resonance as an effect

sasha222 · 2nd March 2006

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tINY · 2nd March 2006

All of the old Moog synths had a resonant LPF. This ends up accentuating the frequencies just below the ones that get cut out.

It's also know as "peaking" in electronic filters.

Wha-Wha pedals also use this type of filter (though some of them are narrow band-pass, the basic effect is the same as a high-Q peaking LPF).

-tINY

Cojo · 2nd March 2006

The resonance is the synths best friend. Without resonance you can't create as much sound as you want. As tINY explaind you accent the cutoff frequence, when you do this you get more charcter to your sound. On certain filters you can get the filter to self oscillate at the cutoff point. Good if you want to make a sound that sounds like you are playing on wine glasses!

With that said, most instrument has a natural resonace so that's probably why the resonance knob is on a synth. But to be honest, I don't think no one use a synth to make immitations of real instruments any more. They probably use samles. A good thing to do when you sweep a filter is to apply resonance. In that whay you can hear the sweep much better.

The most obvius use of the resonance would be in acid music, where it is essential!

/Cojo

aevan · 2nd March 2006

You can also use the resonance to accentuate individual harmonics in a sound.
If you're not doing sweeps, but rather filtering at a set point with resonance it's good to find a frequency that is relative to the key of the track you're working on.
You can also make a duplicate of a track, filter it and and mix that harmonic back with the dry signal. It can be a bit like eqing depending on what frequency you choose and are boosting. I use a hpf for this sort of thing. I've got a nice outboard one called a "Frostwave" that I think from memory is made in Oz.
Then there's negative resonance you can get on plugz. Set that in motion with an LFO and I crack up every time.....
cheers

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2nd March 2006	#2
tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,234	All of the old Moog synths had a resonant LPF. This ends up accentuating the frequencies just below the ones that get cut out. It's also know as "peaking" in electronic filters. Wha-Wha pedals also use this type of filter (though some of them are narrow band-pass, the basic effect is the same as a high-Q peaking LPF). -tINY

2nd March 2006	#3
Cojo Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden! Posts: 1,471	The resonance is the synths best friend. Without resonance you can't create as much sound as you want. As tINY explaind you accent the cutoff frequence, when you do this you get more charcter to your sound. On certain filters you can get the filter to self oscillate at the cutoff point. Good if you want to make a sound that sounds like you are playing on wine glasses! With that said, most instrument has a natural resonace so that's probably why the resonance knob is on a synth. But to be honest, I don't think no one use a synth to make immitations of real instruments any more. They probably use samles. A good thing to do when you sweep a filter is to apply resonance. In that whay you can hear the sweep much better. The most obvius use of the resonance would be in acid music, where it is essential! /Cojo

2nd March 2006	#4
aevan Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 217	You can also use the resonance to accentuate individual harmonics in a sound. If you're not doing sweeps, but rather filtering at a set point with resonance it's good to find a frequency that is relative to the key of the track you're working on. You can also make a duplicate of a track, filter it and and mix that harmonic back with the dry signal. It can be a bit like eqing depending on what frequency you choose and are boosting. I use a hpf for this sort of thing. I've got a nice outboard one called a "Frostwave" that I think from memory is made in Oz. Then there's negative resonance you can get on plugz. Set that in motion with an LFO and I crack up every time..... cheers