Actually, a "proper" formant filter has such hig Q and needs to be tuned
+-2Hz, that VC control
is not what you need.
Rather, you need individual MUTE/UNMUTE inputs for each formant (simple
gating)
Paul S.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Bradley <
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To:
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Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 8:28 AM
Subject: [motm] Re: Triple Filter: who needs it?!?!? more blather
>From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>
>One other thought. Somebody made the point a few days ago about MOTM not
>being just another VCO/VCF/EG/VCA purveyor. This is one of those modules
>that puts some spice into your system. It's kind of a "two trick pony". Use
>it with the LFOs sweeping and swirling the sound around for the Jarre
>effect. For this use, it's more akin to an effect like a phasor that you'd
>apply to an overall sound, and even works with polyphonic patches. Or, turn
>the LFOs off, and you have a poor man's formant filter. Tune the filters at
>high resonance to get vowel like sounds. The reason I say "poor man's" is
>because at some point I think Paul should design a purpose-built formant
>filter, which would have independant voltage control to each filter. Then
>you'll be able to sequence different vowel sounds!
>
>Dave Bradley
>Principal Software Engineer
>Engineering Animation, Inc.
>daveb@...
>
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