On Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 07:17 AM, bleeped wrote:
> hmm. how about a filter that's completely new? so far, all of the MOTM
> filters are based on existing vintage designs, which is groovy and all
> but... wouldn't it be excellent if in 20 years the chat on analogue
> heaven
> were all about "how do i get that MOTM filter sound in my quantum uber
> 3d
> virtual modular" etc. etc.??? i'd like to see what subtractive insanity
> paul could pull out of his brain, or out of our brains...
>
I'll throw out an idea. The only digital synth I own is an Emu
Ultraproteus
with its Z-Plane filters. These are 14-pole parametric filters that
allow them
to mimic a wide variety of filters (moog, flange, phase, etc.). Now I
realize
that controlling such a beast without a computer would be difficult, not
to mention the cost of something like this. But it seems even a single
pole parametric with continuous voltage control from cut (notch?) to
boost (bandpass?) and VC of Q and frequency would be very interesting.
Several of them cascaded could produce some interesting responses.
Does anyone know of such a creature? Were there any modulars that
had such a filter?
Thomas