MOTM

480 is a lowpass, or a highpass, or a bandpass
depending on how you set the knobs. For brass I do set
it as a bandpass with a little highpass, and more
lowpass for the muted tones. 

The 480 is a filter I didn't think I would use much at
first. I was turned off by the lack of
self-oscillation, but have since realized this was
stupid on my part. The dual filter sections ring very
nicely (and sometimes quite rudely) with the right
frequency settings. You can really get a thick
response from the 480. I didn't expect to like it so
much. 

There is a bit of noise, as is expected with vintage
clone-types like the CS-80 circuit. Nothing too bad
and certainly worth it in the long run. Overall a very
nice compliment to the range. 

Here are my one-word descriptions of the MOTM filters
(IMHO) - 

410 - "Rubbery" (Listen to Robert Rich Bestiary and
you'll have to buy a 410 just to get through the day
from then on)

420 - "Glassy" (two in series, tuned with some
resonance provides amazing tones)

440 - "Smooth" (my favorite overall, Bass x 10,000)

480 - "Brassy" (But much more than that too)

485 - "Rugged" (and I mean dragging clean white
laundry through the mud kind of dirty)

490 - "Classic" (no question, Moog tone all the way)

Hope this helps. Maybe others can chime in here.

Thomas

--- Henrik <sequenrik@...> wrote:

> Thanks or reply. 
> The 480 is a bandpass vcf, but do you set it to LP
> to get a good brass?
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> --- On Mon, 8/25/08, thomas white
> <djthomaswhite@...> wrote:
> From: thomas white <djthomaswhite@...>
> Subject: Re: [motm] Brass sounds
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 10:25 PM
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>             480 for brass all the way. 440 is
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> 440. 410 is more like the resonators on the Korg PS
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> Thomas White
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Thomas White
  Natural Rhythm
www.naturalrhythmmusic.com