Does this exist? Wah/envelope filter

[MechaGodzilla]

I want to try an effects chain that goes

guitar > octave generator > wah/filter > dirt > other stuff

because I can play guitar, but I suck at playing synths, and I think that would sound synthy and cool. What I want is an envelope filter/autowah where you can control the intensity with an expression pedal. What's out there? Are they a reasonable price?

[D.o.S.]

you say intensity but you actually mean the blend, right?

[Hyphen Nation]

moogerfooger? new dwarfcraft?

[Teej212]

minus the expression, the subdecay octasynth is a dirty octave generator/auto filter. most 'synth' pedals are something like this.

microsynth too obviously.

[Jwar]

Yea I instantly thought of the Microsynth. No expression control though.

[MechaGodzilla]

you say intensity but you actually mean the blend, right?

No I mean, like, the amount of sweep.

I know Subdecay do a few pedals that are kind of what I'm after but I can't remember ever seeing an autowah/filter that had cutoff, res, attack and envelope intensity. I basically want a synth's filter section in a pedal. A few subdecays are like this, but I don't know if they're exactly what I'm thinking of.

The quick-n-dirtiest way of doing this would be something like a POG>a regular wah, I was just after wondering if something a bit more synthy was easily available.

[D.o.S.]

You can control the sweep with the PDF-2, but that also doesn't hit what you want, I don't believe.

Maybe the Warm Star Shape Shift Mountain? You can adjust the 'LFO amount' with an expression pedal.
http://www.warmstarelectronics.com/shop ... ftmountain

[MechaGodzilla]

Maybe the Warm Star Shape Shift Mountain? You can adjust the 'LFO amount' with an expression pedal.
http://www.warmstarelectronics.com/shop ... ftmountain

I hadn't heard of this but it looks amazing. It's basically what I'm talking about, but with an LFO instead of an EG.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah vidret turned me onto that in his efforts to do something sort of similar to what you're doing -- he wanted to emulate the filter on my Shruthi.

I think he's got one (or at least he's ordered one), so maybe we'll be able to get his thoughts on it.

[autopilot]

{self centered spam} the new version of the cubic, has exp in for the filter cutoff (unison or -1 down), and dirty octave (-1/-2) in parallel {/self centered spam}

xerograph/moog lpf/moog drive have filter with expresion

[Strange Tales]

Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter. I don't know how it sounds on guitar but it's pretty much what you want.

[aen]

You can move the filter cutoff, or LFO rate via expression on my new baby.
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The rest of the features are explored in the bass vid.
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[frodog]

I vote for Xerograph Deluxe. I used something like you described just yesterday, MechaGodzilla: guitar>bit commander>xerograph dlx (slow setting/4-pole/downward sweep+moog exp)>nimbus reverb. Awesome synth bass sounds.

[Hyphen Nation]

You can move the filter cutoff, or LFO rate via expression on my new baby.
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The rest of the features are explored in the bass vid.
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This looks amazing.

[MechaGodzilla]

Ugh, now I find TCE are doing a Nano POG rival that's got a second sub octave, £50 cheaper, but no wet/dry output (which I like the idea of).

I reckon I'm gonna go for either the TCE Sub'n'up [worst name ever] or a POG and the cheapest true-bypass wah I can find and see what that sounds like, before dropping serious money on a more powerful synthy filter unit.