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Haha 😆

I like it a lot! Sounds really lush and “nice” - and the built in effects are great. Nice and compact too, and obv being able to use the effects with external inputs is really cool. Def a fan, especially for the price!

They’d handle that with ease! I think they’re really well suited to vocals so yeah they’d probably be the best quality you’d ever need (and then some) :)

@@Duskmos thank you very much!

Very happy to help!

I agree about both points for the most part - I was able to snag my first one on a release day, I say just set an alarm and be ready for it. I haven’t tried to snag one in the last couple years though. My second one I picked up on reverb and paid a premium but not a huge one. Clearly you can tell how I resolved the stereo problem 😆

You nailed it haha, I didn't think about it at the time, but I've been listening to a lot of that style recently (including a few albums from Andy Stott!) and it totally came through here haha.

@@Duskmos I was loving it! Make three or four different patterns through this combo and I'd buy that EP in a heartbeat!

@@EricRaymondSF Appreciate that! I actually might be doing that very thing under a different moniker after I finish the album I'm working on now =)

Totally agree - you gotta vibe with your gear! I’ve bought things I suspected I’d love and ended up not even liking, and vice versa - nothing wrong with that. No one is right or wrong in these decisions haha. We all gotta do we! 😆

Thanks so much!! Yeah I was feeling this one myself haha =)

Haha they really do! Super creative duo. =)

Haha oh dang! Well they're both great so you can't go wrong lol. Thanks for the kind words!

Yeah it’s tough for some people, I like to keep the source the same so you know what has changed and how it changes as I tweak the pedal. Thanks for watching ✌️

Yep! I’d like the option to keep processing incoming audio but my guess is it doesn’t because you’re literally looping the input buffer to make the freeze happen. If you blend it 100% wet then it’ll just mute the incoming signal.

@@Duskmos that makes sense. Thank you.

Haha that’s great! I can agree with the effects, and I’m getting a Bebe Cherie in the next batch, excited to try it out. :)

Haha I had to google that but it is what it is thought it was 😆 I could see it! Lol

+FX hands down if you're willing to spend the extra for it (it is more than twice as expensive though, so it's not the easiest decision haha). I just love the saturation the +FX brings and I happen to prefer the "flavor" of the effects on it and appreciate the display (and even in a pinch using it as an audio interface). The Chroma Console is super fun though and still a great choice, but if it were only going to be one, it would definitely be the +FX for me!

@@Duskmos yeah that saturation is pretty special. Is there any other similar product that you've tried that you would give it consideration?

It’s modified and a few layers of video tweaked to get that look, but the mercury part is from either acidbite.com or happyediting.com - I’ve bought packs from both :)

@@Duskmos Thank you :)

We'll seeeee!

I love the OTO stuff! Do you have a BAM or are you considering picking one up?

@@Duskmos coonsidering! x

@@bexiexz Nice! Hope I helped cover some useful things 🙌 I have some other videos up with the BAM as well, and deep dives of the BIM and BOUM too =)

@@Duskmos you did! thank you, cant wait to check them out!

They're these! www.zzounds.com/a--3989627/item--ERNP06221

Yes, totally a preference - it’s a sick piece of gear, I just didn’t vibe with it. Thanks for sharing!

@@Duskmos however, I grew up with trackers so that might helped a bit:) great channel btw

@artephank haha I bet it would! Thank ya 🙏

I still haven't tried that one out! Love Chase Bliss and I've heard people have good experiences with Meris stuff (haven't tried any yet), and of course the motorized stuff is cool too lol. I do cover the interface a bit in this video, I think using your ears you can really tell what's going on after you familiarize yourself with it. I feel like the forgettable settings are mostly the ones you won't change much (like aux mode or latching behavior). I agree with you to a degree, I mean it's def far from my favorite interface, but as much as it bothered me at first, you really get to understand it after a while. How long did you have it? It does take a little time to get used to it.

BAM is unique in any way, Nothing sounds like it, not even Lexicon. The CXM1979 is way too overpriced and sounds cold and artificial. I had it and it doesn't even come close to the 3-dimensional warm depth of the BAM. You can't remember just a few simple settings?? @Duskmos Interesting fact: The plate algo is the best for achieving the Blade Runner Reberb type of sound. I thought it would be the Hall or the Ambient type, no it's the plate type with SIZE at MAX, a lot of Reverb Time, Light Chorus and NO Damping!

