On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 01:28 AM,
elhardt@... wrote:
> mbedtom@... writes:
>
>>> 1) Vocal-Tract Filter: (Was reminded of this with the recent post of
>>> the
> vocal-formants reference.) The gist of this idea would have an input
> connected to a set of VC filters comprising a responding filter bank.
> There
> would be a single knob (and CV input) to morph the filter bank response
> between the various vocal formants. 1-2 on the knob might be "uuu", 3-4
> might
> be "aahh", 5-6 would be "oooh", and so on.<<
>
> Some of these things get to be a little impractical for the analog
> world and
> limited sales potential. But if you're willing to go digital, Emu's
> Z-plane
> filter does pretty much what you mention. It allows morphing between
> multi-frequency bands. They used to sell a rackmount unit that did
> it. Now
> you probably need to buy one of their samplers to get that function.
> My E4K
> has it.
>
I have the UltraProteus and it is the only digital synth I've ever
liked. It is
basically a Morpheus with extra samples. The Z plane filters are really
great and bizarre. You can pick these up on eBay for under $200:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=883752164They are definitely worth it at that price.
Of course they sound even better when processed by MOTM filters.
TH