Also for example on my Microwave xt it has an audio input (sadly it's a mono and not stereo input) and I can route thru the filter, BUT there is no control to keep the gate open so i have to keep retriggering the amp envelope to keep the sound going which is annoying and not practically useful for constant filtering. The problem that comes up with a lot of synths is lack of midi/gate syncable/triggerable envelope generators and envelope followers (the latter being key to input level modulation), and multi function envelopes (single, retrigger, normal, loop, etc). I'm sure you know this, but in any analog or digital synth with an audio input could be considered a hardware filter as long as you can route into the filter.
If you haven't gone to their website and listened to the demos i advise doing so. The sherman filterbank is an amazing piece of gear and I would love to own one.
NORD MICROSYNTH PLUS
The Radikal technologies spektralis is a synth/groovebox, but it has an audio input and multi mode analog filters, plus a digital filter bank, and sounds exquisite. There are lots of both analog and digital filter units. The filter is one of they key ingredients that makes a synthesizer have a different "sound" than others, since everything gets routed through it on most it's typically a st in stone kind of thing unless there is a true filter bypass. Analog, digital, stand alone filter, filter bank, analog recreations/imitations, digital analog recreations/imitations, analog modular modules, digitally controlled analog, voltage controller analog, etc. You could buy a used nord micromodular on ebay for dirt cheap or the g2 rack and use it only as a filter box and have so many options.įor hardware filters, there are a lot of different options. Perhaps it's still worth checking out in your pursuit of a nice filter bank.įor the most part, the majority of "hardware" filters aside from synthesizers themselves, are analog, but there's still plenty digital around. Of course, this all applies to the bass model, which is not quite what you were looking it. I wish I could recommend this to you, because EH normally makes great pedals. Something about it is very muddy and simply lacks definition. Though, that does lead me to my final point, being that the filter just does not sound that good.
Of course, you will likely just be using this as a filter bank/auto-filter, so that shouldn't bother you too much. Also, I would think that since they allow you the option to dial in square wave, why not throw in a saw wave as well? Unfortunately, there is no saw wave function, which I found to be a letdown, because I normally associate synth bass sounds with saw wave awesomeness. The mixer section allows you to combine a square wave with your bass signal, but there is no PWM. all notes trigger the filter as they should, unlike some other bass-oriented filter pedals (Boss, I'm looking at you).
The filter works well enough, with a very responsive tracking time, i.e.
I rarely have this pedal set up in my signal path anymore because it definitely detracts from the brilliance of the sound passing through it when it is not engaged. I own the EH Bass Microsynth and I have to say that there are a few issues I have with it:įirst off, the pedal is listed at being true bypass, which is a load of bullshit.
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