

Fortunately, the MIDI learn system is pretty painless (simply activate the MIDI learn control, move the on-screen knob you want to assign, and then move the knob or fader on your MIDI controller). This is something that is easier with dedicated hardware than with a mouse alone. You’ll have to keep lowering the output gain as you increase the input gain. Some filters maintain smooth resonance at all levels, while other filters distort more when they’re highly resonant.Įach filter has it’s own characteristics and it’s own behaviour, and there are some complex interrelationships between the original sound, cutoff frequency, resonance, and input level.īe careful – the input level is not automatically gain-compensated at the output, which means setting levels when using overdrive can be a tricky procedure. Some filters eventually limit the signal once it reaches a certain threshold, while others keep getting louder and louder as they overdrive. Some filters don’t distort unless they’re resonant, while others smoothly overdrive even when they’re fully open. In fact, the differences between the filters become a lot more pronounced when overdriven.

Raising the input level allows you to overdrive the filters. The labels “In”, “Out” and “Mix” are actually buttons, and the input and output gain controls both range from -36dB to +36dB. One of the features of Volcano is it’s overdrive capabilities.
