Rabbit Hole by Culto
CAN YOU ESCAPE THE RABBIT HOLE?
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice as she gazed into the Rabbit Hole. Take a journey through this wonder tunnel and your sound will meet a new reality, unlike any other.
Rabbit Hole is the ultimate chaos modulation delay by Culto, where parallel modulators driven by a random function warp its delay lines into creating weird sonic events. It fills empty spaces in your samples, creating additional rhythmical layers and thick, swirling textures.
With Rabbit Hole, you can reverse the delay sound, filter it, loop portions of the random function, apply gentle modulation for chorusing effects, and add quirky jumps for bubbly streams of sound.
So, if you need unheard sounds, enter the wonder tunnel and let Rabbit Hole take you on a wild ride of sonic discovery.
USER GUIDE: Rabbit Hole User Manual
Rabbit Hole by Culto
CAN YOU ESCAPE THE RABBIT HOLE?
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice as she gazed into the Rabbit Hole. Take a journey through this wonder tunnel and your sound will meet a new reality, unlike any other.
Rabbit Hole is the ultimate chaos modulation delay by Culto, where parallel modulators driven by a random function warp its delay lines into creating weird sonic events. It fills empty spaces in your samples, creating additional rhythmical layers and thick, swirling textures.
With Rabbit Hole, you can reverse the delay sound, filter it, loop portions of the random function, apply gentle modulation for chorusing effects, and add quirky jumps for bubbly streams of sound.
So, if you need unheard sounds, enter the wonder tunnel and let Rabbit Hole take you on a wild ride of sonic discovery.
USER GUIDE: Rabbit Hole User Manual
Additional information
| MaxforLive | Audio Devices |
|---|---|
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 10 Suite, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive Installed or Ableton Live 10 Suite |
| OS | Mac: Intel: 10.14 Mojave or later Silicon: OS 11.0 or later / Windows Windows: 10 (64-bit) or later |
PRICE: £20.00
Rabbit Hole by Culto
“Rabbit Hole” is derived from research on modulation delays that began with “Simbiosi”, Culto’s first M4L device. The aesthetic inspiration behind it includes glitch, IDM, and electroacoustic music.
It uses the saturated feedback and cross-feedback chains from “Simbiosi” and applies them to a brand-new set of modulators. These modulators are phase-locked and bound to a primary noise — a random function, resulting in effects that range from subtle flanging to impactful detuning and chorusing. Controlled feedback is combined with this approach to generate a continuously variable sound stream. The built-in Low-Cut & High-Cut filter nested inside the delay’s feedback chain can also be used to further sculpt these textures, and the Reverse parameter can be used to mix the delayed sound with its reversed copy.
The engine of “Rabbit Hole” is designed entirely in Gen~ for accurate signal processing and control. The random function lets users set a Seed to generate different sequences of numbers at a sample rate resolution. The sequence is then downsampled with the Rate parameter for more suitable values for LFO usage. Rate, Depth, and Smooth control a set of parallel LFOs linked to the primary random function. These LFOs have slightly different phases and rates, contributing to the richness of the sound. Before modulating the delay lines, they are distorted by a set of dividers that continuously scale their amplitude, resulting in a series of springy jumps. The Smooth switch can be used to turn this off. The Visualizer shows all six LFOs in action, as well as the Random function progress that keeps track of the Seed.
“Rabbit Hole” can add vitality to drum beats with its unpredictable behavior, which can be managed by limiting its action with the Loop function. Starting with the Sync button turned on, users can set desired Delay Size, Rate, and Depth values, and finally, set the Loop duration to a larger value. Factory presets that have the Sync active can provide a good starting point for this method. Regulating the filters and feedback will help users achieve a more refined result.
When used with sounds other than a drum beat, it may work better without the Sync option, allowing users to fully adjust the parameters according to absolute values. Long delays with slow, high-depth modulations can create eerie glissandi, while short delays with high feedback values can produce howling effects. Depth can be used to constrain the tonal range of modulations, which also varies depending on the main Delay size.
Extra controls allow users to adjust the wet signal to the desired ratio with the dry one. Pre-Delay adjusts the “slapback effect” between dry and wet Gain affects the output gain of the wet signal, which can lose energy when filtered. Swap can be used to swap the left and right channels’ modulations, while Mono reduces stereo processing into a single channel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Rabbit Hole is a chaos modulation delay Max for Live device that runs parallel modulators driven by a random function, warping its delay lines to produce unpredictable, evolving sonic textures. Effects range from subtle flanging and chorusing through to heavy detuning and full-on glitchy sonic mayhem. It is designed to fill space, create movement, and push sounds into genuinely unexpected territory.
Yes, Rabbit Hole is a Max for Live device, so you will need Ableton Live Suite or a copy of Ableton Live Standard with Max for Live purchased separately. Make sure you are running a compatible version of Live and Max for Live as specified on the product page.
It is inspired by glitch, IDM, and electroacoustic music, making it a natural fit for experimental and electronic production. That said, its range from subtle chorusing to extreme modulation means it is equally useful for adding organic movement to pads, vocals, or guitars, or for completely destroying a sound in a controlled way.
The modulators are phase-locked and tied to a primary random function, so the modulation is unpredictable but internally coherent rather than entirely random noise. You can shape the results using the feedback and cross-feedback chains, the built-in Low-Cut and High-Cut filters within the feedback path, and the Reverse parameter to blend the delayed signal with its reversed counterpart.
The Reverse parameter lets you mix the delayed signal with a reversed version of itself, adding another layer of textural strangeness on top of the modulation. Blending it subtly adds a smeared, ghostly quality, while pushing it further creates more disorienting, otherworldly results.
Yes, Rabbit Hole is a direct evolution of Simbiosi, Culto’s first M4L device, borrowing its saturated feedback and cross-feedback architecture and building on it with an entirely new modulation system. If you are familiar with Simbiosi, Rabbit Hole takes that foundation considerably further into chaotic territory.
After purchase you will receive the device file which you drag and drop into Ableton Live, or place in your Max for Live devices folder so it appears in your browser. Full installation instructions are included with the download.
Important Information
V1.0.0 – Initial Release – April 2023
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