Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi guys !

I love my Sidstation, but sometimes the noise is a bit too loud.
Im planning to get the Behringer Autocom PRO - is it a good choice to 
get rid of the sidstation noise(s)?

Thanks for your info

Using a compressor will only make the SIDStation noise more apparent. We 
actually like this effect, and use a Boss MetalZone distortion behind the 
SID most of the time (but hey.. we like it raw).

If you want to get rid of the noise, use a de-noiser or a noisegate. 
Behringer does sell these things (the SNR2000 for instance). You also might 
have a look at the Drawmer DS201.

Good luck!

CraZ


At 11:19 2002.09.09, you wrote:
>Hi guys !
>
>I love my Sidstation, but sometimes the noise is a bit too loud.
>Im planning to get the Behringer Autocom PRO - is it a good choice to
>get rid of the sidstation noise(s)?
>
>Thanks for your info


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

> Using a compressor will only make the SIDStation noise more apparent. We 
> actually like this effect, and use a Boss MetalZone distortion behind the 
> SID most of the time (but hey.. we like it raw).
> 
> If you want to get rid of the noise, use a de-noiser or a noisegate. 
> Behringer does sell these things (the SNR2000 for instance). You also might 
> have a look at the Drawmer DS201.

The Behringer Autocom PRO actually includes a noise gate. See 
http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=MDX1400&lang=eng
for more details.

/Janne

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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.

CraZ.

At 14:39 2002.09.09, you wrote:
>On Mon Sep 09 2002, CraZ <craz@...> wrote:
>
> > Using a compressor will only make the SIDStation noise more apparent. We
> > actually like this effect, and use a Boss MetalZone distortion behind the
> > SID most of the time (but hey.. we like it raw).
> >
> > If you want to get rid of the noise, use a de-noiser or a noisegate.
> > Behringer does sell these things (the SNR2000 for instance). You also 
> might
> > have a look at the Drawmer DS201.
>
>The Behringer Autocom PRO actually includes a noise gate. See
><http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=MDX1400&lang=eng>http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=MDX1400&lang=eng
>for more details.
>
>/Janne
>
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Thanks for your info.
I think ill try the Autocom (because i can get it REALLY cheap).
If the noise doesnt go away 100% so be it - Lofi rules ;)

Have fun

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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Janne G:son Berg, d3berg@...   http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d3berg
                                      .

I use my crappy Novation Bass station as a midi controlled gate 
dedicated to the sid.  Works great and you get the extra lowpass 
filter! :)
If you have a synth with audio in...I highly recommend this 
configuration.

Take care.

On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 05:53  AM, evilatombender wrote:

> Thanks for your info.
> I think ill try the Autocom (because i can get it REALLY cheap).
> If the noise doesnt go away 100% so be it - Lofi rules ;)
>
> Have fun
>
>
Peter Ehrlich

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