Filterverse is officially released!
Polyverse has officially released Filterverse, I reviewed the beta version of this plugin months ago, but a lot has changed since then. I have updated my review to reflect this new information, so if this is your first time reading about Filterverse, please head on over to the full review here. Otherwise, if you’re already familiar with Filterverse and just want to see what’s new, continue reading.
Most notably, Polyverse has added several additional filters, these bring a variety of new sounds to Filterverse, including even some delays and a cabinet simulator and a single band EQ.
Evil: An analog modeled filter with six different pole styles that all provide unique grit and texture. Drive adds distortion, but there’s also a “Damage” control that breaks and ruins the signal in beautiful ways.
Next Phase: A simple phaser with up to eight peaks which can be spread out quite wide.
Fractazer: This one is a nested all pass filter, very similar to dispersion type effects. The fractal nesting allows for up to 66 peaks for some serious phase displacement. The Pinch control affects each nested layer proportionately for a wide variety of configurations. When resonance is turned up, Fractazer works as an incredible resonator full of various frequencies.
Strings: A physically modeled string resonator, you can adjust the pickup position and a nice “Timbre” control shifts around the harmonic focus.
Coils: An emulation of a physical spring made by various comb filters summed together, Twist allows you to change the frequency relation of each comb Type allows you to switch between various arrangements of these relations.
Decimate: A nice sample rate reducer with a unique feedback twist. Decimate contains a variety of different algorithms to cover a wide range of SSR qualities.
Cabinator: A cabinet simulator with 10 different cab styles, you can change the cab size, mic position and EQ curve.
Tempitch: There’s quite a few delays in Filterverse, but this one has tape style pitch warping when adjusting the delay time. It also has a pitch control for pitch shifting each echo, great for creating strange warps and shimmer effects.
In addition to the new filters, the oscillator modulation has been updated as well. You can now send the Osc signal out as audio, this is fed into the input of Filterverse, meaning you can process the oscillators with Filterverse its self. Seeing as the oscillators track midi, this turns Filterverse into a pretty damn solid mono-synth. Oscillators also have a modulatable phase control, meaning you can create FM synthesis by routing another Osc into phase. The new Factor control changes the oscillator ratio making FM synthesis easy. You can also set the wave shape to noise, which is great for adding gritty modulation.
You can pick up Filterverse from their site here: https://polyversemusic.com/?ref=Databroth (this is an affiliate link, thank you so much if you chose to use it)