Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:05:07 -0500 From: Mark Pulver To: analogue@hyperreal.org Subject: [AH] More Waldorf Q info - Filter Details The question was asked by me, the response came from Wolfram Franke - magical support dude at Waldorf. (I did some German->English grammar work, but the jest is all his wording) >Are the (two) filters in the Q serial or parallel or can the user choose >the alignment? You won't believe your ears. Take that: Each *oscillator* (mark insert: OSC, not VOICE, OSC) has its own Balance control to determine the percentage, with which the signal is fed into Filter 1 and Filter 2. You can, e.g., feed Filter 1 with 25% volume and Filter 2 with 75% volume. Now, Filter 1 offers another balance control to adjust the feed into the amplifier **and** Filter 2. This is the key to route the filters serially or in parallel (or any feed in-between). Filter 2 furthermore has a Panning control to adjust the left/right volume. Filter 2 finally has another Panning control. Can you imagine what this structure is capable of? Examples: - all oscillators fully into Filter 1, Filter 1 balance fully into Filter 2 gives you two serially connected 24dB filters to e.g. create a 48dB Low Pass - Filter 1 fully to the amplifier, hard panned left, Filter 2 hard panned right, and controlling the oscillator balances by LFOs gives you a sound where the oscillators move through the stereo field seperately. - Filter 1 50% into Filter 2 and 50% to the Amplifier creates nice comb filter effects - All oscillators 50% to Filter 1 and Filter 2, both Filters are panning modulated seperately by LFOs. The Filters set to Band Pass with different (moving) cutoff frequencies. The Waldorf Q page URL is below in my sig... ________________________________________________________________ Stuff: www.midiwall.com, Waldorf Q: www.waldorf-gmbh.de/q/q.html