2hp — Blur

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Creative Ideas for Using 2hp Blur in Eurorack

2hp Blur is a unique spectral processor focused on time-stretching and frequency spreading, with extremely compact HP. Here’s how you can push your patch design further by integrating Blur with other modules:

1. Morphing Textures from Percussive Sound Sources

Pair with: 2hp Pluck / Mutable Instruments Plaits (in percussive mode) / Make Noise Mysteron
How: Feed sharp, percussive sounds (plucks, hats, FM hits, etc.) into Blur. Use the Vibe to smear transients and Time to stretch these into shimmering, pad-like textures.
Tip: Modulate Time or Vibe with slow LFOs for ever-evolving ambient washes.

2. CV Animation for Cinematic Pads

Pair with: LFO/random source (like Batumi, Pamela’s New Workout, Wogglebug)
How: Patch LFOs or sample & hold CV to the Vibe and Time CV inputs. Modulate the Mix for crossfading between “dry” and “wet” spectral layers.
Result: Pads animate themselves, moving between realistic and surreal with little manual tweaking.

3. Spectral “Freezer” for Live Performance

Pair with: Manual gate/button module (like Mutable Instruments Shades/Frap Tools 321 for momentary bias)
How: Use fast changes on the Time parameter to “freeze” and hold tiny grains of whatever’s being played. Re-trigger or CV sweep Time for glitchy stutter effects. Great if you have a footswitch or tactile controller.

4. Stereo Soundscapes with Dual Blur and Reverb

Pair with: 2x Blur modules, stereo reverb (like 2hp Verb / Strymon Magneto / Intellijel Multi-FX / FX Aid)
How: Run two different sources—or the same source split and independently modulated—through separate Blurs. Pan L/R, combine after with a stereo verb for huge ambient fields.
Tip: Try varying the Time and Vibe offsets on each channel for maximal width.

5. Harmonic Processing on Oscillator Swarms

Pair with: 2hp Swarm, Super Saw oscillators (Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, Studio Electronics Tonestar, MI Warps in "Super Saw" mode)
How: Massive detuned oscillator stacks fed into Blur create lush moving textures. Use the Vibe to emulsify the harmonic content into immersive pads.
Tip: Sequence Swarm for chord changes. Modulate Blur to keep the pad evolving.

6. Pitch Shifting and Harmonic Layering

Pair with: Pitch shifter (2hp Pitch, Mutable Instruments Rings/Clouds with pitch processing, Doepfer A-196 PLL for wildness)
How: Process Blur’s output through a pitch shifter to generate fifths, octaves, or more complex intervals—great for lush, harmonically rich backdrops.
Example: Sequence the pitch with melodic CV to create blurred, shifting melodic ambient beds.

7. Feed Reverb, Delay, or Granular FX for Maximal Ambience

Pair with: Reverb module (2hp Verb, Make Noise Erbe-Verb, Strymon Magneto), Delay (MIMEOPHON, DLD, 2hp Delay), or Granular (Arbhar, Clouds)
How: Place Blur before or after these spatial effects. Wet, stretched spectral output becomes even more enveloping and complex post reverb/delay.
Tip: Feedback Blur output back into time-based effect input chains for lush, cycling atmospheres.

8. Dynamic Mixing and Performance FX

Pair with: Manual faders/crossfaders (Doepfer A-138, WMD Performance Mixer, Happy Nerding PanMix)
How: Use Blur’s Mix under CV or manual control for performance crossfading between clean/blurred. Animate with envelopes matched to rhythm for real-time glitch, pad, and shimmer transitions.

9. Spectral “Granular” CV Control

Pair with: Random CV source, Envelope Generators, Sequencers
How: Sequence changes to Time and Vibe via a sequencer or random stepped CV for rhythmic or pseudo-granular effects. You can sync the spectral stretching to a beat for tempo-synced ambient stutters.

10. Resampling and Layering with Loopers or Samplers

Pair with: Looper (1010 Music Bitbox, Morphagene) / Samplers (Squid Salmple, Assimil8or, etc.)
How: Process audio through Blur, then sample the blurred-out results. Layer, mix, and manipulate these as unique textural building blocks for further performance.

Enjoy discovering new territories with 2hp Blur!
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