Jack into a filter pedal and enhance the specific frequency range of a guitar or bass to impacting effect. While filter pedals are equalizers, they also have the sound-warping function of a modulator.
EQ Filters: Guitar Modulation
There are legions of stompboxes on the market that could be described as a filter pedal. One of the most well-known is the auto-wah, which follows a series of filter-settings at a specific speed, so it's basically the automatic version of a wah-wah pedal. The sonic result of guitar effects like any wah pedal is a sort of 'speech-like' sound that can swing from a quack to a bow-wow-chicka-bow-wow and more. You can find similar effects in our range of ring modulators and synth effects. Filters are outstanding creative tools for musicians seeking to carve out something new. If you're a bassist, we also have a complete range of bass guitar filter pedals.
Low-Pass Envelope Filters
The intensity of an envelope filter is controlled by the dynamic intensity of your playing. In other words, this effect responds directly to how hard you're hitting the strings. Since it's a filter, it can be set to remove or at least weaken certain frequencies above a specific cut-off point, leaving everything else below that point untouched. The result can be varied from subtle swells to more spaced-out, ambient sounds. A high-pass filter does the opposite, so it's commonly used to filter unwanted low-frequencies out of an audio signal to sharpen up the overall sound.
