Elektron Musical Instruments

Great, thanks D.E

on 21/04/03 7:37 AM, D.E at erase@... wrote:

If you want extreme distorsion on the md, route a sep. out back in and use
the gainstage on the ext. input machine. fucking nosebleed dutch hell death.
no problem with the industrial sounds.

d
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From: "Simon " <Simonvolt@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:45 AM
Subject: [elektron] MD SPS-1 when pushed to EXTREMES


> I'm considering (still !)  buying the MD but i would like to hear
> what MD owners have to say about one particular aspect: can the
> MD be pushed to the extremes to create  sounds that would suit
> the darker-dirtier side of music (call it noise if you want).  Cause i
> plan to use the MD  also for different purposes other than the
> Electro-Techno, something close to:  industrial,  Trip-Hop
> (Massive Attack / Tricky but dirtier),  Noises-Gabba (think  Atari
> Teenage Riot).  
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> I've been listening to every possible samples i could get my
> hands on, and i heard a few examples that was in the league of
> what i'm looking for. Frankly, it sounded very promising. From all
> the review i read,  my understanding is that the Distortion FX is
> rather weak , but i was led to believe there is two stage where
> you can apply Distortion (Clip?) and one is stronger than the
> other (???). However, they also wrote that sounds can also be
> seriously  altered with the SampleBit Reducer  (i love this FX on
> the Korh ES-1, but the Distortion is a joke) and the Compressor.
> One reviewer said the Compressor can distroy anything if you're
> not careful, true ? Btw, can the compressor affect specific tracks
> or is it used as a master only ?
> 
> I recently purchase a DSI Evolver and this is the kind of Extreme
> i'm talking about.   This thing can growl  AND maintain a full
> distorted sound,  but less  thin and treble-ish like you (i) usually
> get from a  digital synth thru a stomp box.  Anyways, i realize the
> MD is not a VA synth and  is used for a different  purpose  but i
> think it shows best what i'm going for.
> 
> Sorry for the long long question (s) guys, i just wanted to be as
> precise as possible to get a clear response.
> 
> Thank you for any comments,
> 
> Simon
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