Anderson Freeze™
A spectrum held by disorder, not a recorded loop.
ψ(r) ∼ exp(−r / ξ)
Disorder · freeze knob
Thaw · release time
Mode · localize or Zeno
Crystal · band shape
This is the plugin's interface. The mechanism behind it: disorder rises, the localization length ξ collapses, and the spectrum stops traveling and stands still, a freeze with no loop point. For the full derivation, read the localization note.
Anderson Freeze treats the spectrum as a disordered medium, not a captured buffer. Each band is a resonant feedback loop; raising Disorder detunes them until the waves stop propagating and localize in place, decaying over a localization length ξ(r). High frequencies localize first, so the mobility edge sweeps down from the top of the band. For the deeper technical explanation, read the spectral-localization note.
From a moving spectrum to a standing freeze.
Delocalized
With little disorder, spectral energy moves freely. The sound evolves normally.
Disorder
Raise disorder. The per-band loops detune and waves scatter off the disordered medium.
Freeze
Past a threshold the localization length collapses, high frequencies first; the spectrum stands still.
Zeno
A second mode holds the capture by measurement, re-sampling a micro-snapshot until you thaw it.
What Anderson Freeze does differently.
Hear it freeze.
Real capturesEach demo pairs the same source dry and processed. Toggle between takes to hear disorder localize the spectrum into a standing freeze.
Dry analog line.
Dry arpeggio.
Dry pluck.
