FI-06

Rysy

Name: Rysy
Brand: Felt Instruments
SKU: FI-06
Price: 59 GBP
Availability: InStock

Sampled from a rare 1950s filter from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio.

VST3, AU, AAX plugin

Operating the Maihak W49 filter, sampled for the Rysy plugin.

A close-up of the Maihak W49 filter faders.

The two stepped filter bands and the Stark intensity control on the Maihak W49 Hörspielverzerrer, sampled for the Rysy filter plugin.

story

Born at the dawn of electronic music. Still bold now.

The year is 1957. In Warsaw, behind the Iron Curtain, the Polish Radio Experimental Studio opens. It becomes one of the first studios in the world built for making experimental electronic music, and one of the few places where artists could chase their boldest ideas, splicing tape and inventing the sound as they went.

The Rysy plugin is sampled from that studio's own W49 filter, the very unit Eugeniusz Rudnik and Krzysztof Penderecki worked on. It's also the filter behind Stockhausen's Kontakte. These are the tools the studio's pioneers used to make their own path. I'm glad to put them back in working hands.

Sampled, not modeled

Every step taken from the hardware itself, sample by sample.

The studio's own unit

Not one like it. This is the 1950s original, from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio.

Stepped, not swept

Two bands that move in fixed steps. Set the cutoffs first, then animate them.

every update is free

Buy it once, and you get all future versions and improvements.

in the room

Operating the Maihak W49 filter from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio, the unit behind the Rysy filter plugin.

A close-up of the Maihak W49 filter used by Karlheinz Stockhausen, the 1950s unit sampled for the Rysy filter plugin.

A power tube from the 1950s V41 preamplifier used in the Rysy filter plugin sessions.

session notes

“I use Rysy when I need a powerful shaping tool. Sometimes, I put it on the full orchestra bus while I mix a film score.”

Francesco Donadello (Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Modeselektor & Thom Yorke, Moderat)

Through it

Same take, dry and then through Rysy. The bands move in steps, not sweeps, so find the cut you're after first, then let the Intensity knob open and close it with the track. Push it and a vocal stops being a vocal. Leave the filter alone and your strings still pass through the tone of a 1950s tube preamp.

Stock synth

Vocal

Drum machine

Strings

pricing

Rysy
Sampled from a rare 1950s filter from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio.
Pioneer Collection
Rysy bundled with Smugi, sampled from a 1960s Albiswerk filter bank that shaped early electronic music.

There are no sales at Felt. This is the price today and the price in December, for everyone.

try it free

Run your own tracks through the studio's own W49. Free, no time limit.

details

formats: VST3, AU, AAX · macOS 10.13+, Windows 10+ (64-bit)
manual: The Rysy manual covers every control.
licence: One licence per user, install on as many machines as you personally use. All future updates are free.

Maihak is a trademark of its respective owner. Felt Instruments is not affiliated with Maihak.

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