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Sub Phatty

How can I get that “womp womp” sound?

Roll CUTOFF down low, then push EG AMOUNT up so the envelope has headroom to sweep hard. Add RESONANCE to make the sweep sing, and keep FILTER DECAY short so every note goes womp.

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Moog

Sub Phatty

CUTOFF

The master brightness/darkness control. Turn down to make sounds muffled and dark; turn up to make them bright and open.

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Sets the low-pass filter's cutoff frequency from 20Hz (fully closed, no sound) to 20kHz (fully open). Frequencies above the cutoff are rolled off.

RESONANCE

Adds a whistling emphasis at the cutoff frequency that makes filter sweeps sing. Crank it and the filter becomes its own sound source.

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KB AMOUNT

Makes higher notes brighter and lower notes darker, so the filter tracks the pitch you play instead of staying fixed.

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