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Re: [elektron] Grit

2006-05-24 by concreationist

Another thing I learnt recently is to add a slight shaker (SH) sound
on top of the bass drum to make it sound a little crunchier. Together
with the compressor this works wonders!

Sten

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, roby <roby@...> wrote:
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> not necessarily a vinyl type of grit, but you can either use the
sps-1's 
> compressor to add more chunk to the whole unit.  assuming you have a 
> mixer to run hardware, you can patch the sps-1 to your mixer's mic 
> inputs and turn up the gain until it starts to sound dirty.
> 
> concreationist wrote:
> > Hello MD users,
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> > I recently bought a SPS-1. It's a terrific piece of kit. 
> > However I often find that its sound is a bit too clean for my taste.
> > What do you guys recommend for adding some grit to the sound, either
> > in post-processing or on the machine itself? The ideal would of course
> > be to make the beats sound like they had been pressed on vinyl. :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sten - swinging at 55%
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