Berlin Modular (ancient thread)
- KVRAF
- 5805 posts since 8 May, 2008 from ssssskipping ......... I left you there
- KVRAF
- 5234 posts since 25 Feb, 2008
I really like the filters! I don't know if it's just because you can audio rate mod them with anything, or the way that there's such a natural sounding progression through high res settings to self oscillation, or the effect that different 'Gain' settings has.
Q. High settings of Filter Gain seem to do something like wave shaping; at the same time it reduces the volume of filter self resonance. What exactly is Filter Gain doing?
Q. The lower filter can have negative values for Cut Off which can also be changed to Offset or Spread. What's this all about?
Q. High settings of Filter Gain seem to do something like wave shaping; at the same time it reduces the volume of filter self resonance. What exactly is Filter Gain doing?
Q. The lower filter can have negative values for Cut Off which can also be changed to Offset or Spread. What's this all about?
- KVRAF
- 12352 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I don't separate hardware from software. They are all just synths as far as I'm concerned. There is something about this synth that is very conducive to making sounds that cause me to go "WOW!!!!".physae wrote:Would that include hardware synths as well?justin3am wrote:I will say that this is possibly the best sounding synth I've ever heard (and I've used A LOT of synths).
- KVRAF
- 12352 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
1. The gain controls the amount of signal going into the filter. As you overdrive the input it takes up more of the filters headroom. The more headroom eaten up by the original signal, the less available for signal being fedback (resonance).hakey wrote:Q. High settings of Filter Gain seem to do something like wave shaping; at the same time it reduces the volume of filter self resonance. What exactly is Filter Gain doing?
Q. The lower filter can have negative values for Cut Off which can also be changed to Offset or Spread. What's this all about?
2. The Cwejman MMF1 has some filter types with two peaks (effectively, two cutoff freqs). There is one cutoff control to both peaks and a spread nob to control their separation. The Moog Lil' Phatty's filter works the same way. When you feed the first filter on Bazille to the second one, you can achieve the same kind of effect with the spread or offset. Offset controls the cutoff freq of filter 2 relative to filter 1.
- KVRAF
- 5234 posts since 25 Feb, 2008
Thanks justin.
So selecting Offset or Spread links the Cut Off of the two filters - and then Spread/Offset determines the relative position of Cut Off for the filters? What's the difference between Spread and Offset?
So selecting Offset or Spread links the Cut Off of the two filters - and then Spread/Offset determines the relative position of Cut Off for the filters? What's the difference between Spread and Offset?
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- KVRAF
- 5624 posts since 23 Mar, 2006 from pendeLondonmonium
The fractal resonator reminds me of some filter designs in Tassman 4 as implemented by Christophe Duguesene. Cool stuff.
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- KVRist
- 239 posts since 13 Oct, 2001 from montreal
Will end users be able to create their own synths? Not that Bazille doesn't seem cool as is, but I'd be even more interested in a completely modular system.Urs wrote: Q: What is Berlin Modular?
A: A modular synthesizer system, no screenshots yet...
Q: What is Bazille then?
A: One modular synth within the Berlin Modular System
Q: So there will be more?
A: Yes, I sure hope so.
- KVRAF
- 18551 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Perhaps the wisest words ever written at KVR...........................justin3am wrote:I don't separate hardware from software. They are all just synths as far as I'm concerned.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRAF
- 12352 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I've been trying to coax the ugliest sounds I can out of this thing. I think this comes close.
http://www.3amnoise.net/bipolarwaveshaping.mp3
Oscillators one and two are rectified, osc 2 is then inverted and it's phase is offset by 90 degrees and they are summed together. Finally osc one is FMing osc two and vice versa. Some filters too.
http://www.3amnoise.net/bipolarwaveshaping.mp3
Oscillators one and two are rectified, osc 2 is then inverted and it's phase is offset by 90 degrees and they are summed together. Finally osc one is FMing osc two and vice versa. Some filters too.
- KVRAF
- 12352 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I could be wrong but it seems like when set to offset mode, the offset parameter adjusts the frequency of filter 2 relative to the frequency of filter 1 while the cutoff parameter on filter 1 controls the frequency of both filters. This is useful for 2 LPFs in series to create an LPF with 2 peaks, or two filters in parallel to create a specific filter offset.hakey wrote:Thanks justin.
So selecting Offset or Spread links the Cut Off of the two filters - and then Spread/Offset determines the relative position of Cut Off for the filters? What's the difference between Spread and Offset?
It seems like in spread mode the cutoff parameter on filter 1 controls the center frequency of the two filters the spread parameter adjusts the space between the two cutoff frequencies. This way when you adjust the spread parameter it moves both filter 1 and 2's cutoff away from the center frequency. This is useful for creating morphing bandpass and notch filters when using the filters in serial.
Hope that makes sense.
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- KVRAF
- 8388 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
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- KVRian
- 681 posts since 22 Aug, 2002 from on the inside looking out
Ugly? Au contraire, it sounds amazing.justin3am wrote:I've been trying to coax the ugliest sounds I can out of this thing. I think this comes close.