Filterbank Version 2

NEW!!

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PRESS RELEASE
Sherman Unveils Filterbank Version 2

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January 30, 2001
The Sherman Filterbank is no more, but the Filterbank Version 2 will soon be here. Due in mid-February, the revised Filterbank maintains a similar layout while adding a number of new features, including more switches, footpedal input, more LEDs, and improved sound quality.

Price: US$799

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What's new:

There are 5 extra switches and 2 extra LEDs, and on the back panel there's one pedal input jack. A reworked front-panel lay-out and the grey metal color.

The pedal input (we will deliver footpedal separately) allows foot control of freq1 and bypass/effect switching. (this footpedal will also be especially designed by Sherman and will be released around April 2001)

A 5mm big green LED indicates "Effect on" on the FB 2

A 3-way switch on the input stage allows Hi boost as well Hi cut (both boosting high frequencies at input)

Another 3-way switch allows "Sensitrig" (which makes the triggering twice as sensitive for, e.g. clean string pad filtering) and "Limit", which leaves the filters more "breathing room" for self-oscillation if the input stage is extremely overdriven.

A 3-way switch has 2 general transpose functions : +1 Octave and + Quint which works nice with monophonic signals, and has a specific dirty character.

A 3-way switch for the really powerful and quite revolutionary "Tracking" function - a monophonic pitch follower, that tunes filter 2 to the incoming pitch, and makes filter 1 slave of filter 2 via the harmonics switch. E.g. in position 2, filter 1 will be pitched one octave higher than filter 2, but still following the pitch.

This extra switch activates the "tracking" in a normal or deep "track low" position, with stunning basses as result.

The "revolutionary" aspect of this function is that never before any similar system enhances "on the spot" harmonics and creates new harmonics with fat analog circuits.

An extra white LED indicates when the tracking system is "locked on".

At last there is an 3-way function switch in the LFO section, allowing sawtooth wave shape OR AR retrig : this forces an LFO restart from the AR trig with pumping grooves as unavoidable result.

For more information, visit their web site at www.sherman.be.