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User:Zacksussman

2026-06-11T00:06:57Z

Zacksussman:

ZACK sussman

Dark Fizz

2026-06-10T23:42:05Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:Dark Torus of Fizzosophy.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Dark Torus of Fizzosophy]]
[[File:Dark Fizz Symbol.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Dark Fizz Symbol]]
'''Dark Fizz''' is '''[[Fizz]] Extremism'''. Dark Fizz is about doubling down on fizzosophical values in a cynical anti-establishment fashion. Fizz Extremists typically express anti-ai, and thing-realism sentiments.

Unlike [[Anti-fizz]], dark fizz isn't separate from Fizz, it's just more extreme. It's like how dark-woke isn't different from woke.

=== Dark Torus of Fizzosophy ===
The Dark Torus of Fizzosophy is a dark-fizz version of the [[Torus of Fizzosophy|'''Torus of Fizzosophy''']].

=== Dark Fizz Symbol ===
The '''closed triple integral symbol''' (aka. the [[Fancy f|dark fizz symbol]], fizz extremist symbol) is the symbol that represents Dark Fizz/Fizz Extremism. The symbol is especially popular in the '''[[Telefuzz]]''' server.

'''Triple Integral Symbolism'''

Jae, a pioneer of [[Telefuzz|Fuzz]], a dark fizz-related subgenre, once stated that they believe the three integrals to represent the [[Torus of Fizzosophy|Three Axioms]], and the central circle to represent the [[Torus of Fizzosophy]].

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T23:39:08Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png|thumb|center|The [[Fizz Political Compass]]|600x600px]]

When inspecting the [https://fizzwiki.com/Torus_of_Fizzosophy#The_3_Axioms three fundamental axioms of fizz], one may notice that "We hate everything" and "We love everything" are logical opposites of one another. One may ask the question, why don't we have the logical opposite of the third axiom, "Everything matters"? By introducing its logical opposite, "Nothing matters", we may construct a two dimensional plane by placing axes for each statement. We present a horizontal axis for whether or not we love everything or hate everything, and a vertical axis for whether or not everything matters or nothing matters.

We may think of this plane as a political compass since it defines an entire spectrum of where someone may lie with respect to hating or loving everything and thinking that everything or nothing matters.

On this compass, we may locate fizz as the triangle whose corners are "Everything matters", "We hate everything", and "We love everything".
[[File:FizzOnTheFizzAxiomExtensionPlane.png|center|thumb|600x600px]]

By rotating and flipping this triangle, we obtain the fizz variants of [[Anti-fizz]], [[Rotational Fizz]], and [[Rotational Anti-fizz]].
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T23:30:08Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png|thumb|center|The [[Fizz Political Compass]]|600x600px]]

When inspecting the three fundamental axioms of fizz, one may notice that "We hate everything" and "We love everything" are logical opposites of one another. One may ask the question, why don't we have the logical opposite of the third axiom, "Everything matters"? By introducing its logical opposite, "Nothing matters", we may construct a two dimensional plane by placing axes for each statement. We present a horizontal axis for whether or not we love everything or hate everything, and a vertical axis for whether or not everything matters or nothing matters.

We may think of this plane as a political compass since it defines an entire spectrum of where someone may lie with respect to hating or loving everything and thinking that everything or nothing matters.

On this compass, we may locate fizz as the triangle whose corners are "Everything matters", "We hate everything", and "We love everything".
[[File:FizzOnTheFizzAxiomExtensionPlane.png|center|thumb|600x600px]]

By rotating and flipping this triangle, we obtain the fizz variants of [[Anti-fizz]], [[Rotational Fizz]], and [[Rotational Anti-fizz]].
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T23:28:19Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:Rotational Anti-fizzz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|Rotational Anti-fizz is found on the [[Fizz Political Compass]] by rotating the fizz triangle counter-clockwise 90 degrees.]]
The axioms of Rotational Anti-fizz are:

# Everything matters
# Nothing matters
# We hate everything
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T23:27:55Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:AntiFizzDiagram.png|center|thumb|600x600px|Anti-fizz is obtained by flipping the fizz triangle over the horizontal axis. ]]
The axioms of Anti-fizz as illustrated on the [[Fizz Political Compass]] are as follows:

