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From your description this is basically what a ring modulator does. Very common piece of analog gear. m. -----Original Message----- From: sean whalen [mailto:swhalen@nfinity.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 5:31 PM To: idmlist Subject: (idm) transform multiply this is somewhat off-topic, depending on the context, but... i just got an esi4000 sampler and it has a great effect called 'transform multiply' which takes two samples, combines their like frequencies and discards the rest. the result is great for coming up with new, creepy sounds from two ordinary samples.

i would say that the emu 'transform multiply' process is more comparable with that of a vocoder, although none of the results really sound like your traditional vocoder sounds. as far as the effect being used before goes, 'transform multiply' was certainly a function available in the emax II, which surfaced around 88 (?) [can't remember if it was in the emax I or the emulator II?], so it's fairly likely that it has been used before! mark

quoted 27 lines from my understanding a ring modulator takes the sum and difference of the

>from my understanding a ring modulator takes the sum and difference of the >frequencies to create a crystalline effect, and that's definitely not what >this is, unless there are other ways to use ring modulation that im not >aware of. > > -sean > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Matthew Allen <matthew@lith.com> >To: 'sean whalen' <swhalen@nfinity.com>; idmlist <idm@hyperreal.org> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:05 PM >Subject: (idm) RE: (dim) transform multiply > > >> >From your description this is basically what a ring modulator does. Very >> common piece of analog gear. >> >> m. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sean whalen [mailto:swhalen@nfinity.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 5:31 PM >> To: idmlist >> Subject: (idm) transform multiply >> >> >> this is somewhat off-topic, depending on the context, but... i just got

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quoted 9 lines esi4000 sampler and it has a great effect called 'transform multiply'

>> esi4000 sampler and it has a great effect called 'transform multiply' >which >> takes two samples, combines their like frequencies and discards the rest. >> the result is great for coming up with new, creepy sounds from two >ordinary >> samples. >> > >

MB> i would say that the emu 'transform multiply' process is more comparable MB> with that of a vocoder, although none of the results really sound like your MB> traditional vocoder sounds. MB> as far as the effect being used before goes, 'transform multiply' was MB> certainly a function available in the emax II, which surfaced around 88 (?) MB> [can't remember if it was in the emax I or the emulator II?], so it's fairly MB> likely that it has been used before! but, surely the point is, if it sounds good then use it... it doesnt matter who has done what before... just go 4 yourz... its not like people are going to stop using resonant filters just cos theyve been used so much...