Elektron Musical Instruments

There used to be an amazing collection of articles on various aspects  
of making music at www.studiocovers.com, but sadly it seems to be gone.  
  Good thing I mirrored it:

http://www.digitalwank.com/studiocovers/

The articles on compression are here:

http://www.digitalwank.com/studiocovers/articles3.htm

I used to be in the same boat as you, but these articles really helped  
me figure out what the heck is going on (for the most part.)

hth,
Corey

On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 04:28  AM, Lars Lofgren Casteen wrote:

> I jsut recently got a MachineDrum, and have really been loving it  
> (even more
> than I thought that I would).  On the whole, I think it's really  
> intuitive,
> and is perhaps the most immediately creative piece of equipment in my  
> setup.
> I'm running into some trouble (well, not really trouble) on the dynamix
> section, however.  Getting compression right has never really been my  
> strong
> suit, and more often than not, I rely upon tweaks of presets in  
> compressors
> to get what I want out of a certain part.  I was wondering if anybody  
> knows
> of any resources for tips on where to start with the dynamics section,  
> or
> barring that, any advice directly on the process that people use for  
> getting
> their drums to sound appropriately snappy or thick or whatever.
> Additionally, if you have any settings that you've found to be really  
> useful
> for any particular texture, by all means, share.  I mix through a  
> Yamaha
> 01v, if the mixer's dynamics section has any pertinent ramifications  
> upon
> strategies.  If there's already been a discussion of this, I apologize.
> Point me to the appropriate month/thread, and I'll track the  
> conversation
> down on the yahoo page, rather than wasting time in current discussion.
> Awesome.  Thanks!
>
> -=-
> Lars
>
>
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