#195

I’ve started spending my evenings looking into the Joranalogue Filter 8. Anyone here have an opinion about it? I tend to love filters and have far too many, but this seemed to be somewhat different from my others.

#196

Filter 8 is swapped in and out of my rack as needed. When I don’t require a third filter, it’s always the first to go. My other two are 3 sisters, which never leaves, and Instruo i-o47, which I’m iffy on, but has a nice notch mode.

Filter 8 is useful, but lacking a specific character. If you want many mode options (or 8 sine LFOs), Filter 8 is versatile, but it may not be best as the only filter in a system unless that versatility is critical.

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#197

Very interesting. I saw a video on YT where the person was changing up the filter quite a bit based on which output he was using, and doing things like feeding an output back into itself for feedback, as well as pinging it at the same time. It sounded pretty nice to me, but that was just that one video. The majority of the stuff I’m seeing around is the typical filter sweep that doesn’t really give any context. Thank you for your input, I appreciate it. I’ll keep researching it more before I decide if I’m going to buy or not.

#198

Sounds like I may under-utilize mine. It’s definitely not my go-to filter for feedback patches, but that may be a function of where I’ve placed it in my rack. For more basic functions, it’s not my favorite, but you’ve given me something to consider next time I rack it. The only self-patching I’ve tried is using bandpass to produce a saw at audio rate / self-oscillation.

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#199

This new dual-peak filter from Bastl looks to have some interesting tricks up its sleeve! It’s certainly making me think about the three-sisters sized hole on my skiff…

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#200

first run w/ IME bionic lester mk1 - very weird cross between a filter & a broken downsampler (only sound processor in this clip) thxxxx to @jwm for the tip

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#201

I really like the Manhattan Analog Steiner Synthasystem VCF super bubbly and creamy, the frequency knob is large and playable. I wouldn’t mind getting a Iivewire Frequensteiner at some point to compare. The Happy Nerding HN VCF is fun too with those dope dual pots and the extra drive that you can use as a psuedo stereo out.

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#202

I prefer the MA to Frequensteiner by a fair bit. They sound very similar but the MA is much quieter. The MA Discrete SVVCF is another favorite. The MOOG mixer on the input adds great saturation.

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#203

Hullo. Anyone have any experience with Ikarie they’d like to share so far?

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#204

So, I own two Three Sister filters. I love them so much. But, I’ve been wanting just one other filter in my case for options. My problem is, I haven’t found anything I really like. I’ve owned the following:

  • Make Noise MMG
  • Harvestman Polivoks
  • Sonic XV Diode Ladder Filter
  • Belgrad Dual Peak Filter
  • Rossum Morpheus filter

Sold them all… I want something really flexible, with a lot of character and very different sounding from the Three Sisters. I’m considering these:

  • Patching Panda Moon Phase
  • Schlappi Engineering 100 Grit
  • Industrial Music Electronics Bionic Lester

Worried the first two might be a little gimmicky and not super useful over time. Any thoughts?

#205

I’ve never used it but if I had space, money and the desire for a filter I would look hard at the Mutable Instruments Blades :

https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/blades/

Dual multimode, cv-controlled overdrive/wavefolding, continuous mode change and crossfading between the filters. Some people here have used it so they can probably talk more about the character and sound but it looks like a very interesting module.

#206

flexible with grit to me sounds like one of the *orgasmatron filters, probably the 16 hp korgas edition rather than the cleaner (to my ears) but no less flexible morgas editions. i recently racked a twin peak, and it really meets your qualifications. it’s deep, a little hard to track down, but presently available direct from the manufacturer.

#207

What about the Manhattan Discrete SVVCF?

I have one and the combination of discrete CP3 mixer and discrete multi-mode filter gives a lot of character IMO (there is a lot of non-linear behaviour going on). It saturates in a beautiful way.

I have the SVVCF and QPas and I’m happy with those two (sold my 3 Sisters to fund the QPas).

SVVCF sounds distinctly vintage, and the QPas very modern (both in design/features and sound).

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#208

I’ve been eyeing this beast for a while. It might fit your description:
Neutron Flux

#209

Showing off the SSF Dipole here:

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#210

highly co-sign the first edition of lester, made a demo a little further up ! really neat digital character (reminds me of the stuff i’ve heard out of ciat-lombarde stuff, it basically leaks high pitched square waves) & you get two filters with controls & inputs normalized to each other or used in parallel for stereo filtering, etc

here’s another example of it used in a voice

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#211

These both sounds really great and in line with the kind of sounds I like. I think you might have sold me on the Lester!

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#212

I use the 3 Sisters with my SSF Dipole as @blushresponse wonderfully demonstrates above, and the two are amazing together. Both shine in different ways, but the Dipole will give you more accurate tracking as an oscillator and sounds incredible pinging the resonance for tuned harmonic percussive sounds like marimbas and bells. The spread control tracks 1 v/oct. so for anything in audio range you can keep those harmonic relationships steady and consistent which I find extremely valuable from a sound design perspective. As far as regular filtering goes it’s insanely powerful and versatile. Spend some time figuring out the range of the knobs and which are bipolar and which are unipolar but that’s about it, everything else is pretty straightforward and it rewards the time you put in to find the many sweet spots depending on your input. I love both and would never sell either. I don’t think there’s a sound I enjoy more than my pinged Dipole generating harmonic percussion into the 3 sisters.

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#213

I think the Shakmat Hipass is what you are looking for
http://www.shakmatmodular.com/products/hp.html

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#214

Yep! I’ve bought the Hipass since I posted and it works really well. I use it before sending sounds into delays and reverb or before a compressor. Exactly what I was looking for.

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