Elektron Musical Instruments

On Mon Sep 09 2002, CraZ <craz@...> wrote:

> A lot of compressors do.. but that's hardly the point here. If you want to 
> get rid of noise, buy either a good noise gate, or some kind of denoiser. 
> Buying a compressor just because it has a (often sub-standard) noise-gate 
> on board.. is not a very wise thing to do (in my humble opionion).
> 
> Gating, in this case, is a bad idea anyway. The SIDStation's noise is far 
> from 'silent'.. and trying to gate that would definitely have a devastating 
> effect on the SID's characteristic sound itself. That's why a denoiser (or 
> even a well-configured EQ) is a much better choice.

Ah, much better explanation. Thanks! 

Another suggestion is to buy a Machinedrum and use the external input
machines to gate the Sidstation. ;)

/Janne


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