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savantgarde · Post by **savantgarde** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:29 pm

I'm looking to acquire a versatile filter plug-in for creative sound manipulation. I'm currently trialing U-He Filterscape. Are there any other plugins I should try out?

budd1405 · Post by **budd1405** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:36 pm

savantgarde wrote:I'm looking to acquire a versatile filter plug-in for creative sound manipulation. I'm currently trialing U-He Filterscape. Are there any other plugins I should try out?

Soundtoys Filterfreak and filterfreak2 , they are ace

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:40 pm

Good question. I can't think of another plugin which does what Filterscape does at the moment.

Cheers
Dennis

ZenPunkHippy · Post by **ZenPunkHippy** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:45 pm

The Filterfreak plugins are excellent.

FabFilter Volcano 2 has lots of modulation options, and sounds great.

http://www.fabfilter.com/products/volcano.php

Peace,
Andy.

savantgarde · Post by **savantgarde** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:21 pm

Cheers guys

I'm already pretty set on buying FabFilter Pro-Q, so maybe I should just as well get that and Volcano as part of a bundle? The Volcano looks pretty good, I'll get the trial when I get home.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:25 pm

savantgarde wrote:Cheers guys I'm already pretty set on buying FabFilter Pro-Q, so maybe I should just as well get that and Volcano as part of a bundle? The Volcano looks pretty good, I'll get the trial when I get home.

Volcano is pretty good. For a really great sounding filter you can't beat Dr. Device by Audio Damage. Man that thing sounds good. A simple plug but the ability to automate and animate it's XY panel makes it super fun.

Resonator63 · Post by **Resonator63** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:20 pm

+1 for Volcano and don't forget Quadfrohmage that hasn't been mentioned yet.

inaheartbeat · Post by **inaheartbeat** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:43 am

+1 for Volcano 2. I got it in the FX bundle and it was one of my best bundle purchases. Expensive but worth every penny.

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:55 am

savantgarde, can you inform us what you feel Filterscape doesn't do that is making you look elsewhere? "creative sound manipulation" is a pretty vague term.

savantgarde · Post by **savantgarde** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:25 am

bmrzycki wrote:savantgarde, can you inform us what you feel Filterscape doesn't do that is making you look elsewhere? "creative sound manipulation" is a pretty vague term.

As you can see from my OP, I'm trialing Filterscape. I want to trial at least one alternative to this before settling on one of them. Besides, I hate the crackles of the Filterscape trial version, whereas the Volcano is fully functional for 30 days so I can put it to proper use in the meantime.

I'm missing one feature in Volcano from Filterscape though, the envelope follower doesn't seem to have a threshold parameter. I played quite a bit with that in Filterscape as it made rather a large difference regarding the envelope's behaviour.

spektralisk · Post by **spektralisk** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:04 pm

+1 for Volcano2, killer filter

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:06 pm

scorp wrote:+1 for Volcano2, killer filter

+2

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:08 pm

savantgarde wrote:
bmrzycki wrote:savantgarde, can you inform us what you feel Filterscape doesn't do that is making you look elsewhere? "creative sound manipulation" is a pretty vague term.
As you can see from my OP, I'm trialing Filterscape. I want to trial at least one alternative to this before settling on one of them. Besides, I hate the crackles of the Filterscape trial version, whereas the Volcano is fully functional for 30 days so I can put it to proper use in the meantime.

I'm missing one feature in Volcano from Filterscape though, the envelope follower doesn't seem to have a threshold parameter. I played quite a bit with that in Filterscape as it made rather a large difference regarding the envelope's behaviour.

Sorry about that, I missed the word trial.

I just didn't want to throw out the name of plugin x/y/z without actually knowing what you did or did not like about FS.

If you like the env follower you can also check out Zebrify, the FX version of Zebra2. It's a bit different from FS -- and in your case would come with a free synth.

FarleyCZ · Post by **FarleyCZ** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:31 pm

Never tried Volcano, but got Twin, so can imagine modulation possibilities are mad.

On the other side, I found absolutely amazingly sounding Tone2 BiFilter.

standalone · Post by **standalone** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:54 pm

Also PSP's N2O:

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/4951

Which filter plug-in (alternatives to Filterscape)