Our friends over at Arturia have released a Christmas gift in the form of the Filter MS-20 - taken from their Korg MS-20 V software synth.

Designed for music makers searching for the grittier side of analogue, this brand-new effect combines one of the most iconic analogue filters of the synth world used by many legendary artists, including Daft Punk or the Chemical Brothers, with an aggressive distortion module, to immerse your mix in the unearthly sounds.

Offering +60 presets in a straightforward user interface, Filter MS-20 is described as the perfect companion for your loops, synth lines and drums.

10 Cool Things To Do With Filter MS-20:

1. Modulate the LPF with a randomized step seq.

2. Use it as a distortion pedal

3. Produce massive low-end using high HPF resonance

4. Create stereo phasing effects by modulating the “stereo” parameter with a sine function curve

5. Apply classic pumping sidechain effects by modulating FX level with a decaying function

6. Play with the order of the modules to get different distortion flavours 

7. Make your pad move using the dry/wet feature with highly modulated presets (EG: Drums Dynamic Fluctuation)

8. Create screaming overtones with high resonance LPF

9. Put noise on the input and play with modulations to create new drum sounds

10. Create auto-wah effects using the envelope follower mapped to the LPF

Arturia offers the Filter MS-20 as a free gift from December 20th to January 2nd, also available for 99€/$ afterwards.

For full details, please visit the Arturia website.