ive done this too. good call
I agree, its a narrow range, and i need to simultaneously pull down the loop level, but its very nice sounding. it feels like a slightly dirtier or more “organic” type of saturation than the elektrons to me? not that i think one is better than the other, i actually like the sort of digital nature of the dt od and octa filter overdrive (and i really love the overdrive in the fx page of the DN2). i think the bento od reminds me more of the A4 mk2 saturation a little
i also feel you on the reverb algos. i typically do the most “realistic” room or plate i can find on a reverb pedal/unit and then try to make it as airy and “light” with natural reflections as i can. like balancing ethereal and vaporous with translucent and natural. but the gravitas and clouds here sound very very nice when you get into the higher “Hi C” values (which is weird, because i think thats a high cut filter, but it feels more like a freq gain or maybe a depth thing?) and when you push the reverb send past 70% on it
one thing i found really cool, despite the irritating fact that you cant just record a sample, truncate it, save it, name it, edit it easily in one place is that if you think of this as kind of a sound design lab in sort of a modular way, like its all connected, then you can still accomplish pretty much anything
like, now im thinking of the granular engine as more of just my sample editor. i record my sample as a loop, then import to granular synth, turn of internal osc, ill take a synth note from my roland s-1, set position to fixed, and just have it loop with lower density and low window, so it just kind of makes a kind of “unison” thick almost reese sounding timbre. if you set a slight play position and window lfo on it, just a tiny bit it just feels like more of a resonator or something. very powerful tool to have in a sampler like this
then resample that and throw it into a one shot slot. i still havent actually figured out how to load and play my recorded samples chromatically polyphonically via the onboard pads though. can you do that in one shot tracks? i see poly modes but it doesnt behaveas i expected and definitely not how blackbox does
i really with they at least added all the blackbox features by now
but im wondering if maybe the multisampler could be a better tool for this? without actually multisampling? i dont think it works that way though. i just want to play my sampled tones polyphonically, like a custom synth voice/wave
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*(i’m just gonna use my P-6 built-in mic and the Mix out w/a 3.5mm trs)