The all-new Make Noise QPAS module – Quad Peak Animation System
The Make Noise QPAS takes the age-old filter to new heights, a quad-core stereo processor with truly unique modulation capabilities.
The concept behind the Make Noise QPAS is the interplay between several filter’s resonant peaks, two peaks per stereo channel to be exact. The result of animating these peaks is everything from harsh phasing and chorus effects to subtle binaural panning effects.
At the heart of the Make Noise QPAS are four identical analog multimode filters, capable of low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and a unique shape called “smile-pass”. All of these mode outputs can be patched simultaneously! Make Noise has taken a unique approach to the internal VCA in the QPAS, it’s before the filter core in the signal chain – this allows you to ping the VCA with a very short envelope and allow the resonance of the filter to ring out naturally.
Some might not know this, a Formant Filter (that robotic/vocal filter effect) is made using a series of band-pass filters. So, yea, that answers the question – the QPAS is capable of everything from traditional filtering to formant sounds. You’re not limited to that, using some modulation and high resonance you could get some wild spacey sound effects.
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The “Radiate” parameter allows you to span the distance between the filter peaks per channel, there’s an individual control for each stereo channel with CV input and an attenuverter for modulations. Furthermore, there are “!!¡¡” inputs for injecting modulation into various secret points in the circuit for random sonic explorations.
The filter cores themselves are incredibly responsive, capable of audio-rate modulation in fact. You can only imagine the capabilities of the Make Noise QPAS both standalone creating resonant tones or taking the filtering of external sounds to the next level.
The Make Noise QPAS is set to retail at USD $379 (Around R5300 excl. duties)
For more information check out the Make Noise website.
