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Howdy, Pre EQing helps too. Tig, oops Rig --- bill bigrig <billbigrig@yahoo.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > Metalic,tinny,canny? Check your input levels to > make > sure they're not too hot, then start stuffing tissue > paper/foam between the spring coils. post eq and pre > limiting help too. > Tig > --- mech <mech@m3ch.net> wrote: > > > At 8:45 PM -0800 12/29/06, mark sottilaro wrote: > > >Is the pad really quantized, or does it just work > > more > > >like the kp2 does when you're using a MIDI synced > > >effect? > > > > Well, I got one over the holidays, so here's the > > "horse's mouth" > > speaking, as it were. > > > > I can tell you that rather than being truly > > quantized, there's > > interpolation going on in there that prevents you > > from actually > > hearing it on most of the patches. In fact, the > > main place that I've > > actually noticed any quantization of the pad is in > > the synth & drum > > patches (the tones available are discrete notes, > > rather than > > theremin-like glides), or the EQ type patches > where > > you have the pad > > divided into 4 or 8 bands that can be individually > > controlled. Those > > patches intentionally depend upon dividing the pad > > up into discrete > > units. They'd be radically different if you > didn't. > > > > Things like the filter patches don't exhibit any > > sort of stepping, if > > that's what you're worried about. It behaves just > > like the KP1 and > > (I'm assuming) the KP2. > > > > I've also noticed some of what could be referred > to > > as quantization > > on some of the loop sampler patches, but it's not > a > > bad thing. The > > Auto-BPM function on this thing rocks; it's very > > good. Then, the > > loop sampler grabs a slice based on a beat value > > depending upon where > > you manipulate the pad. Depending upon where you > > slide, you can > > manipulate the size of the slice between, say, a > > half-note and a > > quarter-note. This is done as a jump between > those > > values. It would > > be a slightly different effect if there were a > > smooth transition in > > the slice size after it had been grabbed, but I > can > > imagine it being > > a nightmare if you accidentally get your finger a > > sixteenth of an > > inch off in the initial sampling and grab one and > > .87625th of a beat. > > As it is now, the effect is more musical. > > > > I've been having the most fun with the granular > and > > loop-sampler > > stuff. You can almost think of it as the hardware > > equivalent of some > > VST's like NI's FastFX or Bram's (SmartElectronix) > > SupaTrigga. Okay, > > you really can't do the random slice re-ordering > of > > those programs, > > but for some nice granular glitchiness and "Max > > Headroom" type > > stutter effects, this thing is really cool. The > FX > > Release delay is > > also nice for adding a few extra synced-beats to > an > > effect, > > especially if you're tapping the pad morse-code > > style. > > > > The effect I'm the most disappointed in is the > > reverb, but then again > > I'm a bit of a reverb-snob. It sounds too > > metallic/tin-canny for my > > tastes; reminds me of some of the early Zoom's. > > Then again, I knew > > plenty of people who really dug those same Zoom's, > > so YMM definitely > > V. > > > > Oh, and the manual sucks, BTW. You don't get much > > sense of what it > > can do without playing with it -- simple trial and > > error. > > > > Overall, I'm having a lot of fun with it, and with > > the new > > illuminated pad it's definitely got the > > stage-presence thing down. > > > > --m. > > -- > > _______ > > "No more building up; it is time to dissolve..." > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com