Re: Acid / AE

["Brian Mulvey" <bdmulvey@earthlink.net>]

> I really like Autechre .. if you get a chance, check out "444" from the
> "Incunabula" CD .. I love that track. Anyway, I think the lads rarely use
> stock sounds of any kind .. they build the "drum" track from sampled and
> treated sounds (like dogs barking etc.) and analogue generated sounds
> (using lots of LFO tweaking). I've never read anything about how they
> actually do it .. they keep a low public profile!

In the beginning they used lots of cheap digital and analog gear, casio
samplers,
stuff like that. Then with Tri-Repetae they were using alot of Nord Lead,
and this
led to computer synthesis and processing almost exclusively (I hear LP5 and
EP7
are entirely done in the digital domain). The latest ZZTop samples them, 
you
KNOW
they've done something right.



> I've found Audiomulch is a handy tool for generating these kind of sounds
> .. link up a load of contraptions and tweak the parameters until you have
> something you like .. then export to a WAV file. You can start with a
> sample in the "Loop Player" 'trap or start with an "analogue" style
> waveform using the "10 Harmonics" 'trap. (still doesn't sound exactly 
>like
> AE, but a start)

Audiomulch is great. Also check out Buzz tracker.. for options and a more
usable
sequencer.