do you speak „sherman“? SHERMAN FILTERBANK from Belgium
Filter Box Overview
do you speak ’sherman?
Sherman Filterbank 2
not german, but from belgium! ;)
after the very charismatic filterbank 1.. basically the Sherman Filterbank 2 is a synthesizer without oscillators! maybe a nice DIY project could make this machine a real charsimatic synthesizer? maybe add a nice small mfb synth to drive it.. ;) btw: I have never seen such a good manual with so many examples and really easy! and: hmm, cute! really.. as cute as the „VCA-man“ in the ms20 manual enlarge above image? click the image..!! FM and AM! „distortion“ by overdriving the input! filter sounds quite rough „british“ ms20’ish!.. but it never sounds „bad“. but it CAN SOUND EVIL! ;) you have 2 independet filters both sweepable from LPF to BPF to HPF! also there is a nice knob for adjusting the filters called anti mix correction. here you can have non symmetric bpfs ,lpfs and hpfs.. so this makes another „kind“ of filter characteristics.. (eg: a hpf that still lets some bass freq. pass through).. I did a nice drumloop and shermanized it, you hear FM at audio speed (to the end) and some knob turns..
I tested it with a fairly „non phat“-drumloop.. if you set it right, you can beef it up a lot!!! vlaamse enveloppen! filtered saxophones (sax_OFF_on!) by south marsian authorities pattysplanet |
deutsch/british.. ANALOGE synthesizer / german distribution german/british and other synths.. vertrieb jomox, vermona, macbeth, mfb / fricke etc.. www.schneidersbuero.de |
sherman is from belgium and have a very good site! check the video!! of course there was a filterbank 1 – the #2 is the predecessor..! there is also the limited edition (95 made) quad modular filterbank QMF |