Seek Wah! (was Re: Analog filters anyone?

[Chuck Zwicky <chuck.zwicky@wavefront.com>]

Don't forget the Z-Vex Seek-Wah! It's an analog filter with a built-in 8
step sequencer (Switchable to 4 or 6 steps). It's in a box the size of an
MXR pedal!


At 10:33 AM 6/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>     Thanks for the reply Chris...
>     
>     I've talked with a few others now, and it's becoming clear that 
>     Waldorf has a great reputation. Their 4-pole analog filter is 
>$520.00 
>     retail. It's mono in - stereo out w/MIDI control. I downloaded their 
>     manual and it really looks like a cool tabletop box. I'm starting to 
>     salivate...
>     
>     About the Lovetone Meatball...
>     
>     This is an mono envelope follower with ton's of controls as well as 
>a 
>     pedal input for manual sweeps. Users of it rave... I've heard it 
>     sounds as good or better than the EH Q-Tron and it has many more 
>     controls available. It's a stomp box... No MIDI control either. It's 
>     also pretty expensive @ US ~$330.00. I believe I can get a 4-pole 
>for 
>     around $450.00.
>     
>     I really like the potential of MIDI control. MIDI sequences can be 
>     tracked by the 4-pole... for example, I could take the MIDI stream 
>     from another players sequence or a drum machine and have the 4-pole 
>     track that while filtering my guitar signal.
>     
>     Oh boy!!!!!
>     -Miko
>
>
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>Subject: Re: Analog filters anyone?
>Author:  "chris lamb" <keithchegwin@hotmail.com> at INTERNET
>Date:    6/19/98 12:15 AM
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>
>>     Semi-non-looping content ahead!
>>     
>>     I've been looking into analog filters to modulate various 
>>     recirculating thangs in my setup. 
>>     
>>     I started with more guitar-based products such as the EH Q-Tron 
>and 
>>     Lovetone Meatball, but am now starting to wander into higher end 
>>     keyboard accesories...
>>     
>>     Waldorf 4-pole and it's bretheren
>>     Mutronics Mutator
>>     Sherman Filterbank
>>     
>>     I've only been able to locate information on the Waldorf 
>products...
>>     Any clues as to who's selling and possibly stocking these other 
>>     products?
>>     
>>     Lastly, does anyone have experience with any of these products and 
>how 
>>     they function, sound, their capabilities and their user 
>friendliness?
>>     
>>     Best,
>>     -Miko
>>
>  
>
>  dont know about mutronics or sherman but waldorf filters rock. My 
>mate's got a pulse+ - a synth where the sounds are shaped by the filters 
>and nothing else. You can put an external audio input thru them, like a 
>guitar/drum/anything loop. The filters are very clean and sharp, great 
>for sweeping sub-basses and peircing leads that cut thru a mix. The 
>thing about high-end gear like this is that you get a cleaner sound. On 
>the other hand these clean filters often benefit from being to be passed 
>thru a distortion box to dirty them up a bit - depends what you're into. 
>  anyway if you want to buy something like this, I'd recommend waldorf 
>but i've not checked out the other two so... 
>
>  so what's the lovetone meatball like then ? I've heard of them but 
>never seen one, how much are they ? Are they any good ?
>
>chris
>    >
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