Aion, Macbeth, Synthesis Technology LPF comparison

Published on Jun 4, 2014 jakobsweb·15 videos

"As some have requested, here is a little sound comparision between 3 awesome Eurorack lowpass filters. The very new Aion 904A, Synthesis Technology E440 (MOTM) and the Macbeth Dual SV filter. Aion and SynTech have a 24db slope, the Macbeth has 12db and is a dual multimode filter. All 3 of them boast an enormous powerful very classic synthesizer sound - the kind that makes you go OMG :-)

The sound source is the Intellijel Rubicon VCO with 3 of its outputs (saw, pulse w/mod, sub) feeding the filters with a healthy dose of beafiness. Considering its price, the Aion filter is doing a tremendous job here, compared with the Macbeth which costs about three times as much, the E440 in the mid range. Given its dual outputs the Macbeth filter is the most versatile of them, esp with invertable modulation and jumper settings for resonance intensity. The E440 is a phantastic allround, always sound great filter, a touch cleaner I think than the other 2. The Aion is a downright vintage sounding filter. Outputwise it is a little weak - but add some amp and it will blow you away. The Aion has that wonderful vintage creamy coarsness (can't describe it any else)."