Sound design secrets: passive bandpass filters

In which I talk about using passive bandpass filters to create rich and immersive textures from just about any drum or synth sound, employing a simple yet not widely known technique. This is applicable to many other effects, too.
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: / hainbach
CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP: / @hainbach
MY MUSIC: hainbach.bandcamp.com
FASHION: teespring.com/de/stores/hainbach
CONNECT: / hainbach
MY SIGNATURE SOFTWARE:
GONG AMP www.audiothing.net/effects/go...
WIRES www.audiothing.net/effects/wi...
MORPHING ROTOR www.audiothing.net/effects/th...
TEST EQUIPMENT LIBRARY www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-...
LOOPER apps.apple.com/us/app/gauss-f...
BUY THE GEAR I USE (EU):
redir.love/thocf/n2lm9oo2ym
BUY THE GEAR I USE (US):
bit.ly/3nsnE9Q
(affiliate links, I get a few % if you buy through them)

[@Hainbach]

Anyone in confusion on my Behringer statement, this the reason: www.synthtopia.com/content/2020/03/02/behringer-dismisses-critics-as-haters-launches-hate-attack-on-journalist/

[@LFOVCF]

Nothing quite like listening to a German, talking about filters. It's my ear's comfort food.

[@theothertonydutch]

Imagine Werner Herzog.

[@TheNewNumberTw0]

@@theothertonydutch It would be heartbreaking.

[@elektrozil9728]

Chocolatey, Glassy... Whiskey-like.

[@evighetenrecords7459]

asmr

[@vecvan]

nau äm gonne show u hau it würgs ❤

[@Rhapsodyinnoise]

Your voice is the sound of inner peace. Very needed in these confusing times...

[@vivianintheflesh]

i literally felt myself relax as soon as he said "hi, i'm Hainbach"

[@Hainbach]

This one will be about 20min, as I could not cut too much of the sound examples, they felt just to good to me. See you in a bit!

[@DivKid]

leave them open and let us enjoy too :)

[@Dea_Decay]

Loved those sounds! glad you didn't cut too many!

[@13opacus]

"Rich chocolaty tone" is that Van Halen's brown tone?

[@skipper6528]

Hey buddy where can I get a filter? I looked everywhere btw this is one of my favourite things you have shown me, gonna utilise it a bunch. Always grateful, J

[@TRUEiMPROrecords]

Never in a hurry with this content. Keep it long, these experiments deserve the time to inspire. So interesting and enjoyable.

[@patrickconnelly2904]

First off I love you. Second Tesla argued that all objects have a resonant frequency, including the Earth itself. Please keep pushing the low end. You seemed to back away from the lows. That is where your machines can explore reality itself.

[@russellzauner]

*including human molecules. It's been proposed that the resonance of humanity is what dictated the different base patterns around the world, and is my theory why everyone picks up the blues and 4/4 time so easily...

[@philippebokmaar2571]

@@russellzauner In your part of the world maybe... In say India or China, not so much.

[@herzlichlabs4102]

Your video inspired me to develop a homage filter as a DIY kit so more people can access this type of sound. Inspiring work as always! ❤️

[@bleeooptv]

i never liked bandpass filters too much and now 20 minutes later I've completely changed my mind. damn hainbach

[@c31979839]

I love the sounds you were able to get out of the Syntrx. It went from really dark and deep, to light and airy with just a few turns of a knob.

[@gigo20]

Stephan that was gorgeous throughout. I’m so glad to see you uploading while we all live through this stressful time. It’s somehow even more glorious to hear good music now.

[@carstencolberg1427]

I'm having a Hainbach afternoon on youtube and my smile is getting bigger and bigger. This video was absolutely brilliant!

[@KalebShelton]

Your excitement over gear, life, everything -- it always perks me up. Thank you HAINBACH!

[@jofre1237]

The fact that you share all your music process and knowledge is so beautiful and fascinating. I really think that all your work here on KZbin is so precious and valuable, and I really want to thank you. Have a nice day and I wish you the best. Again, thank you a lot.

[@phanopoeia2003]

Thank you for doing a whole video about my question!! :)

[@Hainbach]

It was a good one!

