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mango wrote:
> 
> > Joel - what made you think of pitch shifting _DronePad_ down three
> > octaves?  You're twisted ;-) - in a good sort of way!
> 
> There was no idea behind it... it was just a "tweak of the knob"
> I guess it just didn't have 'the sound' at '0' ;)
> It's not a perfect patch... but i guess it's kinda hard to get "THE" sound
> you want
> from a synth that only has 2 osc's with 2 waves that you can trim down to
> sine

Actually, if you layer two Scenes you get four Oscillators.  Don't
forget the level of Osc 2 is set under MIX/VCF.  Also, when using the
Sync/FM function Oscillator 1 becomes two Oscillators in one (Master &
Slave) and Osc 2 proper is still available - all in 1 scene that makes
for three Oscillators.

> and to be frank; the VCF isn't very 'musical' either, nor extreme in it's
> settings...

Have you tried the 18 or 12 db settings?  Personally, I rather like the
BEF filter myself but I've been making an effort not to use the 24 db
filter just to alter my programming habits.

> Am i being overly perfectionistic now? :]

No, I'd say ambitious!  Nothing wrong with that!

> Now then, to start off a new interesting musical debate:
> What would you consider an ideal synth for the sounds you like, and why?
> For me: it's a 3 oscillator synth with all imaginable waveforms (saw,
> triangle, pulse, ehr.. ramp? (isn't this a pulse with PWM btw?), sine,
> reverse triangle, reverse saw) that are all syncable to eachother (so that
> the harmonics can be VERY complex

Sounds like a combination of synths. You'll have to use a few to get
that mix - maybe you should explore some of the granular synthesis
software programs.

I'd like to see MIDI Sync LFO's.  That's why I have an ASR-X ;-)  The
LFO 1 settings on the AN1x are excellent - it's a shame they didn't
include MIDI Sync.  You have to do it the old fashioned way:  Set Reset
to On and tune the Speed & Delay parms by ear.  Or, use the conversion
chart in the manual ;-)

> and 'unusual') and with that a noise oscillator with many noisecolors - that
> is syncable to the oscillators too.

> And then: a very 'musical' VCF and VCA with *large* settings... (how much is
> the maximum? theoretically? or what is reasonable, musically?)

24/18/12 multipole filters are popping up everywhere.  You should
check out the filters on an ASR-X - pretty sharp!

> Other than that i haven't really figured out what i want yet....
> 

You sound like a gear head in the making.  There's really no cure for it
- not even therapy - so you better get a 2nd job to pay for all this
stuff - ha haha ;-)

Jon

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