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2 Electrix Pro Filter Factory Reviews
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totally fun
all the electrix units were designed for DJs during the rave culture explosion of my youth so they could augment the vinyl they were spinning and the filter factory is by far the best of the bunch.... I should do a better review of this bad boy but its too depressing because I recently sold her (who else hates being a responsible adult? I know I do).... she has some great analog filters and an awesome LF.... oh my god I am tearing up! I almost never used this awesome processor but it was so nice knowing I had her just in case I wanted to get crazy filtering a guitar or DX7 live... anyway, the filter factory is a really high quality product and its a shame electrix went out of business
I will update this review at some point when the scab heals
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Harsh but cheap
For what you pay, it's great. That said, I think plugin filters are available that sound better.
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jimmarchi1 ModeratorI just parted with mine because I was usually too lazy to plug it in, but man, I would argue that there are better sounding virtual filters... this analog filter bank just sounds different because its passing actual electrons. If you want clean, transparent parametric EQ type filtering then sure it sucks, but when you want some skronk the Electrix kills most plugins, plus you can use this in non electronic genres on, say, your guitar or bass in a live etting or even add some cool filtering to 80s digital synths like a DX7 and then use the resonance to make some horrible (or to me wonderful) ringing textures into a distortion pedal and/or guitar amp
Oh it's super fun for sure. I've run everything through mine at one time or another, but it's no Sherman or Mutator. That said, it's what I have, and I use it constantly. Electrons are great, but in just the last few years analog circuit emulation has really come a long way. I never would have said a plugin could come close in 1997, but Cytomic's filter models especially have made me a believer in what is possible in the box when you don't have something sweeter mounted in your rack.