# We hate everything
# We love everything
# Nothing matters

Anti-fizz is almost like fizz as it shares the loving and hating of everything, but unlike fizz, anti-fizz believes that nothing matters rather than that everything matters.
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T23:27:11Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:RotationalFizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows the placement of the Rotational Fizz triangle on the [[Fizz Political Compass]] ]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Political Compass]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangle 90 degrees clockwise. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Fizz Axiom Extension Plane

2026-06-10T23:26:31Z

Zacksussman: Zacksussman moved page Fizz Axiom Extension Plane to Fizz Political Compass

#REDIRECT [[Fizz Political Compass]]

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T23:26:31Z

Zacksussman: Zacksussman moved page Fizz Axiom Extension Plane to Fizz Political Compass

[[File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png|thumb|center|The Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.|600x600px]]

When inspecting the three fundamental axioms of fizz, one may notice that "We hate everything" and "We love everything" are logical opposites of one another. One may ask the question, why don't we have the logical opposite of the third axiom, "Everything matters"? By introducing its logical opposite, "Nothing matters", we may construct a two dimensional plane by placing axes for each statement. We present a horizontal axis for whether or not we love everything or hate everything, and a vertical axis for whether or not everything matters or nothing matters.

On this plane, we may locate fizz as the triangle whose corners are "Everything matters", "We hate everything", and "We love everything".
[[File:FizzOnTheFizzAxiomExtensionPlane.png|center|thumb|600x600px]]

By rotating and flipping this triangle, we obtain the fizz variants of [[Anti-fizz]], [[Rotational Fizz]], and [[Rotational Anti-fizz]].
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T22:01:11Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:RotationalFizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows the placement of the Rotational Fizz triangle on the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] ]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangle 90 degrees clockwise. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T22:00:44Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:AntiFizzDiagram.png|center|thumb|600x600px|Anti-fizz is obtained by flipping the fizz triangle over the horizontal axis. ]]
The axioms of Anti-fizz as illustrated on the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] are as follows:

# We hate everything
# We love everything
# Nothing matters

Anti-fizz is almost like fizz as it shares the loving and hating of everything, but unlike fizz, anti-fizz believes that nothing matters rather than that everything matters.
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T22:00:04Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:Rotational Anti-fizzz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|Rotational Anti-fizz is found on the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] by rotating the fizz triangle counter-clockwise 90 degrees.]]
The axioms of Rotational Anti-fizz are:

# Everything matters
# Nothing matters
# We hate everything
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T21:59:45Z

Zacksussman: Created page with "Rotational Anti-fizz is found on the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane by rotating the fizz triangle counter-clockwise 90 degrees.]] The axioms of Rotational Anti-fizz are: # Everything matters # Nothing matters # We hate everything"

File:Rotational Anti-fizzz.png

2026-06-10T21:58:04Z

Zacksussman:

Rotational Anti-fizz diagram

Anti-fizz

2026-06-10T21:57:02Z

Zacksussman: Created page with "Anti-fizz is obtained by flipping the fizz triangle over the horizontal axis. The axioms of Anti-fizz as illustrated on the Fizz Axiom Extension Plane are as follows: # We hate everything # We love everything # Nothing matters Anti-fizz is almost like fizz as it shares the loving and hating of everything, but unlike fizz, anti-fizz believes that nothing matters rather than that everything matters."

[[File:AntiFizzDiagram.png|center|thumb|600x600px|Anti-fizz is obtained by flipping the fizz triangle over the horizontal axis. ]]
The axioms of Anti-fizz as illustrated on the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] are as follows:

# We hate everything
# We love everything
# Nothing matters

Anti-fizz is almost like fizz as it shares the loving and hating of everything, but unlike fizz, anti-fizz believes that nothing matters rather than that everything matters.

File:AntiFizzDiagram.png

2026-06-10T21:54:54Z

Zacksussman:

Diagram for Anti-fizz

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T21:54:00Z

Zacksussman:

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T21:53:23Z

Zacksussman:

File:FizzOnTheFizzAxiomExtensionPlane.png

2026-06-10T21:52:22Z

Zacksussman:

This diagram shows the placement of fizz on the fizz axiom extension plane.

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:51:17Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:RotationalFizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows the placement of the Rotational Fizz triangle on the fizz axiom extension plane. ]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangle 90 degrees clockwise. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:50:48Z

Zacksussman:

[[File:RotationalFizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows the placement of the Rotational Fizz triangle on the fizz axiom extension plane. ]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangle vertically clockwise. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

File:RotationalFizz.png

2026-06-10T21:48:42Z

Zacksussman:

This shows the placement of rotational fizz on the fizz axiom extension plane.

