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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2

Just got WL and played through it with Doom in front of it. Hands down the WL is the best envelope filter I tried. With YD it's a perfect pair. And Proton stays on my board as well, they do have different tones and each is damn good in front of YD. The only thing missing is Octave. As soon as it's in place my Akai Deep Impact will hit the road...

I got my WL yesterday, too. Yup, it's an awesome filter. And like advertised, it is fantastic with an expression pedal; even more so than I thought. With the blend all of the way clockwise, you can get the same type of long LFO sweeps that the SA BEF Pro gets. And it's dope. Sounds fantastic with my Bass VI, too. There's still sounds and characteristics of the Proton that I prefer to the WL (with my limited experience with it), and like you, my Proton is definitely staying on my board. I have room for two filters, no sweat, buuuut not three. My SA BEF Pro has been a staple on my board for years, and I've been really digging into it recently, and digging it. It has a ton of utility, plus I've added an expression pedal to it about a month ago. Not sure just yet what I'll do board-wise, and I'm in no rush, but I don't think I'd sell it in any case. I not sure that I'd get enough for it and I'd rather just keep it, even just for studio stuff. The real question is which will be better on the gig, and the WL will get its first spin this weekend. Or, I could just have three envelope filters on my board. That wouldn't upset me all that much.
 
I got my WL yesterday, too. Yup, it's an awesome filter. And like advertised, it is fantastic with an expression pedal; even more so than I thought. With the blend all of the way clockwise, you can get the same type of long LFO sweeps that the SA BEF Pro gets. And it's dope. Sounds fantastic with my Bass VI, too. There's still sounds and characteristics of the Proton that I prefer to the WL (with my limited experience with it), and like you, my Proton is definitely staying on my board. I have room for two filters, no sweat, buuuut not three. My SA BEF Pro has been a staple on my board for years, and I've been really digging into it recently, and digging it. It has a ton of utility, plus I've added an expression pedal to it about a month ago. Not sure just yet what I'll do board-wise, and I'm in no rush, but I don't think I'd sell it in any case. I not sure that I'd get enough for it and I'd rather just keep it, even just for studio stuff. The real question is which will be better on the gig, and the WL will get its first spin this weekend. Or, I could just have three envelope filters on my board. That wouldn't upset me all that much.

Are you able to make the WL sounds "wet", with intense "quackines" (without expression pedal and/or effect loop) ?
Most of the clip I heard were more polite filter sound (compared to a Q-tron for example)
Thanks !
 
Are you able to make the WL sounds "wet", with intense "quackines" (without expression pedal and/or effect loop) ?
Most of the clip I heard were more polite filter sound (compared to a Q-tron for example)
Thanks !

I could get pretty wet and quacky when I fed my TAFM into it, but I tend to back off a bit from intense quackiness. I can test it out further tomorrow, and compare it to the Proton; which can get very juicy.

I've only sat down with the WL a few times now, and I'll need some more time with it, but I'm really digging it. I checked out the loop today, and I'm planning on having my TAFM and SubT in it, and I'm not quite sure about You're Doom. We'll see.
 
Are you able to make the WL sounds "wet", with intense "quackines" (without expression pedal and/or effect loop) ?
Most of the clip I heard were more polite filter sound (compared to a Q-tron for example)
Thanks !
WL can definately get there, I've spent a while with it and it just takes a bit longer to play with the controls to explore tones you are after but all I can say although WL is on subtle side of the envelope filter tone it is most versatile on the other hand. Just put any OD or fuzz in front of it and it opens Sooo much more than on its own.
 
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