Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi Ben,

> > Also, I guess Joeri mentioned to you that this has a relatively high
> > noise floor, at least through headphones.
> That is a misunderstanding really - the noise floor is low, but the
> signals are defaulted as low, to leave headroom for excessive
> resonance
> and EQ-ing.

Well, right now there is still a bit of extra noise, but I've been in touch
with the guys and I've been given great (and difficult... sorry, I'm not
tech-y :-) information. It seems they're still optimizing things and that it
should make a difference in v1.0.

> email plus the distortion volume issue (and other things I've noticed)
> leave me to think that perhaps they allow too much room for effects
> and not enough for the standard sounds (and less-volume increasing
> effects).

They leave a huge amount of headroom for the resonance of the filter e.g.
That is correct. Usually, when a digital synth adds resonance, the level will
go down. Not so in the MD as they left enough headroom for it. You seem to
doubt this approach and so do I, but I still have to get more into it to see
whether this approach as more advantages. I can't tell yet. I also agree that
the distortion gets things too loud and I've reported it as well.

> I mean, I like the fact I
> can use the repeat trigger function to go so fast that the bass drum
> sounds like a synth but it doesn't have to be so much louder than the
> bass drum itself.

Agreed. And by the way: I LOVE that parameter! :-))) Never saw it on any
other synth.

> What I'm saying is that
> whichever of the two it's missing - bit or rate reduction, I really
> want to see that added.

Hey, that's a good idea!
I personally would like the filter to be the last thing in the chain, or in
best case I'd like to have the choice to put the filter before or after the
Sample Rate Reduction.

Cheers,
Joeri
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