Volcano 3

What it does

A creative filter plugin built around up to four filter nodes on a single curve, each switchable between low pass, high pass, band pass, shelves, notch and all pass, with its own slope, drive and short delay. A modulation panel underneath adds LFOs, envelope generators, envelope followers, sliders, XY pads and a MIDI source, and any of them can be dragged onto almost any parameter.

In the demo

Jade builds a patch from one held synth chord, adding nodes and then wiring an LFO to frequency, panning and peak so each connection is audible on its own. She routes Zoa into the MIDI source to trigger the filter, then runs it across a funk band project on guitar, bass, Rhodes, drums and sax.

Worth knowing

The modulation depth rewards patch building, and Jade points out that reading the factory presets backwards is how she learned the routing. Anyone wanting a straightforward corrective EQ will find this aimed elsewhere.