emusonacid!

where do you guys usaully add your efx? like reverb and stuff like that. do you do in your emu? do you do it in a software application? Or do you even add reverb and stuff like that at all?

i have been kind of considering adding reverb and whatever to my tracks. and the emu has some okay effects, but even with the empty preset technique, the effects are some what limited. and limited by means that you can't really add a reverb on track one, a flange on track 2, a distorted pan on three, and so on. this is the primary reason why i typically don't have effects in my choons for now is because it seems to be a lot of work to get so little.

does the rfx 32 kit allow you to apply a more varied amount of effects on your sounds, or are you still stuck on using two sections and four subs to allocate various degrees of two different effects?

just curious as to what you guys do. also what do you typically add your effects to, do you add reverb to your drums, vocals, bass, or what?

input would be good. trying to decide were to go from were i am at right now in producing....

hey s&h

I never really use the effects on the emu for the same reasons, it seems kinda pointless. However, I do occasionally use the reverb for a few sounds (like piano, harps etc). I normally use software reverb (like Waves True Verb etc.) just so much easier to work with and plenty more parameters.

I hear the RFX card rocks for effects, no where near as limited as the standard ones, but I'm really detered by the price.

but read this if you didn't
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For me, effects are the hardest part of writing a track. I'm never quite sure how to implement them into the process.

Anyway, I almost never use the Emu's effects, as I think they sound crap. I do use the delay sometimes, but that's about it.

What I usually do, is use software for effects, but I try to resample with effects on, as this means I have to keep track of less shit... For example, if I want to have a little reverb on my snare, I'll run just the snare through my computer, add some reverb, and sample that. This keeps me from having to dedicate an effect and a seperate output for that effect, and mostly works okay, but causes problems with compression...

So, I'm still looking for a better solution, which hopefully will be the RFX.

Great topic, sampleandhold...

A little bit of 'verb here and there to add depth... A little delay to make drums and sometimes vocals sound more interesting... flange for pads to give 'em that spacey feel... Distortion to make things sound... distorted :)

In addition, the RFX's chorus algorithms are incredibly interesting and if you turn feedback way up can create some amazing sounds out of nothing more than a sine wave!

Most of those effects, IMO, should be added at the very end of production, once you already have a killer track. Use the effects to take it to the next level... But using things like those chorus algorithms you can actually synthesize sounds w/ the RFX.