Filter Riser Macro FX

Sounds like: A rising sweep that opens and gets more intense as you turn one knob.

Sound type: fx · Genre: Melodic Techno, Trance, Breakbeat / Jungle · Style: live filter-sweep build/riser FX

A live filter-sweep riser: one control sweeps the filter from closed to fully open, with resonance rising alongside it, over a single held note. A classic build-up, driven by hand rather than a fixed automated envelope.

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Digitone II

Approximation: No macro: p-locks across a pattern

SYN page 1

• ALGO: 1
• RATIO C: 1.00
• MIX: -64

SYN page 2 · Operators A & B

• LEV (A): 0
• LEV (B): 0

FLTR page 1 · Multi-mode

• FREQ: 20
• RESO: 30
• TYPE: 0 (LP)

AMP page

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 0
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100
• MODE: ADSR

No live macro knob. The equivalent is p-locking FLTR FREQ and RESO rising together across a pattern's steps (roughly FREQ 20/RESO 30 at the build's start toward FREQ 120/RESO 90 at its peak) to fake the live sweep gesture; this has to be programmed in advance, not played. ALGO 1 routes operator A (and B) into carrier C, so LEV (A) and LEV (B) are set to 0 on SYN page 2 and MIX is -64 (the X output, C only): that leaves C a plain, unmodulated carrier.

Syntakt

Approximation: No macro: p-locks across a pattern

SYN — SY RAW

• WAV1: Saw
• TUNE: 0

FLTR PAGE 1

• FREQ: 20
• RESO: 30
• TYPE: Lowpass

AMP PAGE 1

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 0
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100

AMP PAGE 2

• MODE: ADSR

Syntakt has no macro knob. The closest equivalent is p-locking FLTR PAGE 1's FREQ and RESO rising together across a pattern's steps (roughly FREQ 20/RESO 30 at the build's start toward FREQ 120/RESO 90 at its peak). It has to be programmed into the pattern rather than played live. SY RAW is an Analog Drum machine, so it runs on track 9, 10 or 11.

Tonverk

Exact match: Mod wheel opens the filter and raises resonance

SRC machine (Func + Src)

• Machine: WAVEFINDER

SRC page 1 · Oscillator 1

• TUNE: 0
• LEV: 100
• POS: 0
• SLOT: HS Saw (Factory Library › 6-Wavetables)

SRC page 2 · Oscillator 2

• LEV: 0

FLTR page 1 · Multimode

• FREQ: 20
• RESO: 30
• TYPE: 0 (low-pass)

AMP setup (Func + Amp)

• ENVELOPE MODE: ADSR

AMP page

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 0
• SUS: 110
• REL: 100

TRIG setup (Func + Trig)

• MODULATION WHEEL: FREQ +100, RESO +40

Hold one note with the filter nearly closed, then push an external keyboard's mod wheel: the MODULATION WHEEL menu opens cutoff and raises resonance together. On the Tonverk itself, turn FREQ (knob E) and RESO (knob F) by hand, or record the move in live recording.

Novation Summit

Exact match: Mod Wheel drives cutoff and resonance via the Mod Matrix

OSCILLATOR 1

• WAVE: Sawtooth
• RANGE: 8'

FILTER

• SHAPE: LP
• FREQUENCY: 20
• RESONANCE: 30

AMP ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 0
• SUSTAIN: 110
• RELEASE: 100

MODULATION MATRIX

• Slot 1 sA: ModWheel
• Slot 1 Destin: FiltFreq
• Slot 1 Depth: +50
• Slot 2 sA: ModWheel
• Slot 2 Destin: Filt Res
• Slot 2 Depth: +30

Live control: one control, the Mod Wheel, sweeps cutoff and resonance together because it drives both through two Mod Matrix slots (each slot has its own Depth).

Arturia MiniFreak

Exact match: M1 macro drives cutoff and resonance

OSCILLATOR · Osc 1

• TYPE: BasicWaves
• WAVE (Morph): 50 (pure sawtooth)
• TIMBRE (Sym): 0
• SHAPE (Sub): 0
• VOLUME: 100

ANALOG FILTER

• TYPE: Low Pass
• CUTOFF: 20
• RESONANCE: 30

ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 0
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

Macros

• M1: Analog Filter Cutoff (+70) and Resonance (+40) together: one macro, two of its four destination slots

Osc 1 is BasicWaves with Morph at 50 (pure sawtooth): the Morph knob runs from a square (0) through a sawtooth (50) to a double sawtooth an octave up (100), Sym only changes the pulse width below 50, and Sub adds a sine an octave down (0 here). Macros: M1: Analog Filter Cutoff (+70) and Resonance (+40) together: one macro, two of its four destination slots. Values are on MiniFreak's native 0-100 scale.

Dreadbox Typhon

Exact match: Mod wheel drives several targets

FRONT PANEL

• WAVE: ~3 o'clock (VCO2 saw only)
• TUNE 2: Fully anticlockwise (0: VCO2 at the same pitch as VCO1)
• CUTOFF: start ~7 o'clock (low), swept live toward ~5 o'clock (high)
• RESON: start ~9 o'clock (low), swept live toward ~2 o'clock (high)

AMP ADSR

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 0
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 100

MENU · Mod wheel

• Target 1: CUT: +60
• Target 2: RES: +35

Typhon has no macro system, but its Menu > Mod wheel lets a connected keyboard's mod wheel (Typhon has none of its own) drive several targets, each with its own amount, so one gesture moves them together: CUT +60, RES +35.

ASM Hydrasynth Desktop

Exact match: One macro sweeps cutoff and resonance

OSCILLATOR 1

• MODE: Single
• WAVE: Saw

FILTER 1

• TYPE: LP Ldr12
• CUTOFF: 20.0
• RESONANCE: 30.0

ENVELOPE 2

• ATTACK: 0 ms
• DECAY: 0 ms
• SUSTAIN: 110.0
• RELEASE: 1000 ms

Macros

• Macro 1: Filter 1 Cutoff + Filter 1 Resonance together: assign both to Macro 1 in MACRO ASSIGN

A multi-destination Macro (assigned in MACRO ASSIGN, up to 8 destinations per Macro): one knob sweeps cutoff and resonance together for the build.

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