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A useful tip for using a Frequency Distiller Special Blend that a user passed along to me ... If you put an ABY switch in front of the Frequency Distiller Special Blend and use a stereo split cable -- like this: You can switch between A filter, B filter or A+B filters on the fly using the...

For anyone following this thread — we've released an updated version of the Frequency Distiller, the Frequency Distiller Special Blend. It offers simplified channel switching, some updates to the filter design, and a stereo mode. Packy Lundholm did a YouTube demo of the new pedal that you can...

It is possible that the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply need to be be replaced. (FYI, I found the schematic for the amp Invalid Link Removed.)

I made some measurements and ran a quick simulation to double-check what’s going on -- see the frequency responses below. The way the Resonance control behaves is a result of the state variable filter design used in the Frequency Distiller. When you crank the resonance, you’ll see passband gain...

Thanks for the thoughtful review and detailed feedback @davelowell2 ! I really appreciate you taking the time to compare the FD with the SF-2 — your notes on the resonance/damping behavior are especially interesting. I’ll dig into that and will follow up with more details soon. By the way, for...

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Here's another measurement to give you an idea of what the A+B setting can do ... This is a low pass filter at ~70 Hz with max Resonance setting combined with a band pass filter set to approx 2 kHz with a high Q setting. It is possible to do some extreme frequency shaping!

Here are some measurements (made with REW) on a pedal set to use filter A only. This is a (roughly) 1 kHz lowpass filter at three Resonance (aka Q) settings. With the Resonance control at mid setting, there is a modest 2.5 dB gain boost. With Resonance set to max, there is a 13 dB gain boost...

Great question! I'll make some measurements on a pedal in the next few days and post the results here. I'd do it sooner but I sold all the pedals I had, so need to build one to make the measurements :)

We have just released a new bass pedal that was inspired by the Alembic Super Filter. It has dual filters, true bypass switching, and runs from 9 volts (which is boosted internally to 26 volts to deliver massive headroom). More information is available here...