Wouldn’t it be fantastic to be able to narrow our selection down to just a few titles? Titles that we knew were feature-packed, sounded awesome, and could be relied on. Titles that not only offered exciting modern features, but also gave us access to the sound of timeless analog tone controls. Titles that encouraged your creativity, instead of holding it back.
This is why Arturia created 3 Filters You’ll Actually Use. Their heritage of accurately emulating vintage synths and bringing them back to life as software gives them the perfect starting point. To make their award-winning software instruments, they analysed and recreated every aspect of some of the most legendary synths ever created, including their coveted analog filters.
Straight from the glorious days of the analog synth, the tone-controlling power of these 3 filters were immortalised in the Matrix-12, Bob Moog's synth, and SEM:
Firstly, the Mini-Filter. A plugin recreation of Dr Moog’s famous 24dB per octave low-pass ladder filter, updated with exciting new features for the modern music maker. Through their collaborative efforts with Bog Moog, Arturia were not only able to perfectly recreate his iconic 70s monosynth, but also isolate individual components. The 24dB per octave ladder filter has always been at the core of the Model D monosynth mythos, and Arturia were intrigued as to how it would sound on other audio sources. So they applied the greatest care and used the latest technological advances to reproduce its warm and highly musical tone. Mini-Filter also includes a powerful modulation section which consists of an envelope follower, an LFO, and a step sequencer. A patch manager is also built-in, along with a set of presets to inspire your creativity.
Next, the SEM-Filter. Tom Oberheim’s pioneering design, among the first ever self-contained analog synthesizers, was home to one of the best-loved filters of all time. Renowned for its pioneering technology in the 70s, Arturia have paid tribute not only to its sound but also the SEM’s reputation as a trailblazer. Using the meticulous modelling techniques, and by adding exciting new features, they've created a true modern classic audio filter. No longer confined to a synthesizer, you can now use the era-defining filter tone of Tom Oberheim’s cult synth module on any audio source you wish. Process acoustic instruments in your DAW, shape vocals, perform sweeps on your whole mix, create builds, rises, and drops, even use it to improve a soft-synths stock filter.
Finally, the M12-Filter. If you want a filter with depth, character, and complexity; look no further. The M12-Filter is a full-featured recreation of the multi-mode filter found in Oberheim’s iconic Matrix-12, kitted out with awesome updates that make this plugin one of the most powerful, performable sound-shaping tools around. Combining intuitive, gorgeous-sounding modelled analog filter tone control with programmable modulation envelopes, a detailed mod matrix, and bonus random and mod osc parameters, M12-Filter is set to become your go-to choice for creative frequency control. Create anything from smooth sweeps to rhythmic motion, all the way to full-blown, randomised glitch meltdowns: this plugin can handle it all.
With 3 Filters You’ll Actually Use, Arturia not only give you access to these fabled filters, they've also fleshed each plugin with creativity-focused bonus features that take them all to another level. From M12-Filter’s modulation matrix and programmable envelopes to Mini-Filter’s sequencer, you’re going to love exploring and experimenting with these filters to enhance your music.
Features
- Three iconic synthesizer’s filters recreated with advanced TAE physical and circuits modelling: Mini-Filter, M12-Filter, SEM-Filter
- Each filter can be used in your DAW as a VST, AU, AAX plug-in
- Beautiful, incredibly detailed, high-res interfaces
- Rich modulation possibilities from within the filters plugins
- Fast, intelligent, tag-based preset browsing
- More than 100 High quality presets from award-winning sound designers
- Arturia’s proprietary technology, TAE®, ensures that each analog modelling filter sounds and behaves exactly like the original