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I love designing sounds on a good synthesizer. The presets on the 
AN1X are good for certain styles of music. However, there's usually 
very little programmed into the matrix and very little programmed 
into the free eg. Nothing wrong with this, but it's so much fun 
getting a little subtle frequency modulation sweeping into a patch, 
or using aftertouch to add some subtle filtering, velocity to speed 
up the attack a little, all those fun little things that keep a patch 
from sounding too sterile.

The initial process is absorbing, twiddling the knobs, bringing 
things in then editting them out. Then, when a patch finally clicks, 
it's a great feeling. On top of that, sound design allows me to add 
my signature to my music-I get to play instruments that no one else 
has. I get to make my own instruments. This is very cool.

The next sound I'll be working on is a Bernie Worrell meow sound that 
he gets out of his ARP modular on a Parliament album.

Rainbow Jimmy
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