Shaper

Drawable phase-domain modulation source that plays a reusable Shape asset over time and outputs an ordinary control signal. Use it for sidechain-style ducking, rhythmic parameter movement, tremolo, gates, and custom automation curves while keeping the modulation visible in the graph.

Inputs

Rate

• ID: rateHz
• Kind: control
• Rate: control
• Unit: Hz
• Range: 0.01 to 100 Hz
• Coercion: Implicit
• Description: Shape playback rate in Hz, or a Clock Divider phase output for synced cycles.
• Default: 1

Reset

• ID: reset
• Kind: trigger
• Rate: event
• Coercion: Implicit
• Description: Reset shape phase to 0

Outputs

Signal

• ID: signal
• Kind: control
• Rate: control
• Unit: normalized
• Range: -1 to 1 normalized
• Coercion: Implicit
• Description: Evaluated shape output (uni/bipolar depending on mode)

Parameters

Rate

• ID: rate
• Type: float
• Control: slider
• Range or Options: 0.01 to 100 Hz, step 0.01, log
• Default: 1
• Group: Shape

Depth

• ID: depth
• Type: float
• Control: slider
• Range or Options: 0 to 1 gain01, step 0.01
• Default: 1
• Group: Shape

Polarity

• ID: bipolar
• Type: bool
• Control: toggle
• Default: false
• Group: Range
• Description: Bipolar (-1...+1) or unipolar (0...+1)

Range Mode

• ID: rangeMode
• Type: enum
• Control: buttons
• Range or Options: Legacy (0), Map (1)
• Default: Legacy (0)
• Group: Range
• Description: Choose depth scaling or map the output to Out Min/Out Max.

Out Min

• ID: outMin
• Type: float
• Control: slider
• Range or Options: -1 to 1, step 0.01
• Default: 0
• Group: Range
• Description: Map output to custom range (minimum)

Out Max

• ID: outMax
• Type: float
• Control: slider
• Range or Options: -1 to 1, step 0.01
• Default: 1
• Group: Range
• Description: Map output to custom range (maximum)

Notes

• Canonical ID: mod.shaper
• Category: modulators
• Runtime Surface: audio
• Runtime Targets: audio-worklet
• JUCE Early Access: Supported
• Early Access Note: Native-supported in the plugin for the current catalog/runtime support contract.