Philtor by White Horse
ADVANCED 12-BAND FILTERBANK WITH SEQUENCER, MIDI CONTROL & DYNAMIC SHAPING TOOLS
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Philtor is a transparent, precision-engineered filterbank with 12 bands, built-in sequencing, and MIDI clip/keyboard control for expressive sound shaping.
Designed for fast creative modulation, it blends musical filtering with saturation, panning, harmonic reshaping, and dynamic formant morphing—all inside one MaxforLive powerhouse.
Key Features:
- 12-band filterbank with unified Q, slope & curve controls
- Built-in sequencer for volume modulation
- Full MIDI clip & keyboard control with layers and velocity shaping
- Transparent crossover mode and pitch-forming Q resonance
- Drive engine with saturation, tone sculpting, and width controls
- Choose filter frequencies via Standard, Formant, or Harmonic series
- Includes LFO, noise, expand, skew, and slide for evolving textures
- Blend sequencer with manual control and delay swing for groove
- Instant creative inspiration for sound design and live performance
USER GUIDE: Philtor 1.0 Manual
Philtor by White Horse
ADVANCED 12-BAND FILTERBANK WITH SEQUENCER, MIDI CONTROL & DYNAMIC SHAPING TOOLS
TRIPLE PACK SAVINGS: Add any three or more White Horse products to your cart and save 15% automatically at checkout!
Philtor is a transparent, precision-engineered filterbank with 12 bands, built-in sequencing, and MIDI clip/keyboard control for expressive sound shaping.
Designed for fast creative modulation, it blends musical filtering with saturation, panning, harmonic reshaping, and dynamic formant morphing—all inside one MaxforLive powerhouse.
Key Features:
- 12-band filterbank with unified Q, slope & curve controls
- Built-in sequencer for volume modulation
- Full MIDI clip & keyboard control with layers and velocity shaping
- Transparent crossover mode and pitch-forming Q resonance
- Drive engine with saturation, tone sculpting, and width controls
- Choose filter frequencies via Standard, Formant, or Harmonic series
- Includes LFO, noise, expand, skew, and slide for evolving textures
- Blend sequencer with manual control and delay swing for groove
- Instant creative inspiration for sound design and live performance
USER GUIDE: Philtor 1.0 Manual
Additional information
| MaxforLive | Audio Devices |
|---|---|
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 10 Suite, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive Installed or Ableton Live 10 Suite |
| OS | Mac, Windows |
PRICE: £19.00
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October 6, 2025
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
Philtor is the perfect upgrade to Auto Filter. Its powerful dual-filter engine, combined with a flexible LFO and envelope follower, makes it incredibly easy to add complex, rhythmic movement to any sound. A fantastic and immediate tool for adding character.
October 1, 2025
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
just the First days i m working with it and I already love this device, its something i was looking for since long time!!
I recommend this product
Philtor by White Horse
CREATE DYNAMIC, FILTERED WORLDS IN MOTION
Philtor by White Horse is more than a filterbank—it’s a full-spectrum sculpting tool for sound designers and performers who want detail and control without sacrificing creativity. From shimmering vowel morphs to harmonically rich resonant sweeps, Philtor invites you to sculpt sound like never before.
At its core, Philtor features 12 precision filter bands with intuitive global control over gain, Q, slope, and curve. Its transparent crossover design ensures no coloration when fully open, while its unique Q resonance allows for pitched filter tones that blend harmonics into your tracks.
Choose Your Control Method:
Trigger sequences with the built-in pattern generator, or map to MIDI clips and external keyboards. Four customizable layers allow you to group banks for complex mappings and gestures. Modulate volume, velocity, and playback speed to introduce movement, variation, and swing into your mix.
Morph, Drive, and Shape:
Go beyond filtering with an integrated Drive engine, delivering flexible compression, saturation, and tone control. Whether taming resonant peaks or injecting analog-style heat, it’s your secret weapon for balancing sound and character.
Frequency Control Like No Other:
Toggle between standard frequency mapping, formant vowel shapes, and harmonic overtone series. With parameters like Curve, Stretch, Pitch, and Skew, plus LFO, slide, and randomized vowel/pitch lists, you can generate hypnotic sequences and shifting soundscapes.
Perfect for:
Producers, sound designers, and live performers who want control, depth, and fun—all in one MaxforLive device.
PLEASE NOTE: Inside the Philtor plugin there are 12 filters per channel so basically 24 filters. Along with a compressor, saturator and limiter there is quite a bit of processing going on.
The performance of the Philtor plugin would be similar to running 24 instances of AutoFilter with automated filter sweeps + a compressor + a saturator + a limiter equalling 26 plugins.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A: Philtor is a high-quality 12-band filterbank MaxforLive device offering advanced volume sequencing, formant and harmonic filtering, MIDI control, and integrated saturation for deep sonic shaping.
A: Yes. MaxforLive is essential for using this device.
A: MaxforLive is a platform that integrates the visual programming environment Max with Ableton Live, allowing users to create and use custom audio, MIDI, and control devices.
A: To use this product, ensure the following requirements are met:
- Ableton Live 10 / 11 / 12 Suite
- OR Ableton Live 10 / 11 / 12 Standard with MaxforLive installed
- MaxforLive is essential
Inside the Philtor plugin there are 12 filters per channel so basically 24 filters. Along with a compressor, saturator and limiter there is quite a bit of processing going on.
The performance of the Philtor plugin would be similar to running 24 instances of AutoFilter with automated filter sweeps + a compressor + a saturator + a limiter equalling 26 plugins.
A: You can explore more of White Horse’s tools and devices here: WHITE HORSE
Important Information
V2.0 – Released April 2026
Externals replaced with Gen Code to address performance issues across different OS.
V1.0.0 – Initial Release – September 2025
Our Products are generally provided as Zip file downloads which in all cases will need to be extracted and saved to your hard drive prior to installation. Details on the different file type provided and what to do with them are below.
.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will either install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live or ask you to save them to your hard drive. For packs that install to the library, when you double click on them you will see a pop up window asking you to confirm that installation is ok as the files are described as “Legacy”. This is fine and you are ok to proceed, the packs are created using the format for an earlier version of Live and so remain compatible with the current version.
.amxd files – These are individual MaxforLive Devices and can be stored anywhere on your hard drive. We’d advise creating a folder for them and then adding that folder as a location within the Places section of Lives Browser.
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