Envelope Filter Uses

[Matt Dean]

I most frequently use my filters int he following ways:

1. Turn the resonance of and frequency down for deep reggae tones (standard xerograph)
2. Turn settings to a more typical autowah sound for walking bass lines (wonderlove)
3. Run an OC2 and TFR fuzz before and control with an expression pedal for synth sweeps (xero)

 

[bass geetarist]

I've sometimes used one for "build up" type parts in songs. Start with soft dynamics so you get a low, washy sound, then increase the strength of your attack gradually so that the filter opens up and your notes become more articulate and aggressive. Works well in an electronic rock type setting.

 

[HolmeBass]

LPF for dub tones, and before fuzz for a fuzz tone with some resonant peakiness, the filter's sweeps are not nearly as obvious, but the fuzz tone has some extra energy due to some freqs sort of "burning through". Hard to describe, but pretty cool.

 

[adi77]

Moogerfooger lowpass filter for wah, synthy stuff, drive, dub, some unconventional stuff. Can plug the expression pedal in 4 different parameters and can also feed other pedals like drive or trem etc into it to further mangle the sound.. Lots of diff possibilities.

 

[Unrepresented]

Ibanez AF-9

I have one that I use too.

Aside from the synthiness (which I do a lot), it's a good tool for reducing the artificial highs that some pedals can give, and as a result you can get a much warmer sounding tone when you're using octave pedals when trying to cop strings or something.

 

[Baird6869]

We all know an EF is one of the funkiest tools in the effect tool box. But what are some non-funk applications of the EF? Every time I play one my lines turn so funky! Looking for ways to use one differently.

I can get some non-funky cool sounds out of my MXR Bass Auto-Q, but honestly, I just use the pedal for 70's funk and RHCP tunes.

 

[cheapbasslovin]

In my sig is a track with an Octave> modded Bassballs on the bass line from start to finish (except the intro). I got the low filter set to trigger, but not get too resonant, and the high filter to not trigger at all. This gives it a subtle bass boost that tails off when I let the notes sustain.

 

[48thStreetCustom]

I've played around with putting tremolo pedal before my AF at a medium speed and play big whole notes. You get a "bow bow bow bow" sound that sounds sort of like a Zvex Seek Wah. You can play rhythmically and use each trem peak like a quarter note to make it sound like a kind of synth sequencer

 

[FilterFunk]

I've played around with putting tremolo pedal before my AF at a medium speed and play big whole notes. You get a "bow bow bow bow" sound that sounds sort of like a Zvex Seek Wah. You can play rhythmically and use each trem peak like a quarter note to make it sound like a kind of synth sequencer

I gotta try this.

 

[Jean Baudin]

I use the envelope filter on the Xerograph Deluxe for a sorta drum sound. You can hear it on the track "Dhalsim" from my latest album.

http://jeanbaudin.bandcamp.com/track/dhalsim

 

[cheapbasslovin]

I've played around with putting tremolo pedal before my AF at a medium speed and play big whole notes. You get a "bow bow bow bow" sound that sounds sort of like a Zvex Seek Wah. You can play rhythmically and use each trem peak like a quarter note to make it sound like a kind of synth sequencer

I did something similar to this with some heavy distortion and reverb in the signal chain to create a prop in water sound (at least this is what I was going for) for this noise track. Certainly not a very musical application, but perhaps you can hear something in it.