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RE: [Evolver] mixing analog and digital sounds

2004-10-15 by DodgingRain

Yup, same problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dhamaryder [mailto:dhamaryder@...]
> Subject: [Evolver] mixing analog and digital sounds
> 
> Just out of curiousity I was wondering if other people have a 
> similar experience when using a real analog synth(like Evolver) 
> in the context of predominantly digital sounds. I'll work for hours 
> on a great sounding patch in Evolver but when I go to use it with 
> other sounds from my predominantly "virtual" analog collection 
> or with samples that have been digitally processed and filtered 
> within my sequencer, I find the sounds from Evolver really stand 
> out, in fact they stand out so much it's not practical to use them. 
> They often just don't fit in because the sound is so radically 
> different. The exception is when I'm making leads, basses, or 
> some kind of traditional sounding patch. Then it's great. But 
> when I create very textured sounding patches and sequences I 
> find it difficult to find a context that fits well with them. 
> I absolutely 
> love the sound of them on their own but have the damndest time 
> finding a place for them. I don't know, maybe they just need to be 
> compressed or filtered so that they will fit better with other 
> sounds. Anyone else have this problem? Have any creative ways 
> of dealing with it?
> 
> steve

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