Philtre (audio device)
Encyclopedia
Philtre is a now-discontinued Alesis
desktop
effects device
that can do the following:
Select either low pass
, high pass
, band pass, low pass alias, or any combination as filter
types. Five different modulation
waveform
s can be selected, each of which can be beat-synchronized. The Reset Mod button will reset the phase of the LFO. A Steep button switches between 4- and 6-pole filters.
Alesis
Alesis is a company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that designs and markets electronic musical instruments, digital audio processors, audio mixers, digital audio interfaces, recording equipment, drum machines, professional audio and electronic percussion products...
desktop
Desktop
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effects device
Device
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that can do the following:
Select either low pass
Low pass
Low Pass may refer to*Low Pass, Oregon*Low-pass filter* Low Pass in Mountain passes in Montana...
, high pass
High Pass
High Pass may refer to:*High Pass *High Pass *High-pass filter...
, band pass, low pass alias, or any combination as filter
Filter
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types. Five different modulation
Modulation
In electronics and telecommunications, modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a high-frequency periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with a modulating signal which typically contains information to be transmitted...
waveform
Waveform
Waveform means the shape and form of a signal such as a wave moving in a physical medium or an abstract representation.In many cases the medium in which the wave is being propagated does not permit a direct visual image of the form. In these cases, the term 'waveform' refers to the shape of a graph...
s can be selected, each of which can be beat-synchronized. The Reset Mod button will reset the phase of the LFO. A Steep button switches between 4- and 6-pole filters.