Multiband Filterbank
A Legendary Filter Style Returns
A Legendary Filter Style Returns
Multiband Filterbank isn't your average audio filter. It's been completely reimagined and designed around the favorite features, precision and quirks of legendary hardware, and then reimagined for the modern musician.
Multiband Filterbank has been crafted for precision and pinpoint accuracy in sculpting and shaping your perfect sound.
Much More Than a Normal Filter
A perfect mixing weapon of choice for Rock and Pop. A sculpting tool for Electronic to R&B and 808 Trap style. Multiband Filterbank can stretch even further into isolated soundscapes and laser focused sound design.
Remove drum elements in your audio, layer by layer to isolate a specific sound. Or twist and tweak the Mod and Envelope Follower parameters to create insane, one-of-a-kind rhythms with your audio.
Multiband Filterbank gives your instruments, voice, drum sounds, and audio tracks the flavor and punch you never knew you missed
COMPLETE
A carefully curated list of filter types, specifically tailored and designed for tactile, multi filter approaches to carving the exact sound you desire.
ELEGANT
An intuitive and multi frequency crossfade feature across Lo, Mid and Hi bands that blends, transforms and conjures up the possibilities for otherworldly filter results.
CHARACTER
A powerful and identifiable Pre-Drive function that offers tons of grit and grime to your original sound on the way in.
SMOOTH
Elegant Envelope Follower per band with graceful Rise and Fall attenuation parameters for added fine tune flexibility.
BOUNCE
AIR's Multiband Filter allows the user to modulate the incoming audio signal with a flexible sweeping Mod parameter “per band” for opening up and pushing your filtered audio to the tipping point.
It's All In The Details
Think of your favorite filter… now imagine a super flexible, multiband filter approach with complete control over every aspect as you sculpt and refine your sound.
Apply Pre-Drive, Lowpass, Hi-Pass, Notch and a sizable helping of multiple filter types and focused filter sweet spots.
Sweep across all 3 bands with dual attenuation to blend your sound into a perfect sounding masterpiece.
Tweak the fluid Envelope Follower stage per band to lift your sound even further. It's all in the details. All at your fingertips with AIR's Multiband Filterbank.
what they're saying
NealHPogue
"I've always wanted to find a multi use filter that i didn't have to work so hard to get what I wanted out of it. AIR's Multiband Filterbank is that filter."
7 time Grammy award winning Mixer/Producer
Tyler The Creator - Chromakopia, Kaytranada - Timeless, The Marías - Submarine, Doja Cat - Scarlet
Features
Resonant Filters per band:
- Cutoff
- Resonance
- Envelope Modulation Amount
Filter Type:
- Low Pass
- Band Pass
- High Pass
- Notch
- Peak
Pre-filter Drive Control
Level Control
Envelope Follower Per Band, assignable to any band:
- Rise
- Fall
- Gain
Live Spectrum Display
Solo Per Band
DISCOVER
1. Walkthrough
2. Overview
3-Band Filter Bank with Adjustable Crossovers
A unique approach to creative filtering, the Multiband Filterbank re-ignites the sound, flavor, and energy of legendary hardware multiband filters of the past and brings them into the future.
TRY IT FREE
Download the 10 day trial of Multiband Filterbank desktop: VST, AU, or AAX
System Requirements
Multiband Filterbank is designed to support VST 2 and VST3 Plugin hosts as well as full support for AU, AAX, MPC standalone and desktop systems running version 2.15.1 (or later). This software requires an internet connection for authorization. You will need to install Akai's MPC desktop software version 2.14 or higher to use desktop versions of the plugins.
| Windows | MAC | MPC/Force Standalone Compatibility |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 (22H2) - Windows 11 (23H2) | macOS 13 Ventura - macOS 15 Sequoia - Intel and Apple Silicon | Multiband Filterbank is designed to run on standalone MPC systems running 2.15.1 or later, including: |
| 84.4MB (installed footprint) + 36.3MB (installer) = 120.7MB | 192.8MB (installed footprint) + 87.4MB (installer) = 280.2MB | MPC One |
| 4GB RAM (8GB recommended) | 4GB RAM (8GB recommended) | MPC Live |
| Intel Core i5, i7, 2.3GHz processor | Intel Core i5, i7, 2.3GHz processor | MPC Live II |
| VST 2/3 compatible host | VST 2/3 compatible host | MPC X |
| AAX plugin compatible host | AAX plugin compatible host | MPC Key 61 |
| AU plugin compatible host | MPC One + | |
| Desktop Standalone | MPC Key 37 | |
| Not currently available for Force customers |
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