tempest distortion is nothing for about an 8th, them re d=i=c=k u less … no adding warmth,
the comp lowers the volume, a tiny bit,
but, 32 mutable tracks, hi quality sounds, fat bass, fat kick, fat hi hats,
the ribbons are great, the pad sounds are awesome, 6 voice poly,
the samples bring a lot, u can add a real tom or hi hat in there, tons of variety,
its basically 4 layers, each sound, every layer is strong enough to be a sound on its own, but u can do interesting stuff like, the heavy tone from the analogs, the bounce from a pitched down tom, then a great click for the drum by using a rim shot, all mixed in one kick, very unique,
if u try it out, find a way if u can to add the contest presets, at least a few, the regular presets are soo bad that u wont get anywhere with um and think it sucks, the contest sounds are a ton better.
i don’t get what all this stuff that everyone wants, it sequences drums, awesome, basses too, great, leads? yep? bar length? 8//// yes better,
roll button, ribbon controller, reverses, filters, all those sounds to add variety, mpc swing,
not an elektron, weak in some areas they are strong, it sounds better,
u can do parameter locks of sorts, in the event editor, u can edit every event, volume, key, length, fx, other stuff too.
it has led me to areas using the real time pad playing that i would never do on the elektron stuff,
but yea, i cant stress the terribleness of the factory presets, its a deep machine n has tricks, u wont learn them for a while, the contest presets have them, the factory don’t, it a whole other machine,
tons of great guys use it and its awesome, i can see why.
