diff --git a/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice.h b/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice.h
index fc4c4ff..402a937 100644
--- a/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice.h
+++ b/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct _nekobee_voice_t {
 #define _RELEASED(voice) ((voice)->status == XSYNTH_VOICE_RELEASED)
 #define _AVAILABLE(voice) ((voice)->status == XSYNTH_VOICE_OFF)
 
-extern float nekobee_pitch[128];
+extern float nekobee_pitch[129];
 
 /* nekobee_voice.c */
 nekobee_voice_t *nekobee_voice_new();
diff --git a/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice_render.c b/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice_render.c
index bb3ac03..f97e481 100644
--- a/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice_render.c
+++ b/plugins/Nekobi/nekobee-src/nekobee_voice_render.c
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "nekobee_synth.h"
+#include "nekobee_voice.h"
 
 // centre oscillator around Middle C
 // conveniently the middle of the 303's range
 #define REF_NOTE 60
 
-float nekobee_pitch[128];
-float logpot[128];
+float nekobee_pitch[129];
+float logpot[129];
 
 void nekobee_init_tables(void) {
     // create tables used by Nekobee to save on expensive calculations
@@ -51,9 +52,13 @@ void nekobee_init_tables(void) {
         // log pot scale used for volume, decay, cutoff, and env mod
         // for a range of "0 to 1" scaled to 0-127, gives a log response
         // with 50% of "pot rotation" giving 15% output
-        x = i / 128.0f;  // pot input from 0 to 1
-        logpot[i] = 0.0323 * powf(32, x) - 0.0323;
+        x = i / 127.0f;  // pot input from 0 to 1
+        logpot[i] = 0.03225 * powf(32, x) - 0.03225;
     }
+    // one extra value so we don't need to bounds check the linear interpolator
+    logpot[128] = logpot[127];
+    nekobee_pitch[128] = nekobee_pitch[127];
+
     return;
 }
 
@@ -90,36 +95,84 @@ void vco(nekobee_synth_t *synth, uint32_t count) {
             phase -= 1.0f;
         }
         delay += phase;  // save value for next time
-        voice->osc_audio[i] = 0.5 - out; // save output in buffer, remove DC offset
+        voice->osc_audio[i] =
+            0.5 - out;  // save output in buffer, remove DC offset
     }
     osc->phase = phase;
     osc->delay = delay;
 }
 
-void vcf(nekobee_synth_t *synth, uint32_t count) {
+void vcf(nekobee_synth_t *synth, float *out, uint32_t count) {
     // run a 4-pole ladder filter over a block
     // this is a crude implementation that only approximates the complex
     // behaviour of the "real" ladder filter
 
-    nekobee_voice_t *voice = synth->voice;
-    printf("cutoff set to %f\n", synth->cutoff);
-    (void)voice;
-    (void)count;
+    // to calculate the cutoff frequency we need to solve the expo converter
+    // not as bad as it sounds!
+    // the equation is IcQ11 = IcQ10 * exp(-VbQ10 / 26)
+    // VbQ10 is the voltage on Q10's base, IcQ10 is the collector current
+    // this is supplied from the cutoff pot
 
+    nekobee_voice_t *voice = synth->voice;
+
+    float delay1 = voice->delay1, delay2 = voice->delay2,
+          delay3 = voice->delay3, delay4 = voice->delay4;
+
+    // to get the correct cutoff first we need Q10's collector current
+    // The top of VR3 Cutoff is fed from 12V, the bottom from the emitter
+    // of Q9 at around 3.2V through a 10k resistor. So, 8.8V between "rails"
+    // gives us (8.8*10k)/(10k+50k) = 1.47V at the bottom
+    // The wiper of VR3 goes through R73 100k and TM3 470k, which we'll assume
+    // is set to about half, call it 300k in total
+    // So IcQ10 is given by (Vcutoff - Vbias - Vbe) / 300
+    // For ease of working I just assume that Vbias is 0V and that the envelope
+    // can go negative, from about 7V to about -3V the range of Vcutoff is
+    // then 1.47 to 8.88-1.47 so 7.41V max
+
+    float Vcutoff = 1.47 + 7.41 * logpot[(int)floor(synth->cutoff)];
+
+    float Vbe1 = -5.077;  // mV
+
+    // .3 is 300k expressed as MOhm
+    // if we expressed it in Ohms output would be in A
+    float IcQ10 = (Vcutoff - 0.65) / .3;     // 100k + TM3, IcQ10 in uA
+    float IcQ11 = IcQ10 * exp(Vbe1 / 26.0);  // in uA
+
+    // printf("Vbe1 = %04f, IcQ10 = %04f, IcQ11 = %04f\n", Vbe1, IcQ10, IcQ11);
+
+    float cutoff = IcQ11 * 96.67;  // approximate Hz-per-uA
+
+    float ct = 6.2832 * cutoff * synth->deltat;
+
+    ct *= 0.25;  // 4x oversampling
+    ct = ct / (1 + ct);
+    // printf("cutoff = %04fHz, ct=%f\n", cutoff, ct);
+
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        for (uint32_t ovs = 0; ovs < 4; ovs++) {
+            float in = voice->osc_audio[i];
+            float fb = in - (delay4 * synth->resonance * 4);
+            if (fb > 3) fb = 3;
+            if (fb < -3) fb = -3;
+            delay1 = ((fb - delay1) * ct) + delay1;
+            delay2 = ((delay1 - delay2) * ct) + delay2;
+            delay3 = ((delay2 - delay3) * ct) + delay3;
+            delay4 = ((delay3 - delay4) * ct) + delay4;
+        }
+        out[i] = delay4;
+    }
+
+    voice->delay1 = delay1;
+    voice->delay2 = delay2;
+    voice->delay3 = delay3;
+    voice->delay4 = delay4;
 }
-    
+
 void nekobee_voice_render(nekobee_synth_t *synth, float *out, uint32_t count) {
     // generate "count" samples into the buffer at out
 
     vco(synth, count);
 
-    vcf(synth, count);
-    
-    for(uint32_t i=0; i<count; i++) {
-        out[i] = synth->voice->osc_audio[i];
-    }
-
-
-
+    vcf(synth, out, count);
     return;
 }