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FilterShaper XL Black Friday deal: Cableguys' dual-filter plugin is 37% off at $49, with the offer ending Dec 1, 2026.
It pairs two filters with multistage drive and a deep modulation system. The maker pitches it at unconventional sound design: twisting synths into mutations, turning basslines into pulsing patterns, and morphing drums into filtered rhythms and modular-style FX.
FilterShaper XL is a filter plugin built around two Cableguys filters. Moves range from small, precise tweaks to big sweeps, stepped resonances and giant wobbles.
The maker describes the sound as analogue, from vintage warmth to audio-rate modulation and screaming self-oscillation.
Cableguys says its best filter DSP to date drives it. That means zero-delay feedback (ZDF) algorithms, resonance compensation, internal saturation and oversampling across the whole signal path.
FilterShaper XL offers 20 filter types divided into Warm and Clean flavours. The Warm group takes its cue from the Sallen-Key designs found in a famous semimodular synth, delivering thick, saturated tone, while the Clean group stays sharp and exact. Each filter stage has its own Drive section that can sit before or after the filter, and Safe mode holds resonance at stable levels unless you turn it off for full self-oscillation. Warm filters also include Resonance Drive inside the resonance circuit, producing gritty textures and smooth resonant peaks when pushed hard. Hard mode adds a further edgy flavour.
The plugin offers 60 LFOs and 50 envelope followers. Click a parameter such as Cutoff, Resonance, Volume or Pan, then edit the main LFO and Envelope Follower for it.
LFO 2 shifts your shapes up and down over time. A dedicated Amount LFO controls the depth of modulation, and a Speed LFO speeds patterns up and slows them down rhythmically.
You draw LFO shapes yourself: curves, steps, ramps, any shape at all. Envelope followers can raise Cutoff as a synth gets louder, or boost Resonance as volume decays. They work on synths, basslines, drums and melodies.
More than 500 categorized presets are included. You can browse by category and save favourites and your own patches.
On Mac, it needs macOS 10.13 or later, an Intel or Apple Silicon processor, and a VST 2, VST 3, AU or AAX host DAW. On Windows, it runs on 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 in a VST 2, VST 3 or AAX host DAW.
Yes. The FilterShaper XL Black Friday deal takes 37% off, bringing the plugin to $49. The offer ends Dec 1, 2026. It is Cableguys' dual-filter plugin with 20 filter types, 60 LFOs, 50 envelope followers and more than 500 presets.
It has 20 filter types. Modeled on the Sallen-Key filter design found in a famous semimodular synth, the Warm filters deliver a thick, overdriven sound. Clean filters are crisp and precise. Warm filters also add Resonance Drive, and a Safe mode keeps resonance stable.
On Mac it runs in VST 2, VST 3, AU or AAX hosts, on macOS 10.13 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon. On Windows it supports VST 2, VST 3 or AAX hosts on 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11.
You click a parameter like Cutoff, Resonance, Volume or Pan, then edit its LFO and Envelope Follower. LFO 2, an Amount LFO and a Speed LFO add layers on top. You draw LFO shapes freely: curves, steps, ramps or anything else.
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