Elektron Musical Instruments

i love my sid.   it possesses a certain power and bite that none of my other 
synths could dream of (or many other i've heard).  it also makes me feel like 
a kid again, those lovely 80's digital sounds!!!  
dunno why the list doesn't mention it more often.
the md is a bit mr miyagi/terminator tho.  

sean

you out there tyler??


In a message dated 7/31/03 6:00:00 PM, coldee@... writes:

>> I was so impressed with my MD I decided to buy (after a month of 
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>deliberation and intense financial juggling) the SIDstation.  
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>> I can understand if people aren't into this synth as it has such a 
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>distinct rasping (Marmite) quality to it. It is more of a "bull in a 
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>china shop" compared to the MD which is a cross between Mr. Miyagi 
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>and The Terminator.  but since It arrived yesterday the sounds have 
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>so far been nothing but inspiring. 
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>If I had a sampler I'd go nuts with the SS (SidStation).
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>The other night I broke my own record, by recording about ten seconds 
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>of raw audio from the SS and then spent 4 or 5 hours taking little 
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>bits from it and making whole new sounds out of them in SoundForge. 
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>It sounds sad, but it's a functional exercise because it leaves me 
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>with a library of archived sounds to call upon!
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>I think it's testament to the unique and inspirational sound of the 
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>SidStation. I love the fact it is never quiet, it never stops, and 
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>with some lucky settings, you can leave it and the sound keeps 
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>evolving on its own for quite a long time.
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>I really consider the SS more of a "noise box", a generator of 
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>abstract and unorganised sounds, than a synthesiser per se. I've 
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>never used another machine that you could get so many unusual sounds 
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>out of from just ten seconds of improvised audio!
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>Mind you, I downloaded some mp3s of the Moog Voyager (done by a user, 
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>not the Moog site) and did the same thing, albeit with fewer 
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>worthwhile results...
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