Universal Audio steps closer to the Moog filter sound

Universal Audio steps closer to the Moog filter sound

29 September, 2008 | 4.00PM

• Written by: francispreve
• Filed under: Music News: filters, moog, universal audio

One of the countless holy grails of software emulation is the successful recreation of the Moog filter sound.

This week, Universal Audio steps up to the plate with a Moog-approved multimode filter plug-in for their UAD DSP card platform.

This is sure to raise a few eyebrows, especially considering that countless producers have purchased Moog’s Little Phatty for the express purpose of using its filter to process other sounds.

Thus, a software version could be a tremendous value, especially combined with the outstanding effects that are already bundled with the UAD.

According to the announcement, UA “meticulously modeled the analog behavior of the historical 4-pole ladder filter including all of the non-linearities of the original.”

In light of the Moog brand, this is quite a claim, but we’re inclined to believe that UA’s hallmark attention to detail could lend the statement some credence.

In addition to the trademark Moog 4-pole lowpass sound, there are highpass and bandpass modes for added flexibility.

If you’re new to the concept of filtering, here’s a synopsis to get you started.

And if you’re already a filter junkie, then check out these features (taken from the press release):

- Classic Moog ladder-type 24dB/Oct (4-pole) & 12dB/Oct (2-pole) LPF/HPF/BPF
- Extreme distortion via 0/+20dB input gain, replicating Minimoog external input
- Stunningly “analog”; self-oscillation, smooth saturation, zero artifacts/quantization
- Enveloper follower, six LFO wave shapes, and DAW tempo synchronization
- Mono & stereo processing with Spacing/Offset features from Voyager
- Includes free low-DSP Multimode Filter “SE” version for high instance counts

Looks pretty serious to us.

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