Help me pick a fliter

[Jwar]

So I want a damn filter but have not been satisfied with any of the ones I've tried. Some have come close, but just can't get there.


What I want is something that can get funky and crazy but not raspy. I HATE filters that hiss at me like they want me to kick them in the dick!
I want it to work well with fuzz, not just ok. I want it to be smashed in the cock by my fuzz and love it.
Digital vs Anal-log. DON'T CARE
Vintage, prefer not. Vintage is old and I don't like old. I want to be new and sexy and fresh.
Budget. We all know I literally could care less about the price. I will not be buying a Meatball though. haha, that's just too much. So maybe under 350.
Control. The less the better. Some of these I hated because I had to tweak them so fucking much just to get a decent sound.

What I've tried

Source Audio BEF Pro and Manta
3leaf Audio Groove Regulator
Subdecay Prometheus DLX
Chunk Systems Agent 00Funk Mark II (worst filter EVER)
Tweaktronics Dynamic Filter (probably my favorite out of all of them)
Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe (I'm done trying to get with this thing, it's just not what I want)
MXR Bass Envelope Filter
DOD FX25 (I take it back about the 00, this thing is fucking atrociously awful)
Robotalk 2 (it's aight but no fucking expression control)
Meridian Funkulator (don't get me started)
Boss T-Wah (it was aight)
Other wahs. FUCK WAHS

I know I've tried more I can't think of. UGH.

So will anything satisfy? Sexually or otherwise?

[Chankgeez]

I love fliters.

You probably won't like it (and even if you do, you'll probably flip it), but have you tried a LAL Cyber Psychic?

[Uncle Grandfather]

Meatball clone?? it is a tweakers delight though so you may not enjoy it but the lovetone version is pretty incredible sounding

[Jwar]

Meatball clone?? it is a tweakers delight though so you may not enjoy it but the lovetone version is pretty incredible sounding

Who makes a good one? I want a unique one.

I love fliters.

You probably won't like it (and even if you do, you'll probably flip it), but have you tried a LAL Cyber Psychic?

DUDE! That thing sounds like pure sex! I may...oh fuck. I may.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Who makes a good one? I want a unique one.

our very own Ian at Gigahearts makes them, but i can't speak for their quality. they look lovely.

also that LAL is on my gas list...thing sounds incredible

[askashrub]

The soon-to-be-released ARF by Dwarfcraft looks really exciting.
Not really what you were describing, but maybe way, way better.

[Jwar]

Hah! I keep forgetting about the ARF. Yea I don't know? I want something synthy and funky. I haven't heard enough about the ARF. To the youtubes.

[kbit]

I know you said you didn't like wahs, but have you ever looked into the Wilson Freaker wah? I know a few people on here dig them for bass.

[Chankgeez]

Well, the Cyber Psychic's got no envelope, but you can sweep it with an expression pedal.

[bigchiefbc]

What about the Bass Micro Synth? I know it looks like it has a lot of controls, but it's very intuitive. It also has the octaves and the volume swell, but you can zero them out and just use it as a standalone filter, which I do often. And you can slam the shit out of it with fuzzes all day (which is what I do 99% of the time). It does funk, it does spacey psychadelic shit, it does lazer gun noises, it does slow fat pads. It might be my favorite pedal ever made.

[LaoWiz]

Who makes a good one? I want a unique one.

our very own Ian at Gigahearts makes them, but i can't speak for their quality. they look lovely.

also that LAL is on my gas list...thing sounds incredible

Build quality on those look super legit. He's been around on the diy forums for a good while, knows his shit.

[Achtane]

What about the Bass Micro Synth? I know it looks like it has a lot of controls, but it's very intuitive. It also has the octaves and the volume swell, but you can zero them out and just use it as a standalone filter, which I do often. And you can slam the shit out of it with fuzzes all day (which is what I do 99% of the time). It does funk, it does spacey psychadelic shit, it does lazer gun noises, it does slow fat pads. It might be my favorite pedal ever made.

I wish I hadn't sold mine in my hey-let's-try-out-the-pedals-Talkbass-likes days.
Even sold the big box version for cheap because it wasn't true bypass...

[DannDubbleEwe]

The BMS is good but I don't think it jives mega with fuzz as it pretty much creates its own.

Maybe the Wonderlove, but if you didn't like the Groove Reg then fuck it

Meatball and clones = way too many knobs and really hard to dial in from a "I want awesome NAOW" standpoint.

The Moog MF101 is so good and loves fuzz, is similar to the Xero in idea but wayyyyy more manageable sonically but way enormous in physical size. Worth it for sure.



The WMD Super Fatman was really good when I owned it twice. The regular, discontinued Fatman would probably be it for you. Give it a gander, it could potentially be your ticket.

[bigchiefbc]

The BMS is good but I don't think it jives mega with fuzz as it pretty much creates its own.

You can turn the fuzz off, that's the "square wave" slider. Either way, I run fuzz through it most of the time

[Deltaphoenix]

Dat Moog

or MSUsousaphone's Brain Freeze, it is based off of a Korg MS-20 which is a dirt ass filter that sounds so good.