Chapter 6 Filter (VCF)
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Wild, wild filter sweeps — VCF Types
The enormous power and versatility of the Filter section continues with the VCF Types. These hidden varia-
tions put some really heavy-duty sonic fireworks at your fingertips — just what you need to blow the crowd
away.
Try these settings out for size...
1 Call up a Pattern and press the Start/Stop button. Start out by setting
both [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] to around 1:00.
2 Simultaneously hold down [SHIFT] and turn the [CUTOFF] knob.
Keep your eyes on the display as you do this — the setting will change! For starters, select “
12db
” —
which should be around 11:00.
In this shifted condition, the [CUTOFF] knob becomes the VCF Type selector. (That’s why “TYPE” is
printed in black below the knob.)
3 Now, take your finger from the [SHIFT] button, and the knob reverts to its
original identity as the Cutoff control.
Turn it very slowly — especially between 8:00 and 1:00 — as you listen to the gradual changes in the
sound.
4 Not wild enough for you? Let’s move onto another type then...
Hold down [SHIFT] again and turn the [CUTOFF] knob to around 12:00, so that “
bPF
” is called up in the
display.
Is that any wilder? Still too tame? Let go of [SHIFT] and try tweaking the [CUTOFF] knob between 8:00
and 2:00.
5 Let’s try one more. Hold [SHIFT] and set the [CUTOFF] knob to around
2:00, so that the “
HPF
” type is selected.
Things can get kind of crazy here, too. Tweak the [CUTOFF] knob some more — especially between
12:00 and 3:00 — and hear what kind of madness you can generate.
Don’t forget the [RESONANCE] and [FEG DEPTH] knobs! Work with them too as you tweak the
[CUTOFF] knob. There’s a lot of sonic variation to be had in just these three controls.