[@soysos.tuffsound]

Love it as always Hainbach! A lot of fun can be had using the 4x high and low pass filters in Ableton's EQ Eight in combo with the Q control to create a sort of variable width and resonating bandpass filter. This can be placed in all different parts of the signal chain of sends and returns (inside the box and out). Used in combo with saturation, reverbs, delays, modulation effects, compression and feedback loops I've gotten lovely results.

[@gr00veh0lmes]

Oh my gosh. That song at the end. Those sounds and melody. Top notch man.

[@gordonrobertson102]

Love this. Your videos have been a great inspiration to get back into electronic music diy. Since starting to watch them I've built a passive Lowpass filter with resonance, a small mixer and I'm working on several ideas on various breadboards.

[@pbartmess]

Your deep dives are real gifts. Thanks for sharing these sounds! My vocabulary for describing sound is growing as a result of these videos.

[@edgeeffect]

"Chocolatey"?

[@Hummelsbusch]

Very intriguing concept with neat results. Bleib gesund und alles gute für Dich und Deine Familie!

[@coucoudavou]

Thank you for not cutting the sound examples indeed ! It sounds so good I love it

[@samhostettler]

Your videos are such an important resource, thank you so much for the care and attention you put into these

[@CharlieThorstenson]

Wow! Love the unexpected tones this technique creates. Could listen to it for days and days..!

[@rasmusjvindnielsen253]

Best techno I've heard all year. Thanks for sharing!

[@edjwise]

I enjoy watching someone that has a similar approach as me in the studio. You put out such fantastic content.

[@mineraljunction]

this is so cool and all the sounds are fantastic! your videos are always great but truly appreciated in these difficult times

[@exquisiteoath]

Damn Hainbach, that was a really inspiring little video. Short, informational and wonderfully performed. Cheers! Hope you are staying well.

[@jonwatte4293]

I listened through this on a system with a Genelec 7360a subwoofer. That bass feedback was something extra! :-)

[@TRUEiMPROrecords]

Mmmm... feedback! The crown jewel of everything analogue. Great techinque man, these tutorials are golden.

[@georgeredpath5394]

I love the low key syntrx. Great episode again. Loving the LPG vibes!

[@SendyTheEndless]

Always a pleasure to see you and watch you work!

[@syncdestroyer]

Damn, the prices for these filters just soared on eBay. Lol.

[@jakehendriksen2841]

I love your channel and your music. Equal parts meditation and food for thought... Thank you for sharing your thoughts and approaches!

[@johnmiddleton4291]

Amazing. Thank you for going deeper into this.

[@thaiboxing1658]

Sensationell. Vielen Dank das du das geteilt hast. Ich wäre sonst auch nicht auf die Idee gekommen so etwas mit Filtern zu machen.

[@draggonhedd]

at around 8 minutes you had some super cool rhythms going, like it was this cinematic ambient take progressive psytrance. really really liking this bit

[@bruitsofficial]

Yes! Feedback loop are magical! I tried it with reverb, delays and distortion, tremolos, flangers, etc but never filters. I thought the resonance parameter would have the same effect. I will check that out. Thank you Hainbach, those were beautiful sounds!

[@sypialnia_studio]

The sound that starts at 7:20 is absolutely glorious. It made me feel things.

[@nevilletubb619]

Yes!! Gave me goosebumps!! That sub is gorgeous and helps create a lovely texture. Great inspirational spring board for a track.

[@improziv]

Excellent demonstration of technique and inspiring ideas.

[@1234HonkyTonk1234]

fantastic sound examples Hainbach, lovely. the bit from minute 13 onward reminds me of some Mobius Unit tapes. thanks for your work!

[@daneguitarist1]

could we mark a specific day that everyone on earth becomes Hainbach, all mannerisms and vocal phrasing that would rule love the channel dawg! come drink some quarantined whiskey with me sometime

[@asciisynth]

A little oasis of calm in this madness. Thank you!

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

15:02 That's basically the soundtrack for the trailer to a cyberpunk film. Some needs to get Hainbach in touch with CD Projekt Red.

[@edjwise]

I love passive filters! Looking forward to this one!

[@macalby]

That Juno one was incredible!

[@AllenJuddMusic]

I learn so much from you Mr Hainbach. Thank you.