File:Rotational Anti-fizz.png

2026-06-10T21:48:01Z

Zacksussman:

The placement of Anti-fizz on the fizz axiom extension plane

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T21:39:16Z

Zacksussman: make diagram larger

[[File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png|thumb|center|The Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.|600x600px]]

When inspecting the three fundamental axioms of fizz, one may notice that "We hate everything" and "We love everything" are logical opposites of one another. One may ask the question, why don't we have the logical opposite of the third axiom, "Everything matters"? By introducing its logical opposite, "Nothing matters", we may construct a two dimensional plane by placing axes for each statement. We present a horizontal axis for whether or not we love everything or hate everything, and a vertical axis for whether or not everything matters or nothing matters.

On this plane, we may locate fizz as the triangle whose corners are "Everything matters", "We hate everything", and "We love everything".

By rotating and flipping this triangle, we obtain the fizz variants of [[Anti-fizz]], [[Rotational Fizz]], and [[Rotational Anti-fizz]].

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:38:43Z

Zacksussman: wording update

[[File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-fizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane.]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangle vertically clockwise. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:38:10Z

Zacksussman: add link to fizz axiom extension plane

[[File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-fizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane.]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the [[Fizz Axiom Extension Plane]] when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangles vertically. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Fizz Political Compass

2026-06-10T21:37:36Z

Zacksussman: Introduce the Fizz Axiom Extension Plane and its consequences.

[[File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png|thumb|center|The Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.]]

When inspecting the three fundamental axioms of fizz, one may notice that "We hate everything" and "We love everything" are logical opposites of one another. One may ask the question, why don't we have the logical opposite of the third axiom, "Everything matters"? By introducing its logical opposite, "Nothing matters", we may construct a two dimensional plane by placing axes for each statement. We present a horizontal axis for whether or not we love everything or hate everything, and a vertical axis for whether or not everything matters or nothing matters.

On this plane, we may locate fizz as the triangle whose corners are "Everything matters", "We hate everything", and "We love everything".

By rotating and flipping this triangle, we obtain the fizz variants of [[Anti-fizz]], [[Rotational Fizz]], and [[Rotational Anti-fizz]].

File:Fizz Axiom Extension Plane.png

2026-06-10T21:32:23Z

Zacksussman:

This is a two dimensional plane one can construct where one dimension represents whether one is more aligned with everything mattering or nothing mattering, while the other dimension represents whether one hates everything or loves everything.

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:24:02Z

Zacksussman: Added fizz lore category

[[File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-fizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane.]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the fizz axiom extension plane when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangles vertically. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!
[[Category:Fizz Lore]]

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:23:27Z

Zacksussman: Provided the basic definition and explanation for Rotational Fizz

[[File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-fizz.png|center|thumb|600x600px|This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane.]]
Rotational Fizz is derived from the fizz axiom extension plane when choosing to rotate the standard horizontal triangles vertically. The axioms of rotational fizz are thus:

# We love everything
# Everything matters
# Nothing matters

Rotational Fizz can be thought of as 'Zen Fizz' as there is nothing but love and positive vibes, fueled by the belief that nothing really matters, but also that everything matters!

Rotational Fizz

2026-06-10T21:19:29Z

Zacksussman: Created page with "This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane. "

[[File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-Fizz|thumb|This diagram shows how the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" arise as rotations of the standard triangles depicted in the extended fizz axiom plane. ]]

File:Rotational Fizz and Rotational Anti-fizz.png

2026-06-10T21:17:32Z

Zacksussman:

This diagram shows where the names "Rotational Fizz" and "Rotational Anti-fizz" originate from using the rotations of the standard triangles from the fizz axiom extension plane.

Neurobass Techniques

2026-06-08T10:33:00Z

Zacksussman: Added discussion on creating neuro basses using filters with distortion

A Neurobass is a complex type of reese bass.<ref>https://thisvsthat.io/neuro-bass-vs-regular-bass</ref> Neurobasses are typically built to have complex, controllable movement parameters which a producer can "perform" through modulating these parameters.

