Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Of course, the MOTM version is DIFFERENT than Moog's and Oakley's. How
so???! Errr...NOT TELLING.

Just have to trust me...have the Filter Gods (JH/PTS) ever dissappointed :)

As far as a NEW filter:

this is like asking "Invent a new musical genre, one that has never been
heard of before." The Moog filter
was PURE LUCK, based on the fact Moog was shooting for a 100% transistor
filter because it was CHEAP
(he bought 250,000 surplus transistors from TI for 4 cents each).

Filters are based on mathematical polynomials. You aren't going to get a
'new' polynomial. What you get
are different ways to implement them. 95% of the time, it's the parts
themselves that make a difference. The
SEM filter is not 'invented', it's a 'cookbook' filter designed 'badly' but
it turns out it sounds great. LUCK.

Actually, the Moog ladder is the ONLY TRUELY UNIQUE FILTER in a synth. Other
are 'clever' (SSM2040),
others are 'insightful' (MS-20, the untimate is trying to be cheap) and
others cheesy beyond belief (TB-303).

Would I love to 'invent' a filter? Well, sure! Wouldn't you love to get a
Grammy or headline WMC?

Lastly, Moog filters are in demand. I was asked this 40 times at NAMM.
Synth.com is working on one. So, from
a pure MARKETING (gasp! there's that awful word again!) standpoint it needs
to be in the lineup.

Paul S.