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Alesis ION


Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:44 am
AnDrOiD


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When will we hear a song made with your new fine purchase? :D
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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:14 am
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It can't sing, Android. ;)

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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:30 am
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It has a vocoder, does that help
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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:41 am
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Yeah, I know, I was just trying to tease him ;) :D
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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:14 pm
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:D
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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:59 pm
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When will we hear a melody with vocoder singing? :P
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Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:49 pm
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The vocoder is not great... I never managed to do a vocoder sound like in Revolutions ("TV, no TV"... that stuff). Sadly there's no indication of the input level, maybe the signal was to weak... I should try sending a higher sound level with my mic pre-amp.
Main synths: Roland Fantom X6, XP80, Alesis Ion, Korg 01/WFD, Wavestation SR, Oberheim Matrix 1000.
Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:46 pm
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jeremy wrote:The vocoder is not great... I never managed to do a vocoder sound like in Revolutions ("TV, no TV"... that stuff). Sadly there's no indication of the input level, maybe the signal was to weak... I should try sending a higher sound level with my mic pre-amp.
Hmmm, I love the Ion's vocoder and IMO is much superior to the mK's! It's great for the typical The Robots sound, does that very very well.
I've managed to get a good sound from plugging my mic straight into the the right Input jack... :roll:
Post Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:04 pm
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jarrekid wrote:Hmmm, I love the Ion's vocoder and IMO is much superior to the mK's! It's great for the typical The Robots sound, does that very very well.
I've managed to get a good sound from plugging my mic straight into the the right Input jack... :roll:
Yes I did that too. I should experiment a bit further. :wink:
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Post Posted Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:17 pm
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jeremy wrote:The vocoder is not great... I never managed to do a vocoder sound like in Revolutions ("TV, no TV"... that stuff). Sadly there's no indication of the input level, maybe the signal was to weak... I should try sending a higher sound level with my mic pre-amp.
You should use a distortion or ringmodulator for those voices. It really works! :D
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Post Posted Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:25 pm
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Jarp2600 wrote:
jeremy wrote:The vocoder is not great... I never managed to do a vocoder sound like in Revolutions ("TV, no TV"... that stuff). Sadly there's no indication of the input level, maybe the signal was to weak... I should try sending a higher sound level with my mic pre-amp.
You should use a distortion or ringmodulator for those voices. It really works! :D
I never thought about that, I will try that.
Post Posted Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:39 pm
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It's my solution for singing Revolution without having a vocoder :P
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Post Posted Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:35 pm
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As the ION has editable sounds, is there anyway of being able to return the synth back to it's factory preset (for anyone who has an ION). I can't find nothing in the manual that mentions this, so Im just wondering if it can be done.
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Post Posted Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:26 pm
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Sadly not. The original sounds aren't in the memory of the synth. You have to load them bank by bank via the SysEx files available on the Alesis website (www.alesis.com).
Main synths: Roland Fantom X6, XP80, Alesis Ion, Korg 01/WFD, Wavestation SR, Oberheim Matrix 1000.
Post Posted Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:14 pm
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That's a bugger, thanks Jeremy :D
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"A group of men and woman entered the laboratory one month ago to live in a smell free world. Body odour, sweaty arms pits and smelly feet are to create the energy to survive. A total mystery surrounds this experiment, and it's project code name: B.O and Smell'i "







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