Elektron Musical Instruments

>From: "druixx" <druixx@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com

>I wanna make this stuff most simple as possible.
>I was thinking about buying a sidstation this summer, but i've no
>experience in midi synths, so i want a cheap midi controller (could
>you seggest me one?) that you don't have to program with the computer
>and i'm wondering if i can plug the sid in my guitar or bass
>amplifier, sure i can , but which are the effects? thanks for any
>reply

well, i picked up a controller for around $100 a few years ago called a 
roland pc-200mkII... it works fine though the keys arent weighted like a 
real piano... any keyboard that is midi should work as a controller... get a 
midi cable and plug it into the midi out port on the keyboard and the midi 
in port of the sid. someone i think mentioned you need a sequencer but you 
dont, a lot of times i dont use one. the amps are fine however you have to 
keep in mind the signal levels... i belive the sid is line level which is 
-10db so you want to plug it into a "line-in" jack on your amp if you. im 
not entirely sure however i belive standard guitar jacks are a bit higher 
impedence so the sid signal might be a little quiet... or perhaps the other 
way around, im sure someone will correct me if im wrong. anyways try it and 
see... but be carful putting signals through the sid itself because i hear 
its pretty sensitive. hope this helps

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