bicycles

wandering frequency smear

wandering frequency smear

The signal arrives by two or three slowly wandering paths at once. Where the paths collide, notches sweep through the spectrum and the sound turns hollow and phasey, then clears again as they separate.

SPREAD sets the pace, from slow movement to rippling chop. PATHS fades from a flat blend into deep frequency smear, DRIFT detunes the far end into a wobble, and MODE selects the motion: calm, disturbed or flutter. The SIG jack sends signal strength out as CV, so the rest of the rack can follow the fading.

It runs the same DSP as the module in Tangle; nothing is cut down for the standalone version. One licence covers both: this plugin, and the same module unlocked inside the rack.

what each knob does

Five controls, no menus. Here they are on the panel itself.

it modulates itself

Bicycles ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Pick a modulator, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required.

it keeps what you just played

A rolling capture strip runs beneath the panel, always recording the plugin's output. No transport, nothing to arm. Played something great while you were just tweaking? Click-drag across the history waveform to select it, then drag the slice straight into your DAW timeline.

ARM flips it to ring-capture for hands-free takes.

it unlocks in tangle too

Bicycles is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and bicycles unlocked inside the rack, where you can patch it into any other module you own. There is no second purchase and no upgrade path; the rack itself costs nothing.

Sign in once in the rack and your licences follow your account: a module bought this morning appears at the next licence check, on every machine you install on.

bicycles