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Re: filters

Oh, come on - everyone knows that the correct way to use a FS1R is not 
to use filters, but to change harmonic content via the operators - quite 
simply, change modulation index for cutoff, modulator relative frequency 
for steepness, and use a second operator pair for a resonant-peak-like 
behaviour (and a modulator for the first modulator for distortion) ;)

Seriously, though, as some already pointed out, there are quite a few 
(free) editors for the FS1R around, like this:
http://synth-voice.sakura.ne.jp/fs1r_editor_english.html

Envelope follower in Reaktor: use the detector circuit from the 
compressor contained in the library as a starting point. Or, much 
better, simply connect an ADSR to the filter's frequency input and 
trigger that with the MIDI notes which also control the FS1R (and use 
the same notes' note number on the filter frequency input for keytracking).

But then again - why would you want to get a subtractive-synth-type 
sound from a FS1R? Wouldn't it work better if you used some other synth 
from the start (just wondering)?

Another hardware-domain suggestion (I know, I suggest that one every 
time): Nord Micromodular. Small and relatively cheap, you could use it 
as an effect on the FS1R's outputs (or rather some of its outputs). And 
you got nice multimode filters, and the possibility to use 
MIDI-triggered envelopes and key tracking right from the start.

          Rainer


james fowler schrieb:
> thanks, guys.  allow me to expand/clarify:
>
> i'd like to filter the sounds of my FS1R.  it has filters but they 
> either don't do what i want or i can't figure them out because the 
> manual sucks and scrolling through sub-menu after sub-menu is enough 
> to make anybody's brain melt...not to mention taking the fun out of 
> it.  i'll invariably end up using it on my obi matrix and roland 
> mks-50 which both feature limited filters.  i'd like something with an 
> envelope follower (lots of them don't do this - the filters in reaktor 
> don't, for example).  i'm resolved to fact that i need to shell out 
> some $$$ for something worth having but wanted to make sure i'm not 
> barking up the wrong tree trying to find a respectable piece of software.
>
> i'll give those three a shot.  thanks for the input.
>
> - jim


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