The KiloHearts Ladder Filter simulates low pass filters found in classic hardware synths. When you’re looking for a bit of that vintage feel, Ladder filter will twist your basses into squelching retro-licks akin to those of the Moog or the 303. Crank the drive up an extra notch and it will even function as a warm distortion. Mmm, smooth.
KiloHearts Ladder Filter Features
- Cutoff knob
- The filter cutoff frequency.
- Resonance knob
- The filter resonance setting. High values will make the filter resonate at the cutoff frequency.
- Topology
- Selects between transistor ladder and diode ladder topology. The diode ladder have a slightly more gentle rolloff after the cutoff frequency. The two topologies also behave differently when saturation is enabled.
- Saturate
- Simulates saturation of electronic components in the filter.
- Drive knob
- Simulates overdrive of the components. Only available in “Saturate” mode.
- Bias knob
- Simulates bias voltage over the components. Only available in “Saturate” mode.
- Settings panel
- Whenever you have your mouse cursor over a snapin there is a small arrow at the top right corner (not visible in screenshot). It opens a settings panel where you handle presets.
- Enabled checkbox
- The small checkbox to the left of the plugin name is a checkbox that bypasses the effect when disabled.
- Resize handle
- The bottom right corner of all Kilohearts plugins is a resize handle for scaling the UI to any size. This allows you to get a good view of the controls whatever the screen resolution, and also comes in handy if you need big controls, e.g. when using Ladder Filter as a real-time effect on a touchscreen monitor during a live set. (This is not available when the snapin is used inside a snapin host.)
