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Re: [elektron] Sidstation

2005-10-11 by Automatic Panic

I've used it to come up with some sick patterns =)


--- Joseph Melnyk <jmelnyk@...> wrote:

> On Oct 10, 2005, at 5:20 PM, John Gellings wrote:
> 
> > I have the MachineDrum and the Monomachine and now
> > have my sights set on a Sidstation.  Can someone
> > explain how the waveform-tables work?  I have seen
> it
> > described as a sequencer.  Is this accurate?  If
> not,
> > how does it differ from the sequencer in something
> > like...the monomachine?
> 
> the wavetable is definitely not a sequencer in the
> normal
> monomachine, x0x-box style.  it works like
> this...you get several
> rows in a table.  in each row, you get to choose
> which waveform to
> play and which note offset to play it at (I believe
> you can also
> toggle ring mod, but I could be mistaken;  it's been
> a while since
> I've used it).  then you continue doing the same for
> each row,
> adding up to (I believe) 64 of them.  this
> micro-sequence is then
> played at a specified speed every time you press a
> note.
> 
> so it will play a sequence in a way, but it's not
> really something
> you'd use to write a pattern.  the term
> "micro-sequencer" is
> probably the best description.  you can do some cool
> little drum
> like beats with it though!  :-)
> 



		
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