Moog Lowpass Filter Settings

[snogaws]

My Moog MF101 Lowpass Filter arrived today. I've tried for the past hour, but I can't get any sort of classic envelope filter tone out of it! Can anyone post the settings they use? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...

I'm looking for a sound similar to this:

http://www.alvarfamily.com/superstitionmoog.mp3

[iamdenialNJ]

amount - 10
mix - 10
cutoff - 9 o'clock
resonance - 6
FAST
4pole

[JBass1]

Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ

amount - 10
mix - 10
cutoff - 9 o'clock
resonance - 6
FAST
4pole

That should do it..I just got my LPF 2 days ago and this is the sweet spot for me. Resonance maybe a bit higher. I'm still figuring out the technical stuff behind the pedal though.

[snogaws]

still doesn't sound right at all. =/

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by snogaws

still doesn't sound right at all. =/

where have you got your drive control set???

[snogaws]

Originally Posted by khabalah

where have you got your drive control set???

about 1 o'clock

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by snogaws

about 1 o'clock

if your cutoffs at 9 0 clock , try your drive around 3 o clock

[snogaws]

Originally Posted by khabalah

if your cutoffs at 9 0 clock , try your drive around 3 o clock

Got it! I changed the drive to 3 oclock and the cutoff at about 10 oclock.

[JBass1]

Originally Posted by snogaws

Got it! I changed the drive to 3 oclock and the cutoff at about 10 oclock.

Great...I've found that this thing has a sweet spot and I don't really move it from that place. I'm getting an expression pedal today so I'm curious to see what it can do for it.

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by JBass1

Great...I've found that this thing has a sweet spot and I don't really move it from that place. I'm getting an expression pedal today so I'm curious to see what it can do for it.

a LOT

[JBass1]

Originally Posted by khabalah

a LOT

not to hijack the thread or anything, but I'm also about to get a mastotron and an OC-2/3 (havent decided) so I'm excited. What do you think is the best frunction for the EP?

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by JBass1

not to hijack the thread or anything, but I'm also about to get a mastotron and an OC-2/3 (havent decided) so I'm excited. What do you think is the best frunction for the EP?

i primarily use an ep2 in the cutoff..

p.s get the OC-2

[JBass1]

Originally Posted by khabalah

i primarily use an ep2 in the cutoff..

p.s get the OC-2

I'll trust you and the others who said the same...thanks.

[iamdenialNJ]

The mf101 sounds best when you're playing your bass and the level LED flashes red in and out. Be careful if the level LED is just red, then you might get an overdrive type of sound along with the mf101 sounds. After some time playing with the m101 all the controls are pretty intuitive and you'll know what each knob does. The only thing that I still don't really understand is the 2-pole and 4-pole. I just leave it at 4-pole and pretend it's stuck. lol

EDIT: Another oc-2 >fuzz>mf101 w/ cutoff expression control user here.

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by JBass1

I'll trust you and the others who said the same...thanks.

no problem...

and just a footnote: a moog cp251 controller is a great addition to an mf101!!
keep your eyes peeled for a secondhand one

[iamdenialNJ]

khabalah have you tried the mp201? If you have..what is the big differences between mp201 and the cp251?? Besides major differences like LED screen, midi, tap tempo and expression pedal..

[JBass1]

My problem is I don't completely understand this stuff yet. I looked at a picture of the CP251 and got scared. How is the learning curve? What exactly does it do?

[khabalah]

Originally Posted by iamdenialNJ

khabalah have you tried the mp201? If you have..what is the big differences between mp201 and the cp251?? Besides major differences like LED screen, midi, tap tempo and expression pedal..

PRICE!!!

[iamdenialNJ]

I'm not too sure either but it looks like it produces LFO's. LFO is just a signal like a sine wave, square wave, sawtooth wave, ramp etc. I'm not too sure which ones the cp251 has. It also looks like you can patch certain sections of the cp251 to produce more original sounds.

This guy is feeding a wave into the cutoff on the mf101 and that's what produces the wobble around 1:00. Kinda sounds like a tremolo depending on the shape of the LFO wave. Then he starts patching stuff up on the cp251 and since I don't know what all the inputs and outputs are on the cp251 I have no clue what he's doing. I'm thinking the cp251 and the mp201 are pretty similar but both have different sounds you can produce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxl_x...eature=related

[iamdenialNJ]

Originally Posted by khabalah

PRICE!!!