Sherman Filterbank 2 w/ Elektron MachineDrum

[DAUBERMIN]

Saw this and went over the edge innit..

[gnowave]

there are much smaller cleaner sounding sherman filters than this...

[Lemure333]

I was looking at one of these but went with the Ebbe Und Flut instead. The sherman destroys the sounds, it's cool if that's what you want ...

[JavaSpitLava]

awesome device....i never would of thought to get an extra filter gear for any equip....giving me some ideas :)

[HelloImMrMarr]

how many rack spaces does this take up? People say 2U but it looks more like 3 or 4 to me?

[bigcitymusic]

@HelloImMrMarr Hi Mr Marr. The Filterbank 2 RACK occupies 4 spaces.

[SyN4G]

Sounds DIRRRTYYYYYY.... Helll Yeah!!

[hallowedsound]

Brilliant!:-)

[ChemicalComedown]

That sounds excellent !!! : )

[duncanperson]

Can't decide whether to get the rack or table version of this... all I know is I NEED it!

[flambadsilly]

i prefer reason

[IsItQik]

If your comparing the sound quality from this video................sure.

..and yeah Reason rocks, but it's oranges and apples. Both tasty fruit.

[tongeneratorcom]

because u never heard a sherman filterbank in real

[Phyle9]

you must be sooooo kidding! LOL

[cajetan75]

hi, about the sherman

the main out and the input are stereo?

[bigcitymusic]

No, this Sherman Filterbank is not stereo. There are two filters and you can get a psuedo stereo effect, but it is not true stereo.

Sherman also makes the 2x2 version which is two Filterbanks in one large rack unit.

[Dogboy73]

Nice to have a propr rack option on the sherman Filterbank. But I hat the way the power adapter sticks out of the front! What a dum arse idea.

[CoffeeKills]

Can all of the knobs and button functions be controlled through MIDI?

[Biopharmer]

Does this have a built in envelope? Or do envelopes all have to be from CV? Also, can it be triggered through midi? or the actual sound source?

[bigcitymusic]

Yes it has three envelopes. You cannot trigger them via MIDI. They're triggered by the incoming audio or a seperate CV input. You can control the envelopes and filter cutoffs via MIDI which can yield some cool results! Check out our new video of the FB2.

[rogerioromao]

Monsta filta.

[faunflynn]

Ooooooh! That's nice. Really in the

Transmogrified groove.

Are you gonna put something over this stuff ?

And if ya do can you Synch the filter sweeps up to MIDI or Automation or does it all have to be done by hand...On the fly as it were ?

That's some cool electronica beats !

[PilferMusic]

What rack unit is that?

[bigcitymusic]

It is a Quik Lok rack from Italy. I think they may have stopped shipping these racks (and keyboard stands) to the US several years ago.

[f1sk8mm]

what are some similar products?

[mrcvxxi]

not much compares with the filterbank or the machinedrum for that matter, but here are some relative alternatives for the sherm;

Metasonix TS-22 Pentode

Electrix FilterFactory

Mutronics Mutator

Vermona Action Filter

MAM Warp 9

as for the machinedrum...

accept no substitues

[sudnaidu]

I have the Allen and Heath Xone VF1 Analogue Filter, these type of things are awesome to give your music more power, more than just the filter effects, you can use it to permanantley enhance the individual sound of your synths. Check the Allen and Heath website.

[seconderror]

has anyone here worked with Akai MFC 42, i know that it is also considered to be a good substitute for its bigger brothers

[digitalcp01]

MFC42 is definitely to gentle to be a substitute of a sherman, even with its builtin disto'.

Sherman goes beyond classic filtering. If you want to mimic it you had to go the modular way....and you should find that a Sherman is finally not so good compared to the fantastic filters produced for modular systems.

I was used to use sherman, mutator, mfc42, and filterqueen.

mutator : monica bellucci

sherman: bad boy beating a dog

mfc42: working man

filterqueen: polite children

[estaloca311]

Hahahahaha. Excellent comparison. The only one i haven't worked with is the filter queen although I have heard of its "politeness". Nothing matches the sherman tho. You can also have the bad boy castrate the dog if you turn on the distortion section...

[mrcvxxi]

i recently got a used filterbank but it was a little beat up so I returned it. I opted for a jomox t-resonator which isn't quite as diverse but it is half the price

[Glomm]

Sherman is just great!

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

sherman's are the shit!!!

in a good way

[Hobbs360]

just a filter?

[jettero1]

Hmmmm maybe a Roland-TB303 added to that kit;)

[SomewhereNorthOf]

how many rack units is it??

[bigcitymusic]

It is 4 rack units.

Roger @ BCM

[SyStmz]

for such a nice analog filter, the price is quite right imo.

[tubecompressor]

Then again its very flexible and sounds great!

[foenzie]

great filter! I personally think it's kinda expensive for just a filter don't you agree?

[SorexWOW]

Well, they were all handmade no mass production like the Roland stuff :)