Hey friends,
 
I'm in a bad mood today. I just discovered that my friend Edwin at the Bass-connection (The Netherlands) has a SECOND HAND SF-2 for sale and I'M NOT ABLE TO BUY IT (I'm broke).
AAAUGH!
Well ... I guess I have to wait a litlle longer.
Michael: thanks for the explaining but a big part of it I cannot follow very well. It's one of the problems I have with these devices it so difficult to explain in situations as this board. I also read (better: TRY to read) the product-profile of the SF-2 at the Alembic site. Whew ...that english is out af my leage! Michael: we should come together and sit down and start doing things with that thing (so I have to start saving money to come to the US too, it will take me definitely 10 years!!)
 
About the one knob: well friends, Because I'm still able to dream I'll post my dream on the appropriate box of this site very soon. I nicknamed the project  The Humble Bass and I think some Alembicians are gonna love it.
CU soon brothers and sisters!
 
Paul
 
PS: about that sister thing ...is Mica the only woman around here? Agreed ...she MAKES Alembics, but what about female Alembic PLAYERS. Or is Alembic a male thing?
Alembic = male-chauvinistic-pig!!
;-)

Sorry Paul, I did not mean to confuse.In rereading my post I realised that I was jumping back and forth between the filters on a bass and the SF-2 which are a bit more complex. If there is anything I can do to clarify, I will be happy to help in any way that I can.
 Mica, Did I get it right or is there an easier way to explain the SF-2?  Mike

Hi Mike,
Some of us think in pictures - me being one who does. Music is obviously aural, but sometimes we can put a shape or a colour to sounds (don't ask me how, but it works!) I have been told that I have a dark brown voice and I know exactly what that person means. Would it help, in your explanation of what the SF-2 can do to sound, to look at it from a visual perspective as well as aural, or am I just talking out of my low frequency backside!!! Cheers, Rob

Rob,I think what you're describing is a rather common occurance among musicians. I often hear music or tone and see a flash of color. On the other hand,I know of more than a few artists who like to paint to music. It must have something to do with the way our brains are hard-wired. Stimulus of one type may cause neurons to fire off which in turn stimulates another part of the right brain etc.etc. That's my theory anyway.  
Mike

Mike, you're a kindred spirit - that's what I like to hear.
Rob

hey Mikey how's this, Series1 with one big volume knob}

Nice!!!...now that's what I'm talking about.  I might even be able to get by without the manual with this one.
 
Mikey/

Mikey, Its amazing what you can do in photoshop
its hard to see, but I even left one Q switch just for good taste !!!

Hey Charles,
 
Do you think it will take the folks at Alembic a little longer than it took you to translate this into a actual working instrument?
 
Mikey/