If synths have a filter, how can I play notes high on the keyboard
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 446 posts since 14 Dec, 2014
Maybe a strange question. But if a synth has a low pass filter, then how can I play notes high on the keyboard? Because the filter filters the high frequencies played at the higher octaves.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Most synths allow key-following filter, which changes cutoff frequency depending on note playing.
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- KVRAF
- 3879 posts since 28 Jun, 2009 from Wherever I lay my hat
That, and it makes sense for certain types of sounds if just the high end is dampened. Synth filters usually attenuate frequencies by using fairly gentle slopes, so that high notes aren't completely muted (depending on where you set the cutoff, of course). Think of shrill bell-type sounds, for example.
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- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Each note has a whole spectrum of frequencies, not just one frequency, the base frequency so to speak. So, bass notes also have higher-frequency content, some more some less, depending on the patch.