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Subject: Re: MOTM-420 (MS-20) filter demo.

From: "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@...>
Date: 2004-01-29

This is indeed a very nice demo! I love the 420, and this demo shows
it at its best, me thinks. FOr a supposedly 'sharp' filter, it does
have some nice bounce, eh?

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Robert van der Kamp <robnet@w...> wrote:
> Here's a nice demo of my new MOTM-420 filter. The Korg has
> two of these in series (HP -> LP), but I currently only
> have one (second one coming).
>
> This demo has three parts:
> 1. The clean OSC sound (just a few secs).
> 2. The 420 in LP mode (around half of the demo).
> 3. The 420 in HP mode (rest of demo).
>
> During the demo I only tweak the filter, if I remember
> correctly. I added a nice delay on the sound in my mixer.
>
> The ultimate kick of course is to use heavy resonance and
> freq modulation on both the HP and LP filters, each at
> different frequencies, or at the same frequency for a power
> boost.
>
> In the second part of the demo, where you hear the 420 in HP
> mode, you hear the high frequencies of the sound coming
> through. To get rid of that part of the sound, you need
> that second LP filter. I tried that with one of my other
> 24dB LP filters, but they make the sound too creamy. You
> really need the 12dB MS-20 sound to remove the high content
> and still have that byte in the sound.
>
> Of course the mp3 format kills a lot of the deep analog
> content, but it's fun anyway.
>
> http://home.planet.nl/~robnet/oe/420.mp3
>
> Enjoy!
> Robert