What's the worst sounding filter you've used? Hardware/software/sampler/etc
I think the worst filter I ever used is the one in the Akai MPC 2500. I used the resonance once, and quickly turned it down again. Damn it that filter hurt my soul!
The only other really bad filter I can remember was the one in the Kawai K4. Actually it wasn't that bad but it really fell apart when maxing out the resonance.
The filters in Kontakt 4 leaves me quite cold as well. Haven't tried the new filters in K5 yet though.
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sh201, fantoms..
triton series .. plastic grainy crap.
kawai k5k
but the worst above all are NI KONTAKT... this has to be said loud n clear. its pile of shit. if there werent for other reasons why i have to use it... i.e. it became the de facto standard in big libs, hlwd mockups..fukitt.
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Yeah, MPC2000 filter is pretty bad. No wonder they made the MFC42 and sold it as an "add on". They should have marketed differently because it is actually a nice rack mount filter module.
Man, I wouldn't have put any of those (above) in my top-10 shite list. I would have to saw some of the first generation VSTs really were the crap - stuff has come so far since then, even in freeware VSTs that you can't even compare...
Pretty much any of the non-resonant non-self oscillating digital filters.
I have a love-hate relationship with the Akai AX-60's filters... harsh and hard to control at times but it does things to sound that no other filter I know does. Many would say it's the worst filter they've ever encountered until they get to know it. Sadly, most don't have the patience to give it a chance.
I have a love-hate relationship with the Akai AX-60's filters... harsh and hard to control at times but it does things to sound that no other filter I know does. Many would say it's the worst filter they've ever encountered until they get to know it. Sadly, most don't have the patience to give it a chance.
Funny you mention the AX60, as I was about to give my vote to its filter without hesitation. I used it briefly in the early '90, and had a total repulsion for its sound. (not just the filter btw... ). I guess I would be willing to give it another chance, if I had the the occasion to do so.
I'm not a novice... well, I am at GS, but not with synths. The AX60 story goes like this: It was year '91 or so. My PPG Wave 2.2 died just a few days before burying myself into a studio for about 15 days, to record some theatre show soundtrack. (side note: My other main synth at that time was a Rhodes Chroma, with proprietary computer interface - to an Apple IIe!)
PPG authorized service told me, we have to replace a board, and we have to order it from Germany - no chance to fix the thing in time. So the store gave me a 'complimentary' synth to momentarly replace the PPG. That was the AX60. Aaaarrgghh!! Easily the worst-sounding synth I've ever played. After using it for a couple of days in the studio, i walked into the store, asking for something better. So they gave me an AX80, which I found acceptable for my needs.
That brief experience with the AX60 left me disgusted. I know a few people appreciate it, I just don't.
I tried a friend's AX-60 many years ago.. and I was also disgusted as well.
After years of experience I tried again,... beautiful synth.
I suggest you try it again too.. I prefer it to anything DSI has made.
No offense at all! I just wanted to tell that story.
Interesting what you say about DSI... while I'm a big cold to their 'pure analog' stuff, I love the Evolvers (I have made a whole bank of sounds for my MEK). Btw you've definitely piqued my curiosity about the AX60... I will try one again if given the chance.
Oh, the MPC filters really were disappointing. Regarding analogue filters, didn't like the Poly-800 filter (stock) that much. And the DSI LPF in 2-pole mode is just pants.
I'm not sure if I care for the sound of the filter on the DSI Mopho. Maybe I just don't get it yet, or maybe I keep expecting it to sound like a korg or a moog or a something else.
Yeah the filter on the electribes is just silly. I just don't use it.
i recently bought a Korg ES-1 and Roland MC-307 for my son (just turned nine years old)...
i never had any of the Electribes myself, just played with the first two for a few minutes when they were first released. i'm actually pretty impressed with the ES-1 (well, always was even without having used/owned one), and the filter didn't stick out to me as noticeably bad. i'll have to play with it a bit more to see what i think.
now, the filter on the 307 (and 303/505/etc?), that thing can get ugly. it's like there's a very slim range where it sounds decent, above or below that you've got to just hope for the best. again though, i haven't spent to much time with it at all, this was just a quick impression that i got from it.
for some reason, i can't think of another "bad" sounding filter at the moment. i remember not being happy with the filter on the SP-202 after a while, but i don't even remember what it sounds like now. i guess there's a lot of filters that can sound bad at certain settings. a good number of softsynths would fall into this category (but definitely not all, for f's sake), with Tassman being quite a nasty offender at high resonance.
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). I guess I would be willing to give it another chance, if I had the the occasion to do so.
