Hi,
Here is an interesting fact. You all know that if you turn the input level knob up too high on your ASR the sound becomes distorted right??.
But, did you know that you are not damaging your ASR??
Ensoniq even suggested it themselves as a way of making interesting distortion samples!!
So, next time the input goes a bit high, don't worry that you might be causing damage - in fact why not sample that noise and be creative!!
Ashley B
p.s, While Ensoniq did actually suggest it, probably best not to get stupid. Distort the inputs yes, but running a 500watt amp at full output into your asr might end in tears!! Just be sensible!!
Right. Cuz who doesn't love the sound of digital distortion? lol
fo real though with the effects on the ASR-10 u really don't need all that clipping coming in-it just limits ur possibilities for later on.
It's the analog preamplification stage that overloads when you turn up the trim knob on the ASR.
The analog input is a total throughput to the outputs. Digital only enters the equation when the machine plays back digitally sampled sounds that it sampled from the analog pre-amp. Hence the machine can only digitally distort when it's playing back digital samples.
Maybe you should leave out trying to be smart until you actually know what you are talking about.
Digitally sampling a distorted input on the ASR10 does not mean that the resulting sample is 'digital distortion'. The result is a digital replication (or sample) of analog distortion created in the preamplification stage which is the first stage in an ADDA sytem. The A at the beginning kinda gives it away. LOL.
I think Duke gets the difference between analog&digital.
Ash, you clearly are very well versed in Ensoniq gear: your previous posts are informative and interesting. I'm all for gettin groovy with all kinds of effects, but when I hear about people distoring the inputs, I always associate it with th MPCetards who do it because they(insert silly reason here). Again, I'm not calling you that in anyway.
But Duke's got a point. Most MPC's don't have effects(at least none of the good ones(not talking about the 4K)), but the ESP chip is incredible. Why not process it afterwards?
peace.
p.s. I read your post about older OS's and just switched to 1.61
Of course. Each to their own. You're obviously not gonna want to affect everything that is sampled and yes the distortion effects from the ASR's built in fx are probably some of the best you can get from a hardware unit. I was just basically pointing out something which may be of interest to experimentalists.
jk. I wasn't dissing- just talking, but I think u were trying to send one this way.