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

That PNO jam before the end was ecstatic!

[@ConwayBob]

Thank you, Hainbach, for taking us on this tasty trek into your arcane audio alchemy process. Be well.

[@mixolydian2010]

Very nice the sounds are almost indescribable. Cheers for the inspiration. Loved the drums through the pedal,sounds like throbbing gristle.

[@howardanderson3061]

Wonderful sounds! Made my heart smile...

[@AlessandroCitteriocts]

thank you Hainbach, you are a true inspiration for a young electronic musician :)

[@robi1483]

Amazing stuff--love the work you do.

[@atmeltronic128]

The filter sounds amazing love it!!!!!

[@delmarayjr]

My first time here, subscribed immediately and will recommend for anyone.

[@jamadir]

Tolles Video! Schön das du nich soviel Rausgeschnitten hast, da waren echt viele geile sounds dabei.

[@mondamnil]

Nice Piano Performance and great Bandpass Routing Tips.

[@gilberth_]

Thanks a lot for your video. A lot of a ideas waiting to be tested!

[@DLenk]

The music at the end is just mindblowing

[@ScottMFR]

Oooh... I'll definitely give this technique a try. I have an AI Synthesis AI008 Matrix Mixer on the way and I think this module will enable this quite effectively. Thanks for the idea!

[@AntonAnru]

that's awesome! thank you. and music is really beautiful

[@thaChrizzl]

I recently thought of doing something similar. I haven't got around to messing with it yet, but from what I've heard here, it's definitely worth trying.

[@chrisbrayton3330]

You sir, are the coolest.Keep doing what you do.Please

[@andrewaronson3364]

one of my favorite things to do with feedback is to mix the output of a ladder filter back in with the input but delayed. not like a delay with wet and dry mix, but in the sense of adding time to the extra feedback path. tweaking the delay time will cause it to howl and shriek, and sometimes the whole system becomes so excited and unstable that turning a knob and then turning it back will do something completely chaotic and it can take minutes for it to resume it's previous behaviour

[@slowblack3947]

This is great Mr. Hainbach, thank you. More of these videos please! Unfortunately here in the US the Bruel & Kjaer used equipment is crazy expensive and scarcely available. If you have any circuit schematics please share, would be great so we could "diy" it.

[@StephenAntKneeBk5]

Thanks for the demonstration. Piquant, bitter-sweet, complex sounds. Whiskey and the right Chocolate blend well.

[@colehelman9138]

Using the mixer as an instrument! Effects loops with your favorite filters and reverbs, and being able to pan them and bring them in and out. Reminiscent of Dub music and the way they used the studio to process sounds. Love it and the video where you visit his studio, brilliant nerd heaven! haha thanks Hainbach!

[@colehelman9138]

I love to have the original dry signal panned to one side and the effected signal on the other side, it creates such a beautiful stereo image and landscape for the sound.

[@colehelman9138]

also, feeding back the filter into itself and then using the eq on the aux channel to shape the feedback is very fun

[@marketingdisaster]

This is what TV should have been like all along

[@HarkMadley]

Wow this is so cool, amazing tones!!!

[@sandwich2473]

I'm guessing techniques like these were used a lot in making the INSIDE soundtrack. Really insightful.

[@punlovincriminal5564]

They used a human skull when making the soundtrack lol.

[@LPChip]

Very interesting video. I have no hardware equivalent of what you show here, but a lot is possible in software, so I decided to fire up BitWig Studio, search for Resonator to see if I had any plugin in my DAW that could possibly do what happens here, and lo and behold, Resonator Bank does exactly this. Without this video I would not even know where it would be useful, and I would see it as a failed EQ plugin, but now I know better. Because of this video I understand how to use that specific filter and get exactly the same kind of sound as in this video. OMG, Shocked! Thank you so much.

[@Hainbach]

Oh please send that to Bitwig - they lend us their ladder when we did destruction loops. Good people

[@exoner6110]

This is a great technique to create new sounds.I watched this video again the other day, several times. I tried to rebuild this using my equipment (filter, mixer, signal). I found some interesting new sounds, but i did not achieve to create this feedback-effect. I think my signal-chain is still some kind of faulty. Unfortunately the video does not show the whole signal-chain (cables, connection-points, sources-filters-mixer). Maybe there will be a part two about this technique using a chorus or a phaser filter some day. This would be great. Thank you so much for all your work and inspiration. Peace.

