Mutable Instruments Blades

[Glydez]

Have been looking for a new filter to sit with my Matriarch (already with an amazing stereo filter), now this has been added to the consideration list... Had been quite decided with QPas till now. Hmm...

[MossGarden]

Maybe it's too early for this question, but i'm curious as to what happens to the signal when the dial is set halfway between serial and parallel processing...?
75% input to A, 25% to B ... 50% of A into B as well ... output mix of 75% A + 25% B ?

It’s likely the input signal is sent through all states equally, what you do with the knob is crossfade between their outputs rather than affecting what’s hitting each filter type.

[cat_abyss]

Maybe it's too early for this question, but i'm curious as to what happens to the signal when the dial is set halfway between serial and parallel processing...?
75% input to A, 25% to B ... 50% of A into B as well ... output mix of 75% A + 25% B ?

It’s likely the input signal is sent through all states equally, what you do with the knob is crossfade between their outputs rather than affecting what’s hitting each filter type.

But wouldn't that mean it does serial and parallel simultaneously, under the hood? Which would require two instances of the B filter... (only filtering the original input when parallel, only filtering A output when in series...)

[ima_jrk]

Have been looking for a new filter to sit with my Matriarch (already with an amazing stereo filter), now this has been added to the consideration list... Had been quite decided with QPas till now. Hmm...

This makes me wonder if the inputs are normaled to one another. The mixer output from the Matriarch is mono, so I wonder if you can patch in to the left input and then get two different filtered outputs.

Mine will be here tomorrow, so I will hopefully be able to report back!

[Glydez]

Have been looking for a new filter to sit with my Matriarch (already with an amazing stereo filter), now this has been added to the consideration list... Had been quite decided with QPas till now. Hmm...

This makes me wonder if the inputs are normaled to one another. The mixer output from the Matriarch is mono, so I wonder if you can patch in to the left input and then get two different filtered outputs.

Mine will be here tomorrow, so I will hopefully be able to report back!

That's true actually. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts of Blades as a companion to Matriarch!

[Quiet Wilds]

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

[muleskinner]

Funny - there was a thread on here a few days ago about emulating a Sherman Filterbank with Euro modules. The design of this is pretty similar to a Sherman in a number of respects.

Doubt it sounds anything like one though, MI modules do tend to be rather 'polite'.

[Orange]

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

What about a dual Blades in 20 hp crowded with ‘normal’ knobs?
Hello BLM.......

[Stab Frenzy]

Dual mono isn’t stereo. The signals are compatible but the way the device operates is different between dual mono devices and stereo devices. Dual mono gives you two completely seperate sets of controls that need to be matched by hand to get the same results, for example it’s very hard to dynamically manipulate the two sets of controls on a dual mono device to keep the stereo image if you’re running a stereo signal through.

Stereo devices let you treat a stereo signal as a single entity, and more advanced ones let you manipulate the stereo image within them. The key to understanding the difference between stereo and dual mono is understanding a stereo signal is one signal travelling down two cables.

This is actually a very interesting point. Linked controls do make stereo a different beast than "dual mono". Genuinely not trying to "gotcha!" here, as I only just watched the DivKid demo video, but it would appear that the "Shift" button on Blades actually does link the filter cutoff into stereo operation with offset control, which is pretty cool. So I guess Blades is kinda stereo when it wants to be?

There are a lot more controls on there than just cutoff.

[jgoney]

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

Yeah, really....and it's going to have some stupid-ass name like "Cutzz" or something

[tehyar]

Here I am buying my filters in pairs like a sucker

[atrostor]

Seeing the conceptual leap from Clouds to Typhoon, it will probably be something like Machetes.

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

Yeah, really....and it's going to have some stupid-ass name like "Cutzz" or something

[Faastwalker]

It's going to eat up a lot of valuable HP in my rapidly filling Mantis case ........... I guess there's always a bigger case

Very cool module, impressive features and great to see a new Mutable Module

[Buyakasoundman]

Seeing the conceptual leap from Clouds to Typhoon, it will probably be something like Machetes.

