Renowned for its pioneering technology in the 70s, we paid tribute not only to its sound but also the SEM’s reputation as a trailblazer. Using the meticulous modelling techniques, and by adding exciting new features, we have created a true modern classic audio filter.
No longer confined to a synthesizer, you can now use the era-defining filter tone of Tom Oberheim’s cult synth module on any audio source you wish. Process acoustic instruments in your DAW, shape vocals, perform sweeps on your whole mix, create builds, rises, and drops, even use it to improve a soft-synths stock filter.
Filter SEM is a must-have creative tool for any modern musician.
Created to expand the capabilities of other synths, it could serve many purposes. Adding polyphony, fattening up their sound, and performing sequences in a supporting role to a main synth were all familiar roles for SEM.
One of the most remarkable modules on the SEM was its VCF. The 12dB per octave multi-mode filter helped define the sonic identity of Oberheim®’s popular 70s synth, because it shaped a diverse range of sounds that were almost impossible to get on other synthesizers. Filter SEM not only carefully models the crossfadable modes of the filter – low-pass, high-pass, notch and band-pass, but also expands its functionality and features to create a great-sounding, versatile filter plugin that you’ll want to use on every track you create.
Features:
- Virtual recreation of the classic 12dB/oct state variable SEM filter:
- Mode, cutoff frequency and resonance controls
- Dry/Wet setting
- Filter output volume setting
- Additionnal noise oscillator for feeding the filter with rich spectral content
- Soft clipping circuit modeling
- Attack / Hold / Decay envelope
- Low Frequency oscillator
- 5 waveforms + Sample and Hold mode
- Can be synchronized with DAW’s clock
- Smooth parameter
- Gate sequencer
- Program trigs / retrigs for the envelope and LFO to create rythmic content
- Up to 16 steps
- Can be synchronized with DAW’s clock
- Modulation matrix
- Envelope and LFO as sources
- 8 destinations for extended sonic possibilities
- 40 presets from top sound designers
- State-of-the-art TAE® analog modeling