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Noise Engineering Fala Versio

Stereo formant filter with fold, saturation, and clockable LFO

10 HP Eurorack module

Fala Versio is a stereo formant filter designed for pure musicality. It offers 1, 2, or 3 selectable resonant bandpass filters tuned to musical note ranges, with a built-in clockable stereo LFO for panning animation. A pre-filter wavefolder adds harmonics to simple signals, while a post-filter saturator drives the output into screaming territory. With up to 24 bandpass filters and 12 saturators active simultaneously (in IV/AE3 mode), Fala can produce everything from resonant vocal tones to uniquely modulated filth. Part of the Versio DSP platform with swappable firmware via USB.

Features

  • Stereo formant filter with 1, 2, or 3 selectable resonant bandpass filters
  • Formant frequencies tuned to musical note ranges: A2-A5 (110-880 Hz) and E4-E7 (330-2637 Hz)
  • Third formant frequency derived from first two formant positions
  • Parallel filter sets: 1, 2, or 4 copies for chorus-like thickening
  • Up to 24 bandpass filters and 12 saturators active simultaneously
  • Pre-filter wavefolder for adding harmonics to simple inputs
  • Post-filter saturator for aggressive drive
  • Built-in clockable stereo LFO with sine and random modes
  • Tap tempo with hold-to-clear for LFO rate
  • Clock divider/multiplier ratios: /4, /3, /2, 1, x2, x3, x4
  • LFO modulation with independent phase (sine) or independent random per parallel set
  • Noise gate on input to keep noise floor low through distortion stages

Controls & Jacks (26)

  • Fold— Pre-filter wavefolding amount
  • A2-A5— First formant filter frequency from A2 (110 Hz) to A5 (880 Hz)
  • Q— Resonance amount for all three filters
  • Speed— Internal LFO rate; acts as clock divider/multiplier with external clock
  • Index— Stereo LFO modulation depth; sinusoidal right of noon, random left
  • E4-E7— Second formant filter frequency from E4 (330 Hz) to E7 (2637 Hz)
  • Sat— Post-filter saturation amount
  • A/AE/AE3— Number of active formants: A only, A+E, or A+E+3rd
  • I/II/IV— Number of parallel filter sets: 1, 2, or 4 for chorus-like effect
  • Tap— Tap tempo for LFO; hold to clear tapped tempo
  • In LED— Input signal indicator
  • Status LED 1— Status indicator
  • Status LED 2— Status indicator
  • Out LED— Output signal indicator
  • Fold CV In— CV input for Fold; 0-5V
  • Q CV In— CV input for Q; 0-5V
  • A CV In— CV input for A2-A5 filter; 0-5V
  • Sat CV In— CV input for Sat; 0-5V
  • Speed CV In— CV input for Speed; 0-5V
  • Index CV In— CV input for Index; 0-5V
  • E CV In— CV input for E4-E7 filter; 0-5V
  • Tap In— Clock/tap tempo input for LFO sync
  • In L— Left stereo audio input
  • In R— Right stereo audio input
  • Out L— Left stereo audio output
  • Out R— Right stereo audio output

How-To Guides

  • Basic Formant Filter
  • Animated Stereo Vowels
  • Gritty Formant Distortion
  • Clock-Synced Filter Animation
  • Feedback Stereo Patch
  • Swap Firmware

Explore the interactive Fala Versio panel on BleepDex — tap any control to learn what it does.

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