Electrix Filter Factory VS. Akai MFC42

jp76 · Post by **jp76** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:00 pm

Anyone have experience with these filters? The Akai is a little more expensive. Worth it?

Or option C - get neither and keep using Autofilter in Live?

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:06 pm

I've owned the Akai and it was great, but I can't really say it's better than this or that. I like the free Ohmboys filter. I like autofilter. But sure there's a certain feel to that analogue hardware. How much are they going for these days? Is it worth it?

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jp76 · Post by **jp76** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:15 pm

The Filter Factory goes for about $200 and the Akai for about $300-$350. What would you pay for the Akai?

freshdrumma · Post by **freshdrumma** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:33 pm

akai makes everything sounds great!
superb lfo
nice phaser
usefull but not great distorsion

grok · Post by **grok** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:35 am

I have mine already a long time. Building quality is suberb. The filter is soooo sweeet. Distortion is a little bit less. But I really love this piece of gear. Go for it.

SuperBassMexican · Post by **SuperBassMexican** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:40 pm

filter factory is good. It can seriously fuck up your monitors if you're not smooth with it. I had one when it first came out. along with mofx. I liked the mofx better.

lola · Post by **lola** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:10 pm

The waldorf 4 pole is also a nice one, if you can get one

Or the mutronics mutator:

Or the sherman

Or the tidal:

or the jomox:

jp76 · Post by **jp76** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:59 pm

The Mutator and Sherman are out of my price range. Tell me more about the Jomox, please. Is it just a low pass filter?

lola · Post by **lola** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:45 pm

2 filters lowpass

Here are some sound examples http://www.bigcitymusic.com/product.asp ... id=1000573

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:16 am

my friend just got an m-resonator and it can do some seriously out of control sounds. operates as a good straight filter when need be, but can get crazy with the envelope triggering and fm and stuff. i've ordered a t-resonator as i like how that can get even more out of control!! depends on what you need though...

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:27 am

T-Resonator getting much use round these parts. Hearing it a lot I think on recent IMPS and Minilogue releases too, burbling, whistling and echoing away.

jp76 · Post by **jp76** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:58 pm

Okay, so now I'm more interested in the Jomox M Resonator. Can anyone speak to its basic usefulness as a filter vs. a distortion box or crazy effects generator. I'm wondering how subtle it can be.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:20 pm

I don't know if software is an option for you but Fabfilter Volcano 2 killed my desire for a hardware filter box.