Re: What is the big deal about filters?
2006-11-13 by Pierre Zeeman
>Why is it that some people make such a big stink about specific filters? Why do people make such a big stink about specific guitars? :) It could be down to vanity or the deluded belief that having the same instrument as the artists you admire is going to allow you to capture some of their magic. Or it could be down to the love of a specific instrument that featured the filter in question. I'm not really interested in emulating the sounds made by others, but I've always wanted an arp 2600 filter for my modular. I had a 2600 in my studio for a while and I just loved the sound of the filter. I could get close to the sound with other filters (particularly other transistor ladder types) but something was always missing. Usually I spend ages agonising over whether each module I add to my modular is going to add something to it that it didn't have before or whether it's going to overlap too much with other ones I have*. But even though there would be some overlap I'd still buy a decent copy of the 4012 if it was ever released. * this is an added bonus of wiard products: they don't seem to overlap much with other manufacturers. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us