Filter keyboard tracking

good results with filter tracking over here too. i am using a analog keys.

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When using filter 1 as an oscillator, either by using the filter feedback or pinging it with noise, I have acceptable tracking for maybe 2 octaves max. It seems to be better in the high range (roughly above 600 Hz) regardless of the ā€˜base’ cutoff setting.
Could I expect more range ? I’ve run a calibration twice, no difference.
I think it sounds ace, so would love to be able to play it

Common approach seems to be to set tracking to 32 or so for playability. I assume you’ve done that?

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Yes.
Filter 2, with the same settings, can track the pitch on a much wider range.

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Being relatively new to A4, I’d be curious if someone more experienced comes up with an idea here… :slightly_smiling_face:

Oh wait…. just read above! Thanks @avantronica

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OK, this confirms what I witnessed. Too bad… I think Filter 1 sounds much better.

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The manual says Filter 2 has more consistent resonance behavior than Filter 2, and I took that to suggest the keytracking is more consistent as well (from Filters in Appendix A of the manual):

Compared to Filter 1, Filter 2 has a more
uniform resonance behavior over the whole audio
spectrum.

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Just played around a bit with Filter 2. Tracking is excellent :wink:

Will compare the same patch today with Filter 1.

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Ok. Some (by now probably well known) observations about Filter 1:

  • Tracking capability is rather limited as stated above.
  • You can still get good results by fine-tuning trigs individually.
  • It generates a good amount of white-ish noise with higher resonance settings. I love that lo-fi vibe a lot but it might not suit your genre.

If you ever wondered, why there’s a drop in volume in lower registers when pinging the filter: Lower notes/frequencies require a longer trigger than higher notes as a general rule.

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Maybe, but…even the day after ?

Good question. After all it’s digitally controlled. Haven’t checked, though.

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Except warmth I guess…:content:

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