Ritual Electronics - Altar II

After a long silence, the distinctive Altar II returns! Ritual Electronics filter has been thoughfully redesigned for more flexibility a wider range of sounds.

Altar II is a discrete 3-pole state variable filter. After the first version was discontinued for a long time, it now proudly returns in a revised form. The module now has two audio inputs, as well as a completely revised gain and resonance behavior. The changes are intended to make Altar II more flexible, in that the sound should cover more ranges due to the revised circuitry. The second audio input can now be used for easy self-patching or mixing.

The 18dB slope is a feature not very common. However, it provides a solid middle ground between the popular 12dB and 24dB filters. Altar II can greatly ...alter its sound by varying the gain setting. At low settings, the module it is a well behaved filter, very usable for vowel-like sounds. The higher you set the gain, the wilder and more distorted the sound becomes and the resonance becomes less and less prominent.

Altar II, like its predecessor, has a CV-controllable Character parameter. This lets you smoothly crossfade between different filter types. The arrangement of the filter-types is unique: bandpass to lowpass to highpass!

Whether it's snappy envelopes, slow LFOs, or modulations in audiorate, Altar II is an effective filter module for everything from subtle pings, 303-acid sounds, or ear-piercing noise.

Features:

• Discrete 3-pole state-variable filter
• Two audio inputs
• Gain and resonance with CV
• Blendable filter modes (BP, LP, HP)
• Wide sound character (relates to gain setting)