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From:
Eric Moon
To:
C. Desmarias
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Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:22:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) aphex name solution?
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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, C. Desmarais [ahem] wrote: [zap!]
quoted 3 lines There's been an Aphex Aural Exciter sitting in a pawn shop in Vancouver> There's been an Aphex Aural Exciter sitting in a pawn shop in Vancouver > for about 2 years.. nobody in the store knows what it does and I've never > heard of it before. What the hell is this thing anyway?
They're a general-purpose signal processor of sorts, made for your average struggling home-studio musician who's yearning for that certain EuroCheese sheen. They apparently do add a bit of "sparkle" through a bit of hard-wired EQ'ing and thickening. Obviously, something Mr. James uses a lot. --Eric