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

Yeah, really....and it's going to have some stupid-ass name like "Cutzz" or something

Nah, the 12hp version is ‘Stiletto”, and the 8 hp is “Ice Pick”
You heard it here first

[davidjames]

Seeing the conceptual leap from Clouds to Typhoon, it will probably be something like Machetes.

Has anybody made a 4HP version with tiny knobs you have to use needle nose pliers to turn yet

Yeah, really....and it's going to have some stupid-ass name like "Cutzz" or something

Nah, the 12hp version is ‘Stiletto”, and the 8 hp is “Ice Pick”
You heard it here first

My money is on “Shivs” or “Shanks”. I mean, we’re talking about derivative, sub-standard tools that are a pain in the ass to use but good enough to get the job done, right?

[Sweetfiltersweep]

In watching the demo, it seems to me the control scheme is great.
The filters themselves are just OK. (at least when one filter is used singly)
Must be lots of crossfaders in it.

Same opinion here. I really want to like it, because of the morphable filter type. Many sounds on the video are great, but the basic sound...
Waiting for more examples.

[Kawouddd]

It’s arrived. Ambivalent enough about it to not get have opened it, but fucj if there’s an MI toy inside and i’ve just sequenced a progression of the Beverley Hills Cop theme tune, and if that isn’t a calling to crack open a new filter and bugger about idk what is.

Edit: genuine case of half arsed buyers remorse for the first time. Yet to crack it. Contemplating a return. Every time I watch the divkid demo I think HELL YES every time I look at the box I think “hmmm.” It spurred me into ordering a Xaoc Batumi and Kamienic from my “want” list, the genuine excitement of which has left the Blades “frankly tepid but it ticks some definite boxes curiosity” paling a bit in comparison.

[deftinwulf]

All you people riffing on the micro names are missing the detail of the icon on the panel - which is a circular saw blade rather than a knife.

So the micro version will be called Buzz.

[Foghorn]

What have I done?
I woke up this morning to an email from Control Voltage confirming my order of Blades.
Never ordered from Control, and I thought they were in NY city.

Now, where the frick am I going to put it.

[Zymos]

Control is in Brooklyn, Control Voltage is in Portland. Both fine retailers though.

[joem]

What have I done?
I woke up this morning to an email from Control Voltage confirming my order of Blades.
Never ordered from Control, and I thought they were in NY city.

Now, where the frick am I going to put it.

Control is in NYC, Control Voltage is in Portland.

[bobbylandry]

Mine showed up a day early from Detroit Modular

[Kawouddd]

It’s arrived. Ambivalent enough about it to not get have opened it, but fucj if there’s an MI toy inside and i’ve just sequenced a progression of the Beverley Hills Cop theme tune, and if that isn’t a calling to crack open a new filter and bugger about idk what is.

Edit: genuine case of half arsed buyers remorse for the first time. Yet to crack it. Contemplating a return. Every time I watch the divkid demo I think HELL YES every time I look at the box I think “hmmm.” It spurred me into ordering a Xaoc Batumi and Kamienic from my “want” list, the genuine excitement of which has left the Blades “frankly tepid but it ticks some definite boxes curiosity” paling a bit in comparison.

I am an idiot. This is f***ing lovely, undoubtedly my favourite filter in my rack. It is just so astoundingly *playable*

Didn’t get on with plaits, not sold by rings, veils does a nice job, shades yeah ok. This? Fit. Seriously fit. Love it.

Awesome things are happening to Beverley hills cop as I type

[ATW]

All you people riffing on the micro names are missing the detail of the icon on the panel - which is a circular saw blade rather than a knife.

So the micro version will be called Buzz.

I like where your head is at.
Though I might go with Razor ;-)

[Kawouddd]

I need to go to bed but I’m just enjoying this too much.

Phenomenal unit. Love it to bits. The double Borg may be relegated to LPG duties more often!