Centre Clarity on the presence band for your mic (TX) or for RX intelligibility¶
The Doo / Tune knob sets the centre frequency of the high-frequency excitement band. Moving it lets you target the specific presence or intelligibility region that matters most — the upper-midrange bite of your microphone on TX, or the speech-clarity band on RX.
Before you start¶
- The PUDU stage must be enabled in the CHAIN widget for the side you want to adjust (TX or RX). See Bypass PUDU from either chain. When the stage is bypassed, the entire applet tile dims to approximately 55 % opacity as a visual reminder that DSP is inactive.
- Open the relevant applet: Aetherial TX Voice Processor for transmit, Aetherial RX Poodoo™ for receive. Both are inside the Aetherial Audio (TXDSP) parent container. You can also double-click the PUDU stage in the CHAIN widget to open the matching frameless editor (titled Aetherial Poodoo™ — TX or Aetherial Poodoo™ — RX).
Steps¶
- Locate the Clarity group — the right-hand bracket of the six-knob row.
- Find the first knob under the Clarity bracket, labelled Tune.
- Turn Doo / Tune to the frequency that covers the presence range you want to enhance.
- For a typical microphone TX presence peak, try the 3 kHz – 6 kHz range.
- For RX speech intelligibility, try 2 kHz – 4 kHz.
- The knob displays its value as X.X kHz at 1000 Hz and above.
- Monitor the AetherVoice logo — its pulse brightness reflects the processed wet-signal level and gives a real-time indication that the Clarity section is active.
- Optionally, click the value text of any knob to enter a precise value using the inline editor. Type the desired number and press Enter, or click elsewhere to commit. The value is automatically clamped to the valid range.
- Adjust Doo / Air and Doo / Mix to taste after setting the centre frequency. See Add air with Doo Harmonics and Blend the Doo excitement with Mix.
What each control does¶
| Control | Default | Valid range |
|---|---|---|
| Doo / Tune (TX) | 5000 Hz | 1000 – 10000 Hz |
| Doo / Tune (RX) | 5000 Hz | 1000 – 10000 Hz |
| Doo / Air (TX) | 6.0 dB | 0.0 – 24.0 dB |
| Doo / Air (RX) | 6.0 dB | 0.0 – 24.0 dB |
| Doo / Mix (TX) | 30 % | 0 – 100 % |
| Doo / Mix (RX) | 30 % | 0 – 100 % |
| AetherVoice logo | Animated branded logo that pulses with the wet-signal RMS. Displays 'AetherVoice™' wordmark. | PooDooLogo widget — 40 px minimum height. |
| Clarity group label | Bracket label for the three high-frequency processor knobs (Tune, Air, Mix). | — |
Tips¶
- Doo / Tune uses logarithmic mapping, so the upper half of the knob travel covers a wider frequency span than the lower half. Make small adjustments when working above 5 kHz.
- TX and RX instances are fully independent. Setting a Doo frequency on TX has no effect on RX.
- The Even mode (Aphex-lineage) adds asymmetric harmonics at the Clarity band — warmer character. Odd mode (Behringer-lineage) adds symmetric odd harmonics — brighter and more forward. The best Doo / Tune point may differ between modes. See Pick Aphex (Even) vs Behringer (Odd) character.
- If the applet tile appears dimmed, the PUDU stage is bypassed. Re-enable it in the CHAIN widget before making adjustments.
- Use the inline editor to type exact frequencies. Click the displayed value to activate the editor, type a number, and press Enter. Locale-aware parsing accepts both dot and comma decimal separators. Invalid entries revert silently to the previous value.
- The knob colours (background ring, value arc, pointer, label text and value text) are drawn from the current theme via the
color.knob.*andcolor.text.*namespaces. The PUDU applet registers itself under the theme containerapplet/pudu, so any per-applet colour overrides (for example, an amber knob foreground) take effect on PUDU knobs without affecting knobs in other applets. The "Body" and "Clarity" bracket labels also use themed text viacolor.text.primary.