@@jeremyjohnson7676 interesting take. I think CXM sounds much more realistic and natural sounding than BAM. Meris algos are almost objectively the best and CXM is simple enough with an intuitive workflow to dial in a nice variety of realistic reverbs without getting too wild. The motorized faders are also super cool to automate with midi and they give you an immediate understanding of the settings without having to menu dive. I think you should bring your CXM back out and do some AB testing

Cool, I sold the 1979 after I got the BAM. More versatile, bigger sounding, and the warmth and ability to drive the input is the best. Overall the 1979 sounds pretty cool, but falls short of the concert hall reverb from lexicon. I have a pcm 81 and 92 as a reference. I prefer the 81, it hits the sweet spot of the original. But unfortunately the 1979 has no place. I did keep it and use it for about 2 years, got the BAM and compared for another year. Off to a good home.

Danke! Welcome to the fam 🙌

It’s absolutely one of my favorites! 🙌

Oh no way haha, I need to get on that lol. Thanks for the head's up.

Omg wow i must update!

I discovered this by accident last week when checking something to do with the midi setup on the OTO site, was overjoyed, new algos sound great. Been out since Feb apparently, I had no idea

That’s great! It’s a different one for sure 🙌

Thank you for the kind words! That one isn't on my list at the moment but I'll see what I can do! =) Thanks for watching!

Agreed! I love a good destructo-fuzz on a kick. Makes it sound so nasty in the best way haha.

I’m glad it helped! 🙌

Yes indeed! Really celebrated the delay :)

No thank you! :) 🙌

Yesss so good!! 🙌

Haha thank you! 🙏

V4! Just added it to the title. You can tell which version by the graphics so I didn’t bother originally :)

Haha quite! I love it though and wanted to use it on some tracks on my upcoming album so I figured 2 to get the stereo field doing interesting things would be worth it! =)

Haha it’s a wild one 😜

Haha thank you! Yeah the algorithm isn’t very fond of my channel haha 😆 I appreciate your help here lol

Definitely on the higher end but stereo and analog never equals low price haha - it’s high quality and definitely a lovely machine :)

I don’t see why not! You’d just have to go from source>tx-6>destination and that should work as long as you’re going into the inputs in the top and using the main output as the out. The tx-6 would process the audio in realtime and send it right out.

I’m glad you appreciate! That very reason is why I started my Signal Colors series a few years ago, no one was doing it and I was always wishing I could find videos like these! I figured I’d go for it myself and honestly even find myself watching old videos to remember what something sounded like haha 😆

@@Duskmos Us synth nuts are neglected when it comes to effects demos. I think I will subscribe to you. <:3 I love how you take your time too. Really lets us get a good look and listen.

@@midnightsocean2689 I appreciate that! Welcome to the family =)

Thanks for the kind words - I wish I could help here but I just don’t know haha. I have yet to use this as an interface with a DAW. Routing gets confusing pretty fast with any mixer, but I hope someone sees this and can help! If I try it out I’ll get back to you for sure.

They’re both so good! Love the Ultrasheer especially, one of my favorites for sure :)

Thanks so much! Glad to have you checking out the channel. I love Elektron stuff (obviously) - which are you most interested in to start? Happy to answer any questions or give you my thoughts on any of them. =)

@@Duskmos​​⁠I have a ST so seeing you use gear I have to review other things is great. Especially the chroma console and electro harmonix platform as master compression, limiting, distortion/clipping etc is something I wish the ST had so seeing you use that exact combo means I know they work well already :)

@@legendhobbo12 Awesome! Yeah the ST is a ton of fun! The Platform is perfect on it. 🙌

@@Duskmosmight I suggest a pedal for you to look at? Not necessarily for a video but the empress reverb is a fantastic bit of kit, on the higher end of budgets but great sound

@@legendhobbo12 Thanks for the suggestion! =) I'm always open to suggestions!

Congrats on grabbing one! It's such a cool device. I've had it for a year and a half almost and I haven't had any issues with either thing you mention. It hasn't required any maintenance (as far as I'm concerned haha) and I'm still using the original tape. That being said I have a lot of effects and don't use all of them all the time, so I wouldn't say I've used it regularly enough to know how the maintenance part would go if you used it every day for that amount of time. That being said, I love it, and I don't mind if it requires a little service every now and then. I also don't mind if it gets noisy or has any slips or anything, that's all part of the charm for me so I'm along for the ride when it comes to tape. =)

Tough call! I have both and I'm not sure which one I like more. Wooly from Champion Leccy did a whole post about it here if you want to read a lil more =): championleccy.com/2024/02/19/the-skitzy-sounds-controls-and-functions/

Now the left is Preset A and middle is Preset B (so like patch 84 for example would be 84A and 84B) which is kinda cool if you have 2 versions of a preset you want to use on a track, to quick jump between two variations of the same one, or two different presets for two parts of the same song for example. The right one is the infinite freeze. =)