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Re: Moog Slayer and FM updates

2006-04-09 by chris_nairn

I am also interested. I just had nothing to say yet.



--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, jure zitnik wrote:
> 
> > that's fantastic! i'll post samples withing 12hours after you 
post the 
> > howto :D
> 
> >> i think i have the FM mod figured out. i'm hoping to document 
it (with 
> >> pictures) tonight. i haven't yet come up with a name for it, so 
ideas 
> >> are welcome. i also don't have a sound-card installed so all of 
you 
> >> bastards who install that mod better send me some fscking 
samples!
> ====================
> 
> jure expressed the most interest in this, so i sent him details 
off-list. 
> after i know that the mod works on more than just my own EX-800 
i'll make 
> the mod publicly available.
> 
> so... my EX-800 know has 3 extra knobs on the front: FM, Cutoff & 
> Resonance.
> 
> HOT DAMN!!! the FM knob gives it a whole new world of expression 
and 
> sounds. it didn't take long before i was getting some DX/TX kinds 
of harsh 
> sounds out of it (especially with the moog-slayer resonance turned 
up). 
> it's absolutely sick! turned all the way down, it sounds just like 
it did 
> before the mod. depending on the patch and how far up the knob is 
turned, 
> it can range from subtle to sickening to overwhelming.
> 
> i was testing it out with headphones and several times buckaroo 
bonzai 
> (the dog) woke up and gave me very concerned looks.
> 
> i still haven't decided on a name for the mod... the "DX Slayer"? 
the 
> "FM-800"? send me your ideas and you may get mentioned when i 
publish the 
> mod.
> 
> 
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