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band-pass

Band-pass is a type of filter that passes a band of frequencies while rolling off the treble and the bass, creating a resonance peak at the filter's frequency point1. It appears as a filter mode on pedals such as the Mu-Tron III and the Keeley Neutrino Envelope Filter, alongside low-pass and high-pass options23. A wah pedal is described as a foot-controlled band-pass filter emulating the frequency filtering of the human voice4. In the Ibanez Auto Filter, the sound is produced by shifting the center frequency of a bandpass filter, changed automatically by the input signal5. The Electro-Harmonix Talking Pedal passes the guitar signal through two bandpass filters, giving the tone a male vocal quality and vowel-like sounds6.

Sources (6)
  1. All About… Wah, guitar.com
  2. How the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon, guitarworld.com, 2026-02-09
  3. Keeley Neutrino Envelope Filter V2, delicious-audio.com, 2019-02-19
  4. Dunlop JC95 Jerry Cantrell Signature Wah Pedal Review, premierguitar.com, 2010-07-20
  5. Ibanez Auto-Filter, vintageguitar.com, 2004-05-25
  6. Video: Electro-Harmonix Introduces the Talking Pedal, guitarworld.com, 2012-09-18
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