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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Proper bass

2003-10-29 by Bakis Sirros

hello nectarie,
its funny that you say your sh101 has a better bass
than the a100.i have the sh101 and,although i love
it's sound and bass,i don't hear a better bass sound
coming from it.it's all a matter of personal opinion.
bakis.



--- modularcharles <cgraef@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> It really depends on what you consider "proper". 
> Can you get fat 
> bass sounds out of A-111s?  Yes.  Can you get every
> sort of bass 
> you've ever fallen in love with out of an A-100
> system?  Probably 
> not.  Everything has its own character.  
> 
> I recently bought an MAM TB33II bass synth, and with
> its one VCO it 
> has a character of juicy fatness I've never coaxed
> from my Doepfer.  
> I also recently picked up a Macbeth M3X Minimoog
> clone, and it too 
> can produce a certain bass character I doubt I'd
> ever come close to 
> with my Doepfer.  If you want certain sounds,
> sometimes the best and 
> easiest thing is to have the certain synths that can
> make them as 
> easily as falling off a log.  Then again, there's a
> lot to be said 
> for inventing your own sound completely.
> 
> 
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "nectarios01"
> <nectariosm@h...> 
> wrote:
> > First of all let me say that I am very glad to be
> amongst you 
> > people, and share my love and passion for
> analog/modular synths.
> > 
> > I have a small 12U system that is mainly made up
> of Doepfer modules 
> > and has some Analogue Systems modules on it as
> well.
> > 
> > I only have two A-110 VCOs, and when I am laying
> down basslines for 
> > tunes (www.streetwiserecordings.com/recordings.htm
> if you want to 
> > check out my A-100 in action, *every* single
> monophonic synth sound 
> > is my A-100), I find that my single VCO Roland
> Sh-101 puts my A-100 
> > to shame when it comes to comparing the bottom
> end... 
> > Is that because of the Sh-101's CEM3340 based VCO?
> 
> > Will I get the same phat, tight bottom end if I
> simply get an A-
> 111? 
> > Or is it because of that ultrafunky IR3109 VCF
> that the Sh-101 
> > sports?
> > 
> > It would be great if we could have Sh-101's filter
> on a Doepfer 
> > module...
> > 
> > 
> > Peace out.
> 
> 


=====
Bakis Sirros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
[Doepfer_a100] group owner
http://www.rubber.gr
http://www.ward12.com

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