Farbfilter Ladder Low Pass Filter

Making Sound Machines Farbfilter

Name a more iconic synthesizer circuit than the transistor ladder lowpass filter—the Farbfilter from Making Sound Machines is a compact take on this timeless design. Not only is this a rich Moog-style filter, but a characterful source of drive and grit. The topmost gain control quickly ventures into dirt and fuzz territories, and serves as an excellent enhancer for drums and other instruments. Of course, the Cutoff control sweeps through the audible frequency spectrum, with darker sounds at lower settings and wide open brightness at higher settings. But where things get interesting is the resonance control—typical self-oscillation is reached quickly, but pushing higher settings will dissolve into disruptive instabilities. Get yourself a ladder lowpass filter that does a little more with the Farbfilter.

Farbfilter Features

• Compact lowpass filter in 4hp
• Iconic ladder filter design
• Dual-color LED panel graphics
• Drive control with plenty of gain for adding distortion to any signal
• Cutoff and Resonance controls for juicy filter sweeps
• Resonance goes past self-oscillation for destabilized sounds