This video, via William Mathewson (WMD), compares the new Rossum Electro-Music Evolution filter Eurorack module to the Moog filter design of the Sub Phatty.
In this video, WMD Produce Specialist Alex Anderson conducts a comparison of the two ladder filters, using similar patches.
Anderson is a fan of the classic Moog sound and was looking to integrate a similar voice into his live performance rig, which includes a WMD/SSF Monolith Case. He brought in his Sub Phatty to do a ‘semi-clinical’ comparison and decided to make quick a video to share the results.
Filtering a single saw wave, the filters sound fairly similar. But the video’s real focus is exploring some of the key differences, the Evolution’s Q compensation and “species” knobs.
Both synths are recorded directly into a Tascam DR40’s external inputs.
See the WMD site for more info on the Monolith system and the Moog site for details on the Sub Phatty.
Great sounding filter.
That Rossum Evolution cost like half of Sub Phatty
…and it’s worth it.
I am liking more the ‘distorted’ part of its sound, but i have to say i am not impressed as i hoped i would. Too many filters in eurorack and many of them great. Also moving between poles isn’t that musically useful, having separate outputs might be more interesting (that way you could get a couple of bandpasses but that is just a preference..)