ZNotch2
TL;DW: ZNotch2 acts more like the Emu e6400 Ultra phaser in motion, with coefficient interpolation.
This completes the reboot of my original Z-style filters! These are all based on study of a real hardware Emu e6400 sampler. (If my Patreon does well, I’ll be able to study more interesting hardware gear like I did this one). ZNotch is based on the ‘phaser’ settings, and ZNotch2 brings the coefficient interpolation people longed to have in this filter.
Bear in mind, ZNotch also has its place. It’s meant to sound exactly the same (I may possibly have improved the tone a tiny bit with ZNotch2, not sure of that) but the original ZNotch does NOT have coefficient smoothing. That means it started out less than the real hardware filter, ‘not as good yet’, BUT if you’re not modulating the controls, you can get the same tone with a lot less CPU by choosing the Z filter that is not the 2 version. The originals will use less CPU because they’re not recalculating so much every sample, and that means you should probably have both installed if you like this type of filter. I demonstrate ZNotch2 on an electronic kick drum to great effect, and there’s nothing I’m doing there which I couldn’t do with the original ZNotch at lower CPU cost.
That said, this one will move more fluidly, and the ‘Phaser’ sound is very special in motion! I hope you like it. We’re starting 2022 with the full DnB arsenal available ITB: Mackity, MackEQ, and the Z-style filters! I hope people have a lot of fun with this.
You can also have fun hanging out on my new Twitch :D https://www.twitch.tv/airwindows which is where I got my music today! I’ve got it set up so that I can talk to chat without it going to my recording, so it’s a very good way for me to get back into making new music (heavily techno influenced, but with all sorts of things going on) and also answering questions. I’ll be streaming most afternoons, as early as noon EST, ending as late as 6 in the evening, more typically an hour or so. Please drop by! For the time being I’m also streaming to YouTube, because I’m far from the threshold where Twitch would tell me to stop that, but Twitch’s probably the best place to do it, and the more people show up, the more likely Twitch will end up letting me be visible in ‘Browse’ (techno music streams). So if you can pick one, go for the Twitch and we’ll see where this goes :)
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I am excited to try this plugin – it seems useful, and fun to experiment with, and the part where you tipped into distortion at about 2:22 was sugar goodness. But what I really came here to say is this: I’ve listened to a ton of Chris From Airwindows tracks in these vids, and appreciated their Zappa-like interweavery and complexity. But this little synth ditty you created here is a stone bop, ridiculously catchy, and that earworm is going to be playing in my head all week.
Chris any chance you could do a 101 for newbs like me on Aliasing and how to reduce it with AW plugins?