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Subject: Re: [AN1x] disco strings

From: "uralmoto2001" <uralmoto2001@...>
Date: 2005-02-09

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@v...>
wrote:

...I suppose maybe 6 tracks or so would be enough to start to
> sound like an actual ensemble...
>
>Good trick on the Ion is to layer a patch with itself. I replicated
an An1x cello patch, and with a little "analog drift" and panning, a
layer of 4 identical patches actually sound like 4 seperate
instruments. Shift one patch up an octave for more of an ensemble
effect. More subtle than unison mode. I replicated a few more An1x
patches on Ion but gave up; too many differences between the synths.