Making Pinged Kick Drums with Toppobrillo Multifilter 2

video upload by Travis Kennedy

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How to patch a kick drum with the Toppobrillo Multifilter 2:

1. Patch a gate or trigger to the Ping input of the filter. You can monitor any output but I use the Variable mode output.

2. Set the resonance to at least 12 o’clock but no higher than 3 o’clock. More resonance = more sustain

3. Set the frequency below 10 o’clock or to taste.

4. Patch either the low pass, band pass, or high pass outputs to the Mode CV input. Attenuvert to taste. This can add some phase modulation and increases harmonics.

5. Send a decay envelope to the FM input. Attenuate to taste.

6. Ignore the filter inputs and gain knob.

Notes:
Envelope generated from a Toppobrillo Sport Modulator 2 with a linear shape.
I prefer taking the output from the Variable output because of the additional tone shaping available, but you can use any output for this patch. It can also be fun to experiment with using multiple outputs and processing them differently."