MF-101 Coming At Me

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:37 am

I couldn't take it anymore. I decided today to order an MF-101 even though I have a Frostwave Resonator that I love with my Voyager. My plan is to use the MF-101 on my bass after sending it through the FreqBox.

For what it's worth...I got my FreqBox from Humbucker Music a bit ago and was really happy with their customer service. Free shipping. Inexpensive. Friendly phone conversation during the order. The thing that pushed me over the edge today was all that plus they had the MF-101 for $265 with no tax, free shipping and a free EP-2 pedal! The web site has EP-1 listed but the guy told me that the thing was I would be getting an EP-2 instead! How cool is that?

http://www.humbuckermusic.com/1006.html for anyone who is interested.

I'm in no way related to Humbucker other than having bought from them once before but I'm a very satisfied customer thus far.

And this completes my Moogerfooger Trinity - I need to update my signature

analoghaze · Post by **analoghaze** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:33 pm

Very cool. I am intrested in what you think of the LPF in comparison with the Frostwave.

What other effects do you own?

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:03 pm

I think one can never have too many filters...

Currently:

MF-101
Electrix FilterQueen
Sherman Filterbank Mk I
Sherman Filterbank Mk II
(Voyager)
(MS-20)

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:54 am

how does the frostwave compare in price?

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:49 am

analoghaze - I'll let you know how I think they compare. Effectswise right now I have the Moogerfoogers listed below plus the Frostwave Resonator, Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, Electro Harmonix Small Stone Phaser, and a ZVex Fuzz Factory. I also have a cruddy Behringer reverb pedal that I use on a Nord Electro but that doesn't count

latigid on - I'm starting to agree.

electrical_engineer_gEEk - Frostwave can be had for $275 from Big City Music which is where I picked up mine from awhile back. It's a really great filter. Adds a certain something to the Voyager. Just sounds great. http://www.bigcitymusic.com/product.asp ... id=1000108

strata189 · Post by **strata189** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:43 pm

I agree about filters. I have the Sherman FB2. MF101, MF105B and teh Doepfer A-121multimode filter. Always on the lookout for a new one!

Randall

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:07 pm

Funny story - the other day when I started alluding to the fact that I needed to make a purchase (I like to get buy in!) my wife made the off-the-cuff remark "What do you need a new filter or something?" I quickly responded with a joking "Shut up!"

It's like she knows me - Scary!

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:16 pm

Oh, I've got both MuRFs and I guess you could call the 103 a filter too.

For a minute I though you said "off-the-cut remark"

Emil · Post by **Emil** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:25 pm

I don't know from filters, in the sense of using filters together. They get in the way of each other and the sound becomes more chaotic then I was looking for.

Admittedly had them fitted together wrong, the few times trying that out. The murf has a quality I readily enjoy, since sometimes I get the impression sparks are flying from fitting murf with the voyager.

From what I understand filters are basic to much circuitry, as in a delay, so I have not tempered my opinion with knowledge. Still not speaking from experience, since I haven't put in the time, I'd likely see the benefits as more of an effect on an unfiltered instrument.

Just playing advocate for someone who'd like to speak up on the use filters in line with each other. Aside from the technical definition of filters, maybe the intended use is filtering a sound in need of it.

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:23 pm

Going back to the old Moog analogy: a filter is like a windowshade: The more you lower it, the less light gets passed through it. Here, lowering the shade represents lowering the cutoff frequency, which lets less high frequency sounds through.

So, using two filters in series is perhaps not the best application, as the second will have less to "work with".

I own many filters not to use them all at once, but because each has a certain character and functionality. For example, the Shermans produce beautiful distortion and have lots of functionality viz. their patch ins and outs. The Akai MFC-42, however, is much more clean and soft, offers stereo filtering, 2, 4 or 8 pole etc.. It has a tap-tempo or MIDI synced LFO, which can be routed to cutoff or resonance.

Enjoy your filters!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:33 pm

I own the ELectro Harmonix Bass Balls (twin dynamic filter) and its okay for what it does. I wish that i had more control over it though. Sometimes I just get bored with it, but it will do sweet things to my theremin though.

Now I don't think there can bee too many filters as long as you have enough envelope generators and enough oscillators. Then you need some Ring modulation and some delay and....oh jeez I just lost another loan to ditech.

Eric