Re: [elektron] Re: Does anyone EVER talk about the SidStation here?
2003-07-31 by teenwoolph@aol.com
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 > >deliberation and intense financial juggling) the SIDstation. > >> I can understand if people aren't into this synth as it has such a > >distinct rasping (Marmite) quality to it. It is more of a "bull in a > >china shop" compared to the MD which is a cross between Mr. Miyagi > >and The Terminator. but since It arrived yesterday the sounds have > >so far been nothing but inspiring. > > > >If I had a sampler I'd go nuts with the SS (SidStation). > > > >The other night I broke my own record, by recording about ten seconds > >of raw audio from the SS and then spent 4 or 5 hours taking little > >bits from it and making whole new sounds out of them in SoundForge. > >It sounds sad, but it's a functional exercise because it leaves me > >with a library of archived sounds to call upon! > > > >I think it's testament to the unique and inspirational sound of the > >SidStation. I love the fact it is never quiet, it never stops, and > >with some lucky settings, you can leave it and the sound keeps > >evolving on its own for quite a long time. > > > >I really consider the SS more of a "noise box", a generator of > >abstract and unorganised sounds, than a synthesiser per se. I've > >never used another machine that you could get so many unusual sounds > >out of from just ten seconds of improvised audio! > > > >Mind you, I downloaded some mp3s of the Moog Voyager (done by a user, > >not the Moog site) and did the same thing, albeit with fewer > >worthwhile results... > > > > > > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >Return-Path: <sentto-284773-5368-1059688527-teenwoolph=aol.com@...> >Received: from rly-xn01.mx.aol.com (rly-xn01.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.134]) >by air-xn02.mail.aol.com (v95.1) with ESMTP id MAILINXN21-62a3f299154338; >Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:00:00 -0400 >Received: from n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.99]) >by rly-xn01.mx.aol.com (v95.1) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXN18-62a3f299154338; >Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:59:48 -0400 >X-eGroups-Return: sentto-284773-5368-1059688527-teenwoolph=aol.com@... >Received: from [66.218.66.157] by n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 31 >Jul 2003 21:55:27 -0000 >X-Sender: coldee@... >X-Apparently-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com >Received: (qmail 98508 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2003 21:55:26 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) > by m17.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 31 Jul 2003 21:55:26 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.83) > by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Jul 2003 21:55:26 -0000 >Received: from [66.218.67.185] by n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 31 >Jul 2003 21:55:25 -0000 >To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com >Message-ID: <bgc38c+lviv@...> >In-Reply-To: <bg9oap+nrno@...> >User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 >X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster >From: "Col Dee" <coldee@...> >>X-Yahoo-Profile: slushprodukt >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Mailing-List: list elektron-users@yahoogroups.com; contact elektron-users-owner@yahoogroups.com
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