked. Click it for the licence panel. Trial and Activation
3Advanced opens the compressor detail and Drive's Bias. Advanced Drawer
4Preset browser. The < > arrows step through presets. Presets and A/B
5Save your own preset, and the … menu for Save As, Delete, the preset folder and Reset.
6A / B compare slots, and A>B to copy one into the other.
7Bypass turns the effect off, time-aligned with the processed sound.
8Disperse spreads a hit out after it lands. Disperse
9Phase display: both curves over a live spectrum. Drag the nodes. Phase Display
10Dry / Out scope: the last 256 ms of input and output.
11Reverse pulls energy in ahead of the hit, with Link and Skew. Reverse
12Drive: drag the curve for Heat, pick a shape, set Ceiling. Drive
13Compressor: the Gate and Comp faders. Compressor and Gate
14Engine: True or Live mode, Quality and Oversampling. Engine
15Meters, Latency, Auto Level, Solo Mod and Safety. Output and Metering
16Input, Output and Mix. Output and Metering

How the sound flows

Audio passes through the sections in this order. The Drive and Compressor work on the sound after Disperse has spread it out, and before Reverse gathers it back in.

Input→ Disperse→ Drive→ Compressor→ Reverse→ Auto Level→ Output→ Mix→ Gate→ Safety→ Out

The dry signal used by Mix, Auto Level, Solo Mod and Bypass is taken before the Input trim and delayed to line up exactly with the processed sound, so blending never smears the timing.

Working with the controls

Knobs

Drag up or down. Double-click to return to the default. Right-click for automation and reset options.

Faders and the Drive curve

Drag up or down, or use the mouse wheel. Hold Shift for fine control. Double-click to reset.

Switches

Click to toggle. A lit legend means the section is on. When Bypass is on, every legend goes dark.

Tooltips

Hover over any control to see what it does. Hover over a factory preset's name to read what it's for.

Window size

Drag the bottom-right corner. The whole interface scales as one piece, and it reopens at the size you left it.

Every gesture is listed in the Mouse Reference.