dual balanced vcf: an alternative approach
2009-01-28 by Stu Grimshaw
the preliminary plan for a dual balanced vcf is very welcome. i've had this setup at times (with switches instead of vca's) and it does indeed mean a lot of hardware. but an alternative would be a module with audio in and out, plus sends and returns for two filter modules, a cv input commen to both filters, and possibly cv/inverted cv outputs for voltage controlled freq spread. all the rest can be done at the filters themselves. this has severeal advantages: the choice of filter remains flexible. clean a103 and distorted wasp as hpf sounds wicked - in all its configurations! but the option of using 2 matched filters stays open for those that want to use it in this way. the rest of the filter inputs remain available, e.g. lfo on just one of the filters, or additional envlopes or whatever. it would reduce development time and effort. it would reduce costs for those who already have more than enough filters (if indeed that is possible) :) what do you think? stu