[@jafinch78]

Interesting seeing the electronics testing lab equipment used for acoustic projects. Interesting to see applications for use other than RF. Interesting the difference and combined frequencies as well as harmonics produced. Like you noted... interesting like not only bi-neural beats... other electrophysiological modalities I'm guessing resonating sympathetically with the generated signals effect beyond in general stimulation, depression and dissociation.

[@knasterask1]

I had to hear this soundz again

[@AgustinDavidF]

Brilliant, Hainbach!

[@gaorinath]

The song in the end is so beautifull!

[@tensenpark]

Really appreciate this. Also the samples that you shared

[@mortalcrybt8995]

This dude is the Bob Ross of experimental electronica. Relaxing and informative!

[@simongrady1298]

its your world , maybe theres a couple of happy chocolatey little oscillators on your track , its ur track :)

[@stubrakon9683]

Really enjoyed. Thanks! 😃

[@mishalzeera]

Oh this is fantastic. Thank you.

[@grymmjack]

Gorgeous sounds

[@naomisalama430]

The filters, especially with reverb and echo, are such a dub techno sound. I love it.

[@Hainbach]

Good ear! Especially the Alison labs is a dub secret.

[@Hainbach]

Good ear! Especially the Alison labs is a dub secret.

[@jeremyboesmans]

Last time I got carried away with such a mastery of sound finesse was listening to Spiral from vangelis back in 1980 when I was 5 years old, and fell in love since with sound,. Your sound is so pure I can only say thank you so much, I clicked on oyur channel by accident and I'm so glad I did. Vielen dank.

[@moqtev]

Thank you Hainbach for a great video - very inspring :-)

[@rattusrat]

Love it! Will try.

[@tezeta3725]

The part where you first bring out the synth sounds straight out of a massive attack song Edit: Turns out its pretty damn close to the opening of Dissolved Girl

[@girlinagale]

Aux send then back into mixer channel and aux send again is mind blowingly simple and clever.

[@deathmetal5156]

oh man this is pure inspiration

[@fkdreamworks]

excellent use of filters hainbach very informative video the sounds are so dence with juno like a movie score and with DM it was like building of a minimal techo at one point which not your genre of choice but you should try :)

[@els1f]

Your voice is so soothing 😁

[@micaramos4046]

thank you so much for this you are so inspiring

[@temporoboto]

ACE! Thank you for posting.

[@iNerdier]

8:04 hugely reminds me of the Massive Attack track Dissolved Girl on Mezzanine

[@jimivandebeek]

This is so nice!! ❤️

[@fosferus]

ghostly overtone pads: or, sexy techno sounds. i may have the jump on that addac triple bandpass filter. they even included a feedback control like the send config on your desk.

[@bleepeaters]

NICE ONE BRO SOME INCITEFUL INFO

[@Hainbach]

YOU ARE WELCOME BUDDY

[@blindianajones]

Thanks for sharing this great techniques. Wondering if you think this can be done in Eurorack? Would it be taking a sound source, like a VCO, going into one BP filter then into another? Also, when you took the guitar pedal and put it through the aux, I dont understand how you broought it back on itself and then able to apply it to / with a sound. I have an aux send and return on my mixer but not sure how I do what you described.

[@michaelwagstaff9461]

Beautiful stuff

[@fjfrancois]

Dude you’re the Bomb 💣

[@brobb-sd9vp]

These sounds are why I love Daniel Avery's work.

[@NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias]

A lot of familiar chaos - 1984.. as soon as I borrowed a mixer with multiple aux sends my tape delay and effects got intertwined as never before! Now I make use of Reaktor, VCV rack and a few other software systems to enact my inspirations, whilst still having an analogue mixer or 6(!!) to work 'out of the box' too.

[@maliciousmachine3259]

That Syntrx sounds amazing! Looks beautiful too! The price is discouraging, but I guess it makes sense for something so niche, right?

[@graxjpg]

Malicious Machine for that much, I would like to build an EMS style myself.

[@binface9]

Inspiring stuff!