Opuswerk wrote:Interesting this comes up, as i had quite a heated debate about this topic with an sound guy here. He was basically saying that a high-pass or lo-cut, is basically a filter with an infinite slope. However, I remember reading somewhere, that the higher the slope of the filter the higher the resonance at the cutoff point. I've been trying to find it back, but no luck yet. So if someone could shed some light on this topic, i'd be very thankfull
i suppose every filter is different, i have several filters in my rig which if the resonance is set to zero, thats what you get, no resonance. ( or it appears so )
the resonance is an effect so to speak, to give the action of the filter definition, used without resonance filters generally sound dull and uninspiring and i suppose not often used that way.
personally i rarely use much resonance with a filter, so i tend to buy filters that are less aggressive and can have the resonance dialled right off.
but i could be wrong, maybe designers usually have a small amount of resonance in the 'off' position to make their filters sound more defined, - more research needed.
