AnalogFX SER-2020 – The Formant Magic of Twin Peak Filters // Review & patch ideas

In this video, I explore AnalogFX’s SER-2020 and its twin-peak filters. I go through formants, oscillators, modulation and performance controls, then share patch ideas using duophony, feedback, sample-and-hold and more.

Timeline

0:00 Intro

1:10 What’s special

1:55 Overview

2:55 Connectivity

3:15 Hidden features

4:10 Twin Peaks

5:15 Peak mod

5:50 Speech mode

6:45 Low pass

8:20 Touch & bend

9:10 Oscillators

11:10 Sync

12:20 Sub, RM, Noise

13:05 Modulation

13:45 Random LFO

14:30 LFO features

14:55 MIDI features

17:00 PATCH IDEAS

17:10 Duophony

18:30 Feedback

19:25 Extra bass

20:00 S&H fun

20:40 “Bit-crush”

21:20 Pros & cons

23:55 Outro

Links and notes from the video description

Want to try it at home? Download SER-2020 multisamples and a format filter VCV patch on my Patreon:

► https://www.patreon.com/loopop

Check prices here (affiliate links don't cost you more but help the channel):
► Perfect Circuit: https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/S0BERUlFSUBFR0NKR0VATEpITA?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fanalogfx-ser-2020.html
► Direct from AnalogFX (not an affiliate link):
https://bit.ly/SER-2020

Gear used in this video:
► KeyStep 37 and Keystep Pro from Arturia
► Analog Chorus 60 by MOE: https://bit.ly/MOE-Chorus60
► Electra One MIDI controller: https://bit.ly/Electra-One
► A smidge of NI Raum reverb in the intro

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Cool Holographic scopes?
► The scopes I use aren't real – I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda – they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle.

Submit review and video ideas here (sorry I don’t offer 1×1 sessions/setup/purchasing advice):

► Ziv (at) loopopmusic.com

NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links to stores like Amazon, Sweetwater, Thomann and others. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.

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