Update: Not quite - no patch points.
"The Ladder brings new dimension to recording studios, stage and live performers alike. It smooth’s out the harshest of tracks, adds vibe and character to soft synths. It excites dull or lifeless and has the power to shape sound in a way that is excitingly unique.
The Ladder
Moog Music’s first 500 series module!
The Ladder is a Dynamic Transistor Ladder Filterbased on Bob Moog's original ladder filter design.
It is Moog Music’s highest quality filter SPECIFICALLY designed for use in the studio and on stage.
Step up with The Ladder
The Ladder is a Dynamic Transistor Ladder Filter that is based on Bob Moog's original ladder filter designs. Don't be fooled by it’s small size, The Ladder is a powerful and fantastic sound sculpting tool that allows for creative and unique sound shifting and shaping.By design, The Ladder sports the smoothest all analog Low Pass and High Pass filter section. Simply adjust the Cutoff knob to add vibe, warmth or tonal adjustment. Choose LP to add analog vibe and warmth to a sound or select HP for sweetening and relieving the heft of a sound.
The Envelope section of The Ladder is where things get really cool:
- Variable Attack and Release controls allow you to perfectly dial in the behavior of The Ladder's envelope section. Use these controls to open and close the envelope as fast as lightning, or slow as molasses.
- Use the Amount control in Positive or Negative mode for mild to extreme sound shaping and manipulation. From slight timbral excitement and voicing to extreme compression-like behavior. Even reversed filter action is achievable!
- The Resonance control used with The Ladder’s other features allows for the creation of sweet, dynamic and even speech like behavior. Use it to tune The Ladder to a sound source… or not. You can excite or accentuate specific frequencies as well as create completely new unique and wild sounds.
NOTE: The Ladder's Resonance control will push the unit into self-oscillation. This can be used for effect if desired.
The 2Pole/4Pole switch allows you to select how aggressive your filter slope is. 2 pole is equal to 12db per octave which is smooth and sweet, while 4 pole is 24db per octave which is hard and aggressive.
You also have a hard wire Bypass for totally transparent routing and A/B comparison
The Ladder isn't your average filter. It's a big step up"
"Specifications
Audio I/O: XLR (Via 500 rack) Balanced line level
Level Controls: Input and Output level
Bypass: Hard Bypass
Filter Type: Dynamic Low Pass and High Pass
Envelope Type: Variable Attack/Release
Envelope Control: Positive and Negative Modulation
Input Impedance: 20KΩ, balanced
Output Impedance: less than 50Ω
Max. Output Level: +24dBu, balanced
Drive Gain: -15 to +15 dB
Output Gain: -15 to +15 dB
Noise Level: better than 73dB below +4dBu, 0-30kHz
Power Consumption: max 88 mA
*Specifications subject to change without notice"
http://moogmusic.com/products/500-series/500-series-ladder-filter
Great idea, but I wonder what kind of market research they did to come up with a module with no patch points on the panel and an envelope follower. Is it even a 5U module? Why didn't they just reissue the original filter from the 60's? It's what we all want anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt's for the API lunchbox--a pro audio format, not a modular synth format. Should sell well, I think--but not perhaps to modular synth users.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hadn't realized that it was for the API Lunchbox. That format never even crossed my mind for something like this. Sounds like a first for a synth company. Still, I think 5U synth modules would be more popular. I wouldn't be surprised if they repackage this into different modular formats.
ReplyDeletecome on moog - stop messing about and start making moog-format modules again!
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