"I used it to get those phat filtered house sounds - its one of my best bits of kit, in fact, - its the fuckin daddy"
Jim Fish,
London UK
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"The
Resonator is a unique and great sounding dual analog filter,
versatile and simple and to the point, that gives you
great control and interfacing possibilities.Highly recommended!
Charlie Clouser
keyboardist/
remixe r/programmer
nine inch nails,
robzombie, deftones |
""I
create a variety of electronic music styles, and can find
a use for this baby anywhere. I'm a big fan of the Korg
MS series, and the Resonator integrates perfectly into
my setup. "
Mike Funaiole, Impossible Sound MA USA
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"(The)
Frostwave Resonator is by far the best filter I have yet
used. The sound is very unique, even when compared the
MS20 filter. I personally love the sound of running some
gated and overdriven drums through it, opening the filters
gives it an awesome crunch and grit fom low depth ranges
to hi filtered heaven."
Joshua Strurkie,
California USA
(email-vase_@hotmail.com)
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"for
guitar, it provides a sound palette not normally available
to a guitarist. using a variable LFO, it can sound like
a tremoloed wah , it can sound like the longest slowest,
deepest phaser available, it can sound like a ray gun
from the mother ship....and so on. any one of these sounds
is worth having the Resonator, but with all of them in
one box, it makes it essential to have one."
Ryan
Willis , Austin TX USA
(email-rlwillis@austin.rr.com)
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THE FROSTWAVE RESONATOR - MS20 Resonant Filter
"
Pure analogue filter madness. This beast sings and screams. And thats before ya plug anything into it. YES, this thing self-oscilates with itself!! Cool or what. There's no safety features on this unit eg. limited filter range. So if you want to shred eardrums or boom subsonically until you vomit, this is the toy for you...."
Read the rest of this review of the
Frostwave Resonator at www.harshnoise.com
>> WHAT IS IT ?
The Frostwave Resonator is a self ossicilating, high and low pass filters with cutoffs that is fully voltage controllable. More accurately it is a true all analogue clone of the Korg MS20 Sythesizer filter section.
>> WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE?
The Frostwave Resonator is a very versatile analog filter. It can take any weedy sample, loop, mix or instrument and give it some fat analog tone
or some crunchy lofi grit.
It can create filter sweeps, from subtle to extreme, generate booming sub bass, and take any standard instrument or signal and give it an "analogue" sounding treatment- run a flat drummachine or sound loop via the resonator and you will get big analog drums and samples on the other side....
The Resonator can also self ossicate, creating spacey, atmospheric sounds on it's own without any input source.
Combined with other effects some amazing and unique sounds can be generated.
>>MP3 - Resonator Filtering a Drum Machine 1
>>MP3 - Resonator Filtering a Drum Machine 2
>>MP3 - Resonator Self Oscillating (with no input source)
>> A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CLASSIC KORG MS20 FILTER...
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"You can feed any signal through the patchbay and use
the MS20's filters to alter the sound colour, so its
kind of a synth and analogue effects unit in one. Excellent!!"
Sonicstate.com
on the Korg MS20 |
In 1978 the KORG MS20 Sythesizer was released, the most distinct
feature of this synth is it's High and
Low Pass resonate filter section that allows musicians
to give their instruments and records an amazing analog
treatment by running through the filters.
The 'MS20's Filter Section however sounded so good,
that since KORG stopped manufacturing the MS20 in 1983 the
rare synthesisers have been much sought after by musicians
and producers just for the 'Filter Sounds' alone -
some being exchanged on the second
hand market for US$800 plus.
>>THE KORG MS20 FILTER SOUND CAN BE FOUND ON SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RECORDINGS OF RECENT TIMES..
Daft Punk's Homework album is covered in MS20 filter sounds.
Air - on their '98 album "Moon Safari", Aphex Twin - has three of them, Apollo 440, Richard Barbieri - guesting on No Man's "Flowermouth
CD", Biosphere, Blancmange, Chris Carter, Vince Clark, Coldcut, Die Krupps, Electronic Dream Planet, Front 242
Front Line Assembly, Dave Hewson, The Legendary Pink Dots Rudiger Lorenz, Lusk, Zia McCabe of the Dandy Warhols, John McEntire of Tortoise, Neuronium, Nort, Mats Oberg, OMD on "Electricity", William Orbit ,Martyn Phillips, Remote Control, H-J Roedelius, Severed Heads, The Shamen, Stereolab, Switzerland, Phil Thorton. Adrian Utley of Portishead - used it for guitar treatment, YMO ,Youth .
>> SO HOW CLOSE DOES THE RESONATOR SOUND TO THE
ORIGINAL KORG MS20 FILTER?
