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Re: Re: Keeping your sets interesting



I can't remember how I did it - it was with the instruction manual on
my lap. I'm one of those Luddite electronic musicians who easily gets
frustrated with new technology. I almost gave up my microkorg because
I don't like the concept of digging through menus to change parameters
- especially during live shows. At my last band practice, I wasted 5
minutes trying to find the switch that toggles between from monophonic
and polyphonic.

Instead, I found two or three presets that were close to what I wanted
as a "basic building block". With instruction manual in hand, I turned
off most of the lfos, etc on those sounds and figured out how to save
them as the first 3 presets. They pretty much just go "ooooo" like
sine waves. When I play the instrument, it runs through the same fx
that my drum machine usually does, so the only settings I need to
change on the keyboard are filter sweeps and attack/sustain/release. I
do fuzz/tremelo/etc on external effects.

If I remember correctly, one of the menus on the matrix had a switch
for mod wheel functionality - there were 5 or 6 different options. I
think the band-pass was the default for the preset I was using. I
might be naming it wrong, but it sounds like a super resonant
band-pass filter to me.

Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> was all:
> (In sarcastic Matt Davignon voice):
> "I have the mod wheel on
> my microkorg set to a band pass filter, and it works great! Using
> pitch, mod, and volume while playing notes, I can get really vocal
> with it."
>
> didn't know you could do this,   can you explain?
>
> I hate when it is mapped to modulation which I rarely use.
>
> r.



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