Historically, sound design techniques have been gatekept, whether out of ego or lack of care to teach and spread understanding of such techniques; and the world of neurobass sound design has unfortunately been no different. Sound design has also been prey to the "Method" fallacy where producers learn a method to create a sound without understanding the underlying techniques used to create the sound, such that they do not actually gain proficiency in sound design. This article's intent is to clearly lay out any and all neurobass techniques, so if you have a technique that isn't listed here, feel free to add it yourself or suggest that it be added!

== Oscillator Techniques ==

=== Basic Reese ===
[[File:A_basic_reese_oscillator_setup..png|left|thumb|A basic reese oscillator setup. The unison is set to 2 voices, and the detune controls how fast the beating is; more = faster.]]
The most basic form of a reese bass is a single saw wave with 2 voices of unison. This causes "beating" in the sound, where you can hear the phasing between the 2 detuned voices of the saw as another oscillation in amplitude and a phaser sound. This beating is controlled by the amount of detune on the unison voices, ''and'' the frequency of the note played; so higher pitches have faster beating! Pairs well with pitch bending in performance as used in many classic Neurofunk tracks such as [https://youtu.be/Wz_OgmkbCXg?si=sX3liI_4Waiej7M7&t=66 Dead Limit] by the artists Noisia & The Upbeats, and [https://youtu.be/7uM9qkLaWKA?si=iancy6jn_OmcVwaS&t=72 Freedom] by the artists Synergy and What So Not.

As a note, in Vital, you should also go to the advanced tab and turn the stereo unison for your given oscillator all the way down to make it mono; otherwise you'll just be playing each voice hard panned apart from each other such that they don't interact. Be sure to check whether your unison is stereo in your synthesizer of choice.

This is a solid place to start a bass from, but its consistency and lack of control can make it hard to make unique. However, if you want that recognizable reese bass sound, this is perfect.

=== AU5 Reese Technique ===
[[File:Au5_Reese_bass_technique.png|left|thumb|In Vital, LFO 1 is 1/2 Tempo, ramps up from min to max, and is on the phase of Oscillator 2. This is then resynthesized to oscillator 3 to execute the technique.]]
In a short form video, the producer Au5 goes over a method of creating a more controllable / modern reese bass, using a wavetable synthesizer.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z9GgE12CSkw Au5 Tempo Synced Reese Bass]</ref> This is confirmed possible in Vital and Serum 1 and 2.

The technique he uses to create a controllable beating saw is to create a single beat of the saw wave and resample that into a wavetable. This is done by using two identical saw waves, and then using a ramp up LFO to modulate the phase of one of them. Then, as the phase goes from 0 to 360, the moving saw loops and completes 1 "beat." Then, the entire patch can be resampled to another oscillator! Thus, in the final output, you get a wavetable such that moving through the wavetable from minimum to maximum value ''also'' completes 1 beat, as a single oscillator. This lets you control the beating of the saws and their pitch separately. This can then be applied to tempo sync the beating of the saws, by making the LFO modulating the wavetable of this single beating oscillator tempo synced.

This is a fantastic extension of the reese bass which grants the producer greater control over the aspects of the reese. However, there is at least one drawback, as witnessed on Vital. When resampling, there can be aliasing artifacts, where the final wavetable can have random inaccurate jagged edges moving through the frames of the wavetable. This shouldn't affect the final sound too meaningfully beyond causing inaccurate clicking, but it may sound particularly digital, which might not be what you're looking for in a reese bass, especially if you intend to use it with minimal processing.

== Processing Techniques ==
'''Clipping/Distortion/Compression'''

These processes can introduce harmonics and high end, and increasing the perceived loudness of your sound. This can be used effectively to prevent peaking in a chaotic patch, or creatively to fill out and give character to a bass.

'''Filters'''

A crucial aspect of neuro bass is that these basses have a lot of movement and change in their timbre over time. One easy way to introduce this to craft these basses is by taking an EQ and cutting out or boosting frequencies in the bass and low mid regions, and modulating/automating the frequencies that are being affected. This process when applied before distortion/waveshaping creates changes in the introduced harmonics which can create perceived vowel-like qualities.

'''Reprocessing and Combining Filters with Distortion'''

As with any processing, it becomes way more powerful when applied more than once. Any of the techniques above can be applied more than once to a bass. Often a chain will be crafted with multiple EQs/filters going into multiple distortion banks and then back into more filters and more distortion banks. Go crazy!! Generally the EQs/filters are used to keep the bass clean and control the motion, while the distortion units are used to control the loudness and crunchiness of the bass.

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[[Category:Sound Design]]