Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A fresh collection of filters up for comparison.
Part 1 - Filter into VCA
00:00 Intro
00:24 G-Storm 4023
03:27 G-Storm XaVCF
10:05 G-Storm Pro VCF
14:15 VSL VCF-74 Mk2
18:58 Intellijel Morgasmatron
24:43 XAOC Belgrad
28:15 Conjured Circuits Cloak+Dagger
Part 2 - Envelope into filter
33:45 G-Storm 4023
36:27 G-Storm XaVCF
41:55 G-Storm Pro VCF
44:30 VSL VCF-74 Mk2
47:51 Intellijel Morgasmatron
51:22 XAOC Belgrad
54:52 Conjured Circuits Cloak+Dagger
A fresh collection of filters up for comparison.
Part 1 - Filter into VCA
00:00 Intro
00:24 G-Storm 4023
03:27 G-Storm XaVCF
10:05 G-Storm Pro VCF
14:15 VSL VCF-74 Mk2
18:58 Intellijel Morgasmatron
24:43 XAOC Belgrad
28:15 Conjured Circuits Cloak+Dagger
Part 2 - Envelope into filter
33:45 G-Storm 4023
36:27 G-Storm XaVCF
41:55 G-Storm Pro VCF
44:30 VSL VCF-74 Mk2
47:51 Intellijel Morgasmatron
51:22 XAOC Belgrad
54:52 Conjured Circuits Cloak+Dagger


![SEM filter comparison 2
Its been a minute since my first SEM filter comparison (link above/below), and a few new SEM filters have come out since then that I found irresistable.
This comparison is low pass only. It would take far too long to compare (in what I view as a useful way) every output and mode, so this is it for now.
In theory theyre all based on the SEM circuitry, but some do have alterations. Im less concerned with purity or adherence to the original sound as I am with how good they sound period.
[Note: the E430 was originally on a power supply that it didnt like, or didnt like it, or had a module on the same power bar that wasnt cooperating. Youll hear a weird delay, which as it turns out was power related. Theres an addendum at the end with the E430 by itself on good power so you can hear it properly.]
Source VCO is an Acid Rain chainsaw. Envelope is Zadar. Sequencer is
Pittsburgh Modular microSequence.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Dry
02:57 Resonance
07:43 Input gain
15:57 Knobbage
18:48 E430 SEM filter comparison 2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9uyWXy0NBZw/mqdefault.jpg)







