[sdiy] Frankenfilter & Sherman Filterbanks

[elmacaco]

If you are looking for a great filter bank, you should check out the Tidal
Music Quad filterbank.  It uses diode ladder filters (my favorite) and
sounds quite good.

Our own Theo makes it!!

http://www.tidalmusic.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "anthony" <aankrom at bluemarble.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:54 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Frankenfilter & Sherman Filterbanks


> I've been reading about Sherman Filterbanks and I think if I had that much
> spare money that'd be the first thing I bought. (I dunno though I'd maybe
> wanna buy a Woggle Bug first too.)
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows what style of filter they use.
>
> I've been working on a similar sort of filter unit which was inspired by
Ken
> Stone's Synthacon Tribute (which looks like a lot of fun - I still have
yet
> to build it). And also by Grant Richter's Borg Filter Space Box (which is
> probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen, but that particular one
> doesn't seem to be for sale?).
>
> A while ago I asked about joystick sources and the responses were very
> helpful.
> I did end up finding two identical analog PC joysticks for pennies.
>
> Them being identical was perfect because I was putting them into the
> openings on top of an acoustic modem coupler.
> I trimmed off most of the case and the tops screwed off and fit back
> pefectly to cover the openings. The purple color is great.
>
> My plan was orginally to put 2 VCO's, 2 LFO's and 2 Filters. I have 4
> coaxial pots with solid aluminum knobs for
> additional controls.
>
> But then I thought it might be more flexible to just use the box as a CV
> source, but that didn't really sound very fun.
> So I scrapped the VCO's and decided on putting the LFO's under the
joysticks
> and the filters under the other.
> This seems perfect and versatile. I can use it with any sound source -
even
> a VCO if I want - or none at all since I want the filters to be able
squeal
> and squawk all they want.
>
> So I was wondering just what you guys think might be the best filter type
to
> use here. I do think the CGS Synthacon would be perfect - especially with
an
> off-board mixer for the multiple inputs. But the Sherman has me curious.
But
> really I don't mind the idea of building tons and tons of filters because
I
> have another filter box in the works too. I think maybe I might be
> trivializing everything else but oh well.
>
>