Shootout at the Boomstar Corral - Resonant Filter Comparison by Marc St. Regis

Published on Jan 9, 2014 StudioElectronics·14 videos

"What was it they used to say in the '70s at the end of the 'Streets of San Francisco' opening credits? ... WITH SPECIAL GUEST STAR DREW NEUMANN.

Yeah that was it... wait for him.

The SoundCloud copy reads: "A Tombstone quality Boomstar 5089, 4075, 3003 filter shoot out/comparison. No tricks: no compression/limiting or gain maximizing, EQ, or plugins, just those snappy Studio Electronics hardware envelopes doin' work.

Each of the three Boomstar low-pass resonant filter synths have been put through near identical paces----no mean feat without programmability: and why would you want that in this purist platform? Artifacts and curtains would be in and in front of the sound, slowing and coloring, demanding tribute.

Patch matching contrasting hardware analog synths is not an exact science (sometimes a switch is missed or a pot or two is not precisely placed--you were sure you took a photo of that da#$ patch!) and tangy tangents are often explored at the end of certain sequences, once all the comparison fences have been cleared, but great care was taken to duplicate the settings and live switch flipping, knob turning and flying of the master performance, which could start out on any of the B*s depending upon mood and blind chance----if there is such a thing; mood is as palpable as approaching deadline storms."

c.f., https://soundcloud.com/studio-electro...

But this is no mere SC re-tread: surprises, extended/edited and fresh material awaits.

That should cover the primary speil...

Performed by Marc St. Regis, with the marvelous exception of Drew Neumann's sharing of his 'Big Drum' vision on "Jehan's Mental Martaize," on which the 'no compression/limiting or gain maximizing, EQ' prohibition was specially dispensated off corral and ranch.

Enjoy,

Marc A. Theriot St. Regis 1-9-13 (my #1 son's 19th birthday), Stevenson Ranch, CA"