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Re: filters

2007-09-07 by somethingkillingyou

1)it's around 100 euro NEW, some sellers still have these! 
I wouldn't spend 100 euro for something used that costed 1/4 of that 
new! it's new, with 2 years warranty...
2)I said, I wouldn't use it just with my K1!

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Samuel Cameron 
<dantalianalysis@...> wrote:
>
> i have all the modfx bar the metavox but i picked up
> most of them for 20 english quid or so as they were
> being discontinued
> bitrman mostly supplies distortion and ring mod
> if that is the price now used its not worth it
> although if you already have several modfx
> then the value of one more is kind of higher
> most of the fx could be achived by vst with 
> sfx machine lite combined and decimator bit crusher
> plugs in which are free
> in theory one might be better off using the fx
> section of a synth although i have never got far
> that way...still an mfb lite synth is a fully
> functional filter and a monophonic synth
> for only 50% more than the bitrman 
> given that a k1 has quite lo fi qualties to start with
> the benefits of a bitrman are not so clear as for
> things with 16 bit you and besides some patches in the
> k1 can create these kinds of effects
> 
> 
> --- somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyou@...>
> wrote:
> 
> > I'll try vst then...
> > 
> > on the other hand, have you got an alesis bitrman
> > too?
> > I was thinking about one of these thing...
> > how do you judge it? is it worth the 100 and more
> > euros they go for 
> > now (discontinued...)?
> > 
> > please consider I wouldn't buy it only to use it
> > with k1 but also 
> > with others keys and synths and bass and maybe voice
> > too...
> > 
> > 
> > --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com,
> > "dantalianalysis" 
> > <dantalianalysis@> wrote:
> > >
> > > i just joined this group having recently got a k1m
> > > i see there have been sporadic discussions of
> > adding filters to 
> > this
> > > clearly an easy option is run it into the pc and
> > use a free vst
> > > such as classic filter
> > > theres not that many cheap hardware options
> > > i have just tried using a 'fat' oberheim string
> > patch
> > > ie a multi of it +itself one octave apart
> > > with an alesis philtre in a set up linked to the
> > other modfx units
> > > (i have them all except the metavox) and got some
> > pretty 
> > spectactular 
> > > sounding results (with other fx as reverb on the
> > end)
> > > the other option is to try more dj oriented stuff
> > like a korg kaos
> > > pad, alesis airfx or the discontinued stanton
> > thing with the mouse 
> > > ball controller in it
> > > or if you have some guitar pedals you could try it
> > on an autowah
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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