In this section it becomes clear that Volcano 2 can do a lot more than simple filtering. In the lower half of the screen you’ll find the modulation slots, and modulation sources & selection bar. The Mid/Side concept has its origin in stereo microphone techniques using two microphones (more about that here on Wikipedia) but also gives us many options to process a stereo audio signal. Each signal is sent through different filters (as in L/R mode) after which it is reconstructed into the normal left and right channels. Now the signal is split into a Mid and a Side channel using the sum and difference of the left and right channels. Serial, parallel, up-side down… whatever you like.Īccording to FabFilter, the Mid/Side (M/S) option is something never seen before in a filter plug-in: The filters can be routed in Stereo, L/R or M/S and each routing configuration has tons of routing possibilities. Clean, linear behavior with no clipping distortion at all.Easy Going, a softer version of the Tube filter.Metal, with a rough, sharper sound and distortion.Tube, with a warmer sound and nice overdrive, great for synth sounds.A drop down list allows you to select one of the 11 filter characteristics, including the four new ones introduced in Volcano 2:

The bottom of the filter display shows the selected filter and its controls. The interactive filter display beautifully visualizes your filter settings and lets you adjust multiple filter parameters simultaneously. Looks beautiful to me!Īnyway, as with other FabFilter products I’ve worked with, the GUI is very clear and intuitive and FabFilter’s interactive help hints will get you on your way in no time.įabFilter Volcano 2 – Clear interface with helpful hints. With its various shades of red, and cone shaped filter slopes it’s actually not that hard to imagine a landscape of erupted volcanoes. The first time you open Volcano 2, you may find its many options a little intimidating. Just to name a few things… Getting started Innovative “what-you-use-is-what-you-see” interface, and interactive filter display.Extensive modulation options for XLFO, Envelope Generator, Envelope Follower and the MIDI source, and drag-and-drop modulation with the 24-slot modulation matrix.Flexible routing allows you to route the four available filters in almost any way you can think of.4 multi-mode stereo filters (each with low-pass, high-pass, and band-pass responses with 12, 24 and 48 dB/octave slopes) and 11 different high-quality filter characteristics that define the unique sound and overdrive of the filter.With tons of new features, modulation options and a highly improved user interface, the new Volcano 2 is absolute top of its class! FabFilter has recently released Volcano 2, a versatile filter effect plug-in.įabFilter Volcano has proven to be one of the few plug-ins that offer convincing high quality digital filtering with unique analog character.

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