emusonacid! legacy

This tip shows how to use the destructive gain function.

This tip demonstrates how to use the Shelving Filter (note: modulating between a closed high-pass shelving filter and a closed low-pass shelving filter does not neccesarily sound good - this tip simply demonstrates how the z-plane filters work)

take any full freq synth sound>sample edit>tools 3>gain at about +24db>WATCH YOUR MONITORS!>the sound will be digitally clipped, which adds 2nd and 4th order harmonics>hit present manage>hit new preset>hit OK>hit present manage>place sound you just gained into V1>highlight V1>hit edit voice>hit amp/filter>hit prev/next keys until you see 4-pole lowpass filter at top of screen>change it to the last filter "Shelf/Morphing filter">set frame 1 to 83 Hertz; Shelf = -64>set frame 2 to 10000 hertz (try playing with the fequency values); Shelf = +63>set morph to 255>hit cords>Source = ModW; Dest = FilFreq; Amount = -100% (this actually adjusts the morph parameter in the Shelving filter)>now the modwheel should take you from a lowpass shelving filter to a highpass shelving filter>mess with the db amounts on the filter page until it sounds right>this is just an example>you may want to try the Source = LFO 1 on the chords page or adjusting the shelf parameter.

been getting good results with this tip!!! nice one

glad it works for you, man. Yo, I should have converted a couple of tracks to MP3 over this weekend by Monday so I'll send em to you if you could still find a place to host em that'd be gangsta!

just give me a shout when u need them to be hosted!

Holla!

Yeah, I've got one dark dancefloor junt that's mixed and mastered and just needs to be converted to MP3 and one techy, jazzed out one for the heads that I need to mix. Hopefully I can get it done this weekend so yous can give some feedback ...

OK -

got this to work but one thing I dont understand:

Why boost gain to +24db? as yes - it clips he hell out of it!

anyone?

JD

id imagine its so you can dramatically hear what its doing

ah I see

The gain on the EMU (yes it digitally clips the signal) is used by BC to make basslines (digitally clipping). I heard this from a reliable source. I said, "Doesn't this just clip the signal?" But then I tried it.

Try putting a a bassline through the gain (sometimes the best results come at +4db instead of +24) and taking the original ungained and 6-pole lowpassing to right below the freq of your kick. Then take the gained copy and highpass jsut above your kick > resample through an analouge (or mock) tube to take the "edge" of the clip > put back in Emu and put on a highpass or z-plane > modulate ... you can get some really grindin sounds using this technique