Filter – LinPlug Octopus User Manual

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Filter

The Octopus contains two independent 18 dB/Octave multi-mode filters.

The controls for Filters 1 and 2 are located in the sections labeled Filter 1

and Filter 2 below the Oscillator Editor.

The Octopus’s two filters are identical so they have only been described

once in this manual. A lot of care and attention has been paid to the

Octopus's filter design in order to make them especially musical and to

ensure that they use very little CPU resources.

Filter Mode

The Filter Mode control is located to the right of the Filter's label. Each filter

has 4 modes: Bypass, LPF (Lowpass), BPF (Bandpass) and HPF

(Highpass). The current mode is displayed on the Filter Mode control.

Clicking on the control cycles through the various filter modes. An important

point to note is that when a filter is turned off no filtering is applied so that

the audio signal passes straight through it without being affected.

Cutoff (Frequency)

The Cutoff control is used to set the frequency (in Hz) at which the filter

effects the signal. When using the Low Pass filter, higher Cutoff settings

produce brighter sounds while lower settings result in darker sounds. When

using the High Pass filter, higher Cutoff settings produce thinner, brighter

sounds, while lower settings produce fatter, darker sounds. When in Band

Pass mode the filter only passes frequencies within a specific range. The

centre point of this range is determined by the Cutoff setting.

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