Synthesis Technology E560 Deflector Shield

The E560 is an effect module with three modes: frequency shifter, phaser, and ring modulator. While these other effect modules use mainly sine waves as the carrier, the E560 allows eight different waveforms to be used as carriers, and crossfades each other so that the transitions between the waveforms are smooth. The eight carrier waveforms provide a wide palette of timbres, from simple frequency shifts to harmonically rich shifts.
 

SHIFT

 The output has UP and DOWN. A simple frequency-shifted sound is output when the carrier is a sine wave, and a sound with richer overtones is output when the other seven waveforms are used. There are eight carrier waves: sine, triangle, square, saw, 16-point random phase, 64-point random phase, cross-modulated triangle / pulse, and 3x sine. The frequency to shift is 0-3000Hz.
 

RM

 Ring modulator mode that allows you to select a carrier from eight waveforms. The two outputs are always output 90 degrees out of phase.

PHASE

 This mode is unique to the E560. Phase shift also depends on the carrier waveform.

 In addition to controlling the effects, the E560 also provides wet / dry mix control and feedback. Feedback is bidirectional, and if you control it negatively, the feedback is reversed and leads to emphasis or cancellation of certain harmonics. Feedback can also be controlled by CV.