Cherry Audio – Filtomika (Windows)

Description

Cherry Audio Filtomika – Authentic Polivoks Filter Emulation with Modern Power

Filtomika is a powerful filter effect plugin inspired by the legendary 1980s Soviet Polivoks synthesizer, faithfully recreating its aggressive, raw, and iconic character. Built on Cherry Audio’s award-winning Atomika technology and featuring DSP design by renowned developer Mark Barton, Filtomika delivers the unmistakable Polivoks tone—expanded with modern enhancements for today’s producers.

Whether you’re shaping drums, guitars, bass, or synths, Filtomika offers an expressive and unpredictable filter behavior that brings vintage grit to modern mixes.

🔥 Classic Polivoks Tone with Modern Enhancements

Filtomika is a precise virtual analog emulation of Vladimir Kuzmin’s original filter design, but with added flexibility and extended features not found in the vintage hardware.

Key Features

• True Polivoks filter behavior, modeled with circuit-accurate DSP by Mark Barton

• Enhanced with Atomika-exclusive controls:

  • Starve – voltage starvation for unpredictable analog chaos

  • Filter Drive – adds aggressive filter distortion

  • Amp Drive – saturates the output stage for warmth or grit

• Expanded filter modes:

  • Low-pass

  • Band-pass

  • High-pass

  • Notch

  • Peak

🎛️ Expressive Modulation Tools

Filter movement is essential to the Polivoks sound. Filtomika pushes it even further with modern modulation capabilities:

Syncable LFO Modulator

• Linear

• Saw

• Triangle

• Square

• Noise

• Random (Sample & Hold)
  Perfect for wobble effects, rhythmic sweeps, and evolving textures.

Envelope Follower

The amplitude of your input controls the filter cutoff — ideal for:

• Guitar & bass autowah

• Dynamic synth filtering

• Drum loop movement and punch

🎚️ Built for Modern Production Workflows

• Works as insert or bus effect

• Supports mono and stereo sources

• Full DAW automation and MIDI control with easy MIDI learn

• Preset browser with 30+ presets for drums, guitars, FX, and synths

• Create and save favorites and custom presets

• Optimized DSP ensures low CPU usage

• Stunning UI with:

  • High-quality graphics

  • Cherry Audio’s Focus Zoom

  • Drag-and-drop UI scaling

• Full documentation available online and via PDF

⭐ Why Producers Love Filtomika

• Captures the authentic, raw Soviet character of the Polivoks

• Adds modern flexibility and extended tone-shaping options

• Exceptional for distorted, gritty, and aggressive sound design

• Fast, intuitive, and CPU-efficient