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Anyone heard this?, am thinking of buying one, mainly to pep up the sounds of a few modules I've been given recently that don't have great filters. One guy has told me it sounds a lot like the Akai sampler filters (ie very sharp and digital with crap glassy resonance) but others describe it as a beautiful analog squelchy beast. I'm gonna hear it myself next week but it would be good to know if any of you use it and what you think of it. |
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I've had a quick play with it and to me it does sound Like the S series of samplers filter but I never liked them. I'd suggest the sherman filterbank, it's probably a similar price range but it can do the lot from boosting harmonics to tearing you a new arse. |
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I considered the Sherman but I think it's about double what the Akai would cost me (about £190), it's probably a better filter though, but for that price I could get a Korg Legacy which can do filtering, provide some choice sounds and I'd have change to spare. The only thing that's stopping me is I know the Legacy will probably be redundant when I next upgrade my computer, being a soft synth n all, whilst my hardware lives forever (well at least while Synth Service Centre stay in business anyway). |'ll try and check the Sherman though, maybe I'll find a cheap one somewhere. |
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A really good budget filter is the electrix filter factory. Really musical and you trigger envelopes and lfo s live (no midi) so it's fun, great if you're trying to add a bit off life into things. Most of all it sounds really musical. They've gone out of business now 'cos they misjudged the market so you'll be able to pick it up for next to nothing. |
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Well, heres there website, seems to be updated recently. |
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Oh i really want some hardware. |
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I could use a hardware filter. I just need my sampler, and I am pretty much set for synths and such, going to be looking into effects. Seeing those electrix units kinda brings me hope, seeing as I don't want to shell out many hundreds just for compressors and filters |
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I just want something else, i have computer fear at the moment. |
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Hardware generally isn't as user friendly as computer gear. You have to make sure everything is connected properly, and as far as I know, you can't really set your hardware to auto open your patches, and it won't auto-save, so its more difficult to just close and open songs. But it kind of makes it worthwhile when you can touch your gear, and adjust parameters with your hand instead of your mouse. Also, I find unless you are looking for a thicker sound, software generally sounds better. Its also harder to make sure everything is sync'd. |
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Hardware is gay. It's funner to play with thats it. If I have to fucking remap my fecking drum channels again I'm gonna flip meng! And sysex?! Pain in the arse meng! Bah I fucking take a tracker any day of the week meng! Viva Fast Tracker 2 ! |
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Hardware is funner by far though. So it's cool to have when you want to feck around meng. Skink you should pick up one of those all in one rigs. They do a great job at helping you find out what kind of hardware direction you want to go in. Because they basiclly have a little bit of everything in them. |
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I'm not going to buy this now because Akai aren't prepared to ship one out to the shop (P.M.T.) for me to hear before I make the decision. I've spent thousands of pounds on Akai gear in the past but this suggests to me that Akai aren't really a company I should be supporting, they obviously have little faith in their products if they don't let people "try before they buy" (as most other pro-audio companies do) so screw em, You'd think that they would jump at the chance for more sales in the current climate of soft synths but I'm not gonna be buying any more of their gear that's for sure, I'll try and pick up a cheap Sherman on E-bay. |
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pick up a cheap Sherman on E-bay. good luck finding a cheap sherman (never gonna happen). those things are fucking expensive. but a sherman is a great filter. has lots of possibilties. |
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there's one for about 300 euros which isn't too far off the price I'd pay for the Akai, I'm not gonna bid for it though cos the seller is from Germany and the shipping costs would be too much, but at least this gave me an indication of how much I'd pay once a Uk one comes on the market. |
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saw that one too, again a good price (I think, need to convert to pounds) but the shipping costs to the U.K. would probably bump the price up a fair bit (if indeed they actually ship to the U.K.) |
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b.t.w anyone use a Legacy? , I'm half tempted, need to know how well it filters external audio though. |
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