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I spent some time with my Line6 filter pro's Synth patches, and while I didn't have anything to compare it to, I thought, for the price, they were excellent. I don't know how their x911 emulation holds up to the original, but I sure was able to get some interesting noises from it. Glitchy for sure, but I hear the original was too. Perhaps I should borrow a friend's Filter Factory and do a side by side test. Funny, I got rid of my Electrix stuff (except the Repeater) because I was paying out a lot and I needed rack space. Now that I'm happily holed up in my studio those reasons are gone. But then again, I could just sink deeper and deeper into software as seems to be the fashion. Has anyone fooled with software filters/effects for a guitar synth like sound? Also, I called up a few patches in the good old VH-1 for "synth" sounds. Not sure if they're what you're looking for but some very interesting cool sounds for sure. Man I love that little red box. Mark --- S V G <vsyevolod@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Kevin, > > I've owned the FM-4, and though I would never > have described it as "glitchy", it didn't sound > convincing to me. More like it was trying to > emulate 16 different "real filters" and doing a > barely passable job at all of them. I'm sure that > other users find it more than adequate, that > was just my impression. By itself it was okay, > kinda fun for a few hours... But then put it in a > signal chain with other stomp boxes and suddenly it > doesn't sound so good anymore. Same goes for > their other coloured boxes. The MM-4 was my > favorite out of that bunch, but it just didn't hold > up in a more complex signal path. I sold it and got > a TC Stereo Chorus Flanger instead. Now > there's a sexy beast... > > The Filter Factory on the other hand, sounds as > clear and as deep as a snow-fed mountain > stream. The only problem I have with it is that the > distortion segment is a bit lame. But that's > neither here nor there. You also may want to look > into the Filter Queen, almost the same exact > unit while taking up half the space. I've owned > both and have kept the Filter Factory. > > I also owned an Evolver for 6 months or so. > One of the worst possible user interfaces ever > to exist on a piece of gear. While the PolyEvolver > keyboard goes a long way towards rectifying > the Evolver's UI, it still doesn't show what it got > under it's skirt. This is something that I'd > want to see at a glance, like say, a Nord Lead or a > Korg Oasys with their LED illuminated rotary > knobs. Electrix gear shows everything, you can tell > what sound it's going to make even before > turning it on. The only exception to this is that > the Repeater is lacking a few small things like > track mute indicators. > > Stephen > > > > <<The FM-4 looks to be a little glitchy, judging > from the user manual > and the comments on the list. Does anyone have > experience with the > Electrix Filter Factory? That may be the filter for > me.>> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com