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Re: sound environments : part 1

2000-01-18 by james holloway

Andrew,
How about some Step by step instructions for us dummies?
Thanks.


>From: "andrew sargeant" <androo@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@onelist.com
>To: <elektron-users@onelist.com>
>Subject: [elektron] sound environments : part 1
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:02:18 +1100
>
>Hello SIDstation community!
>
>As we're all aware, the SID chip has many quirks and 'bugs' which help give
>it a unique sound. They also make it very un-predictable (do you know of 
>any
>other synth that never plays a sequence the same??) ..
>
>I do a bit of experimental sound making here and there, producing
>sound-scapes and ambient sound.
>
>So i've found a fantastic way of using this 'unwanted' ambience -- using 
>the
>noise leaking from the SID chip to make sounds like no other synth (what
>other synth leaks ambience? :) ). Paricularly using tables. When the SID is
>left (without a noise gate!) to make ambient noise with tables, some 
>amazing
>soundscapes can be made.
>
>Chuck it through a nice analogue (or filtered) delay .. and assign some
>controllers to things like pitch and the filter. Some truly amazing 
>textures
>can be found, and it's the closest thing you'll get to being inside a SID
>chip!
>
>Anyhow, i have a streaming (flash4) example on www.noisemusic.org (the
>sounds on the front page are all sidstation and effects). So if you have
>want to, check it out.
>
>Andrew
>

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