Best Envelope Filter

[FilterFunk]

Funny you say that. I like to sometimes use the BEF Pro in up sweep with a really different setting and add in my 3Leaf GR-2 in down sweep for a nice full feeling. But not that often. Usually the GR-2 is used for specific tones or when I'm using the BEF Pro as a phaser.

Where do you set the Dry/Wet knob on the GR2 when you do this? I run my Jacques Trinity Wah (which in envelope filter mode only does up sweep) into my EHX Qballs, and I have the Qballs set to down sweep in band-pass mode with the Blend knob at about 11:00. It adds a cool little chomp without competing with the Trinity.

 

[AlvarHanso]

Usually about 11-1 oclock, so a bit more of a subtle effect. But I have used it full on at 5 oclock as well (though probably out of sheer laziness in forgetting to change the setting, as I usually have the GR-2 full on).

 

[grygrx]

I heard a demo of this on keyboard; it sounded soooo sweet! Have you demoed the Zipper, grygrx? If not, will you? It's one of the few envelope filters that I still really want to try.

I finally recorded a quick demo:
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[IncX]

i clicked Xero Deluxe...

so far my experiences are related: GR orig, MXR M82

not that much experience really

 

[CliffD]

I've owned:

00funkII
EP-1
EP-2
Q-Balls
SuperfatMan
BR-2
Q-Tron+
Prometheus
GR V1
BassIQ
Grinder

My favorite so far: Barge Concepts Grinder. Done.

 

[sengamc]

EMMA discumbobulator,
nice sensitivity

 

[El Slap]

^what he said. I'm still new to EFs, but I've found the discumBOBulator to be VERY responsive. It may be simple, but it's super solid. No doubt I'm gonna have to get a Soundblox BEF Pro, though. Way, way too cool.

 

[Lowendluver]

I've been experimenting with the Zoom B3 and there is a stomp box effect, the Comp/Autowah, which I found great to keep both the funk and the phat grooving together

 

[dharmashawn]

Just because I can:

Lovetone Meatball

 

[Driven Crane]

Got MXR M-188 - it is really nice. Sensitivity is automatical. Bottom is strong. That is not an envelope, that is the auto wah, I believe.

 

[Dogfish]

I have an EHX LPB 2ube > Moog MF-101> MF-105m. A couple of expression pedals, tap tempo pedal and EHX 8 Step Program plugged into various cv ins. The 101 needs a little push from the LPB. Subtle to Filter Feeding Frenzy...

 

[scottfeldstein]

MXR for nailing the classics, Source Audio for flexibility and innovation.

 

[Bo0tsy]

I know this is a resurrected thread, and it's probably been said before, but I don't know if there really is a "best" envelope filter.

I own several filters, they're all different & I like them all. (Chunk 00Funk MkII, Chunk OS, Emma DiscumBOBulator, Tru Tron 3x, EHX Talking Machine, Russian Bassballs are my keepers). I've tried many others, and I'm still always interested in hearing new ones.

Filter's to me are a very unique type of effect, which is why I'm such a filter junkie. It takes time to me to know how best to use each filter pedal. The very same filter can react & sound very differently across different basses, they are affected by your playing dynamics, you can drastically change the sound of the filter by playing around with your volume, tone, bass and treble on your bass and/or your amp, and then how they sound combined with different effects can also vary considerably from filter to filter.

Then there are filters that are by nature very quacky, whilst others are more wet and squelchy, some are warmer & more subtle, (allowing some of the natural tone of your bass to combine with the filter effect), some more extreme (for those space laser sounds), others can be more vowel-ly or burpy (i.e., like a fomant filter).

Each unto their own is what I'm trying to say. "Best" is too subjective IMHO.