Put it this way, owners of the original KORG MS20 have purchased (sometimes mutiple) Frostwave Resonators because of the true MS20 sound and because they are far more compact and robust to take when touring or playing live shows.
One such person is Greg Waltzer who went ahead and did a full comparison between his MS20 and his Resonator click here to read the Results
>> THE RESONATOR CAN INTERFACE WITH YOUR OTHER ANALOG OR MIDI DEVICES VIA IT'S CONTROL VOLTAGE INPUTS
The
sockets at the back of the unit enable
the Resonator to be used with, or to be controlled
by, analog synth equipment. Low Pass
resonance, High Pass resonance, Low Pass frequency
and High Pass frequency are all able to be controlled
by standard analog control voltages such
as....
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or by a MIDI to Control Voltage convertor such as the Frostwave Midi to CV plus.
- or via using an expression pedal
>> WHAT TO OWNERS OF THE FROSTWAVE RESONATOR HAVE TO SAY
"just got this in the mail today at work. luckily i work at a music store, so i unpacked it and plugged it in to an amp we had. from the first twist of the knobs i was hooked and unfortunately i didn't get to play with it that much at work so i thought about playing it all day. this thing is amazing. a noisicain's wet dream. from high-pitched squills to deep rumbling bass. and everything in between. you can get infinite sounds out of this thing and when you plug it into effects. oh man, look out. the sounds can get crazy. plus you can run other sound sources through it and affect their sound. so self-oscillating and as a effect pedal. amazing. you can control all parameters with cv controlers, which i haven't tried but hopefully will soon. one thing i noticed which i guess is natural for analog filters is that it cuts out when you turn the knobs to certain positions. so time and practice will help you understand how this thing works but that is whats so great about it, you're constantly finding new sounds.:
review from Matt, Billings MT - www.harshnoise.com
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Want to use an expression pedal with your Resonator...
Click here to find out how
you can use the
Frostwave PVC
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Don't take our word for it, do some homework and check out these independent reviews of the frostwave Resonator
+ Harmony Central User Reviews
+ Analogue Samples website Review
+ Reviews from Harsh Noise
>> WHY WON'T YOU FIND FROSTWAVE IN STORES?
Although we get many offers for international distribution, we have chosen to deal direct with musicians, DJ's and producers via this website that is run by our partners warm cola. You can order all of our gear online via our secure shopping cart.
>> WHY DO WE DO THIS?
So we can keep our handmade music devices well priced, and keep all our dealings in Australian dollars.... which means substantial savings for the majority of our international customers.
>> EVEN THOUGH OUR GEAR IS BUILT LIKE TANKS, WE GIVE YOU A THREE YEAR WARRANTY, JUST IN CASE...
The fact that we are in Melbourne Australia and that you are in New York, London, Tokyo, Olso or Moscow (or any other destination we have sent Frostwave to in the last 3 years) you will have the peace of mind that you will get complete support.... our excellent rating for customer support can be seen in our Harmony Central Reviews...
These customer support rating are from Frostwave's
Harmony Central User Reviews...
Customer Support: 10
out of 10
"Paul Perry is a really nice guy who's always been very responsive to any of the dumb questions I've asked him. He's responded by the next day, which is all I can ask from a person who lives on the other side of the world. I'm not the most technically savvy person by a longshot, and he's helped me to understand a few of the ins and outs of the box. He obviously is very enthusiastic about what he does for a living.
In addition, you get a three-year warranty, I believe."
Customer Support: 10
out of 10
"Handmade by Frostwave, which is based in melb. Australia. Spoke to the builder via email and he's really cool and friendly."
Customer Support: 10 out of 10
I purchased this over the net. It took about two weeks to get it (from Austrailia). I've had it a couple weeks. These people are way cool. Professional yet unpretentious (a hint of tannin and a strong bouquet). ROCK and ROLE DUDES!
Customer Support: 9 out of 10
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They send me offers for other equipment and keep in touch with me. I've emailed them twice and they responded pretty quickly. One was a question about the order and they informed me up immediately. the other was a thanks for telling them how well it works."
Customer Support: 9
out of 10
"
Frostwave are very helpful and friendly. It's run by a guy who you can speak to directly. The company has the feel of a local business.
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>> HOW CAN YOU TRY A FROSTWAVE RESONATOR RISK FREE ?
When you order Frostwave Gear from us we give you a 30 day money back
guarantee... if you don't like it, then ship it back and we will refund your
money.
This may seem a little over the top or too good to be true but
it's not.
We are a small operation that wishes to stay small and stay loyal to our customers
and the people who use our gear.
>> ORDER YOUR FROSTWAVE RESONATOR DIRECT
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here to purchase The Frostwave Resonator via our
secure shopping cart from Warm Cola and receive...
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