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Ladder Filters

Ladder filters provide a classic analog-style filter sound with stronger resonance character than the standard SVF filters.

Ladder Lowpass

"saw" s 2000 llpf .   ( ladder lowpass frequency )
"saw" s 0.7 llpq .    ( ladder lowpass resonance )

Ladder Highpass

"noise" s 500 lhpf .  ( ladder highpass frequency )
"noise" s 0.5 lhpq .  ( ladder highpass resonance )

Ladder Bandpass

"pad" s 1000 lbpf .   ( ladder bandpass frequency )
"pad" s 0.6 lbpq .    ( ladder bandpass resonance )

Comparison with SVF

Ladder filters have a different resonance character:

  • More aggressive self-oscillation at high resonance
  • Classic "squelchy" acid sound
  • 24dB/octave slope

Standard SVF filters (lpf, hpf, bpf) have:

  • Cleaner resonance
  • Full envelope control (attack, decay, sustain, release)
  • 12dB/octave slope

Words

Word Stack Description
llpf (f --) Set ladder lowpass frequency
llpq (f --) Set ladder lowpass resonance
lhpf (f --) Set ladder highpass frequency
lhpq (f --) Set ladder highpass resonance
lbpf (f --) Set ladder bandpass frequency
lbpq (f --) Set ladder bandpass resonance