Soundtoys FilterFreak - Manual (Page 5)

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I N T R O
(the one that comes before the sequel!)
About Filter Freak
FilterFreak is the first in a series of totally cool new plug-ins to come out of the Wave
Mechanics / Sound Toys plug-in development lab. A ridiculous amount of program-
ming time, head scratching, listening and tweaking has gone into the development
and design of FilterFreak in order to provide you with a wealth of incredibly realistic,
powerful and truly "analog sounding" filters. Filter Freak was designed to take filter
related sound mangling to a whole new level.
FilterFreak offers unprecedented plug-in filtering power and provides not only one,
but TWO filters, each with a host of easily accessible and highly tweak-able parame-
ters that can be used to create some totally awesome filtering combinations. Special
attention has been given to recreating a filter that both sounds and responds like a
real analog filter. When you overload the input to FilterFreak it won’t “freak out” but
instead will “saturate” the way a normal filter would in the analog world. This atten-
tion to detail is what you will find in all Sound Toys products and we are really
pleased with the way FilterFreak works and sounds …hopefully you are as well!
What and Who is SoundToys
Ok, so what the heck is "SoundToys" anyway? SoundToys is a concept, a vision, a new
line of totally cool, sonically superior audio FX plug-in devices designed to set a new
standard in regards to plug in processing and sound.
You see all of us at SoundToys (a "division" of Wave Mechanics) are bunch of audio
geeks that thirst for new ways to manipulate and mangle sound in ways that are inno-
vative, unique, and with sound quality that is in a class all its own.
While everyone and their grandmother is modeling older gear these days, we are busy
wracking our collective brains to develop NEW devices that are truly inventive and
will stand the test of time – the kind of things you’d take with you to a desert island…
Just so you know, we are the guys that were responsible for designing such ground-
breaking and industry standard products as the Eventide® H-3000, DSP-4000, the
Wave Mechanics UltraTools line of plug-ins for Pro Tools TDM. Our DSP algorithms
can even be found in such high-end studio gear as the TC Electronics Fireworx, G-
Force, and G-Major processors, and more.
Our approach in developing the SoundToys series of Pro Tools plug-ins is to create a
series of dedicated processors that provide the absolute best possible sound quality,
flexibility and creative sound manipulation in the wonderful world of digital, but that
also possess that truly analog character and vibe.
So enough of the hype – let’s get started, which leads us to…