PRODUCT NAME
Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms Dynamic Impulse Filter Synth Module w/ 4 Cables
PRODUCT CODE: PROD980134179
PRODUCT INFORMATION
MADE IN THE USA
Panel size: 8hp
Depth: 20mm
Power Usage: +12v 35mA, -12v 35mA. Does not require +5v. Reversed power polarity protection.
Includes 4 Patch Cables!
Technical Details
Product Details
Product Dimensions
Package Dimensions
Width : 12 inch
Height : 10 inch
Length : 12 inch
Item Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN : B01N5LU6P1
Product Description
Organic and percussive, the Dynamic Impulse Filter utilizes an entirely new, all analog design to replicate the impact transients and vibrance of a percussion hit. The result is a versatile filter module that sounds natural and energetic. The Dynamic Impulse Filter works in one of three modes: resonant lowpass filter, high quality VCA, and a combined lowpass gate mode that manages both timbre and loudness at the same time. The core of the filter uses a Sallen-Key topology to produce a smooth two pole filter that will self-oscillate at high resonance settings. The dynamics response control is the key. Historically, lowpass gates have used a light dependent resistor called a vactrol to impart a magical, organic response onto a sound. This unique signature has given the vactrol an almost mythical status in the synth community. However, the venerable vactrol is not without its problems. Vactrol response times can vary wildly, creating sonic differences from module to module that cannot be adjusted without replacing the vactrol. The fruit of over two years of research and development, the Dynamic Impulse Filter evolves the lowpass gate into the present by retaining the sonic characteristics we love about vactrols while solving all the problems that come with it. The unique design of the Dynamic Impulse Filter replaces the vactrol with a modern analog circuit created to replicate and expand on the signature sound of the vactrol. The response time of the Dynamic Impulse Filter is not static like a vactrol; instead it is tunable allowing the response of the module to adapt to any musical context.
