![]() With the advances in analogue circuit modelling we’ve seen in the last few years, most of users and developers attention has been on end-to-end recreations of complete analogue synths. The Korg MS-20’s deceptively simple but very flexible dual high-pass and low-pass filter knob configuration, as well as the internal filter circuitry that contributed to the MS-20’s growling character, have proven influential. Modelled On Hardware: The Filter Designs That Inspire Some Of The Best Plugins Getting the balance right is no mean feat, but a handful of companies have accomplished this with some great plugins, which we’ve covered below. Of course, great plugins need to achieve all of this without hogging all of your computers processing power – or indeed, breaking the bank. The very best have both, and arrange them together in such a way that suggests a lot of open-ended uses but is still fast and easy to use, whether as a simple sculpting tool to carve larger chunks out of your signals than a typical EQ would be suited for, or for modulated sonic mayhem. Given the typical creative uses outlined above, you can probably guess that the most useful filter plugins typically feature either incredibly high-quality, modelled analogue filter behaviour, or extensive modulation and multi-effect options. ![]() Crucially, filter modulation is also a great source of movement for applying to other effects such as distortion and delay, allowing you to modulate – that is, change over time – how those effects are impacting the source signal.Īs with most things in music production, arranging a series of fairly simple component blocks together – a filter, controlled by a sequenced envelope, modulating a delay, for example – can give you incredibly complex and nuanced results, and almost infinite possibilities for sonic exploration and sound design. You can apply this kind of filtering to drum beats, synth lines, effected flourishes in a pop vocal performance, anything. Bolt a basic sequencer or envelop generator onto a filter plugin, and suddenly you have a great deal of potential for all kinds of intricate rhythmic movement that you probably wouldn’t come up with if programming the movement manually.
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