Analogue Solutions Phobos Filtered Coffee & DSI Evolver

I just got the Analogue Solutions Phobos Filtered Coffee. It's an all analog filter based on the famous Korg MS-20's filters. The sequence is played by the DSI desktop Evolver with the the filters wide open and no resonance. All the filtering you hear is done by the Filtered Coffee with some slight coloration by the Urei LA-22 compressor. I start with the filter in the "unfiltered" settings, which still sounds pretty warm, some may like it some may not. I like the warmness it gives the sound, but I wouldn't use it on every track. I bet the MPC would sound great through it, now I wish I had a pair of these, which I guess you can sync up just by patching the LFO outs and ins in the back panel (there's over a dozen ins and outs, audio and CV in back).

Then I twiddle knobs starting with the lowpass. I tried to shoot it as clear as I could so anyone watching could see what I'm twisting. I twiddle some more, and then make push everything to sound a lot different than the source. As a bonus, I turn on the Roland RE-201 for more Space Echoey tape delay/spring reverb. There's no digital processing on this recording, what you hear is what I recorded.

I found out about this filter while looking for a good MS-20 filter clone. While I was begging the guys at Big City Music to sell me a frostwave resonator, which hopefully soon will be back in production, I came across this filter. I saw this and a Vermona filter. I wanted a MS-20 clone, and the Filtered coffee was based on it. So...I like coffee, I like MS-20's filters sound, I needed a filter a bit more easily tamed than the T-Resonator. Filtered Coffee it is...

The movie looses sync slowly, I think I have to figure out better settings, better luck next time. It's not too bad tho, it's off no more than a second or two at the end. I think it's a timecode issue I had when editing in the good audio into the video, but I'm too lazy to re-render now.

Enjoy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Analog
• Solutions
• Phobos
• Filtered
• Coffee
• MS-20
• filter
• DSI
• Evolver
• Roland
• Space
• Echo

[royorbitol]

I allmost fell asleep while watching this vid.

[dkimcg]

but you were awake enough and cared enough to write a comment.

[genxtargetmarket]

Damn! That thing is feature-packed! I never knew that it had LFOs too. Crazy modulation options.

[dkimcg]

Two LFOs with apretty wide range, slow is slower than molasses, fully cranked to fast is maybe lower audio frequencies at most. No sync tho. Sounds VERY analog in comparison to my euro filters. A really nice I/O section, it's more of a 1u module w/ 1/4" jacks with all the ins and outs you get.

I got tired of the sound, too "vintage" sounding for me, got rid of it, more euro stuff.

[maciejwrotek]

@royorbitol yeah, u need to watch coffee espresso making movie first. but the bit is swell, old days commodore 64 amiga bits

[adimsimion]

Hi,

you can do [almost] the same work directly on Evolver.

Maybe the video will be more interesting by adding a rhythmic and harmonious sequence on Evolver instead of this annoying sequence. No offense please :) but to listen those filters changing on that theme is purely madness and I can go there even if this machine is a good one...

Please, do it again on a nice sequence to appreciate as it worth! Thx

[muzboz]

Sweet momma!

[samplethesilence]

It's definately got similar charm to vintage design, and has alot more character than my Electrix Filter Factory. Space Echo at the end is a nice treat, always awesome bit of kit.

Lots of inputs and outputs on this box for modular-like setups too. I'd pick this one over the frostwave resonator for sure.

[THACONCH]

Go to work for a video game co.

[turbomoog]

Coool! I like coffee too.