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Wretch machine query?Can it play an existing riff??
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:03 pm    Post subject:  Wretch machine query?Can it play an existing riff?? Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hi- i've been listening to a lot of demos of the wretch machine and am seriously considering buying one- Very Happy

i am just wondering if its possible to get a chromatic scale out of this beast-

i.e can i play an existing melody or riff on it or is it really for creating unique sounds:?:

I love the tone of the wretch and have always experimented with distorting synths but i would like to use it on melody/riff based songs rather then dnb or pure electronica

Does anyone have any examples of the wretch without drum backing that can illustrate this possibility - what i would ideally like is if some cool person posted a nice octave or so of a typical wretch synth patch.

Or a clip of someone playing Gary Numans Cars on the Wretch Machine Smile

Thanks
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

You can get about 2 octaves of range out of it. It is capable of playing chromatic scales, but I must warn that calibration can be time consuming, and it does drift. But yeah, I've done a number of tracks, at least one of which is posted in here somewhere.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

you will not get it to play cars ... i dont think

and THANK GOD FOR THAT !!!

its its own beast you start out trying to do one thing but end up with another that on reflection you realize you LOVE

get your cash out

you wont be sorry

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

1- yes
2- no
Sounds like a challange Laughing

hmmm thats cool - i suppose you could just sample it or something?

Think i may be best to get the Waveshaper first and see if i can use that!

Im basically searching for the ultimate distoted synth tone but not in a cheezy trance way - i really like the sound of the wretch - its so unique
like a Putney
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

http://www.virb.com/edisonrex/music/albums/35168 and listen to 152-Wretchmix-1 - I guess I had posted it here once but it was lost in the Great Crash of 2007.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

And here's another that makes good use of the Wretch, even shows off its key tracking a bit.


158-Jazzish.mp3
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Wonderful track. That's the best clip I have heard using the wretch. Very musical, and yet gritty.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Not cheap are they!

Sounds interesting though and looks very nice.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Mohoyoho wrote:
Wonderful track. That's the best clip I have heard using the wretch. Very musical, and yet gritty.


Thank you!

There isn't anything else like the Wretch, unless maybe you built something, but honestly, the shark fin waveform really has a unique sound, and put through that filter it just comes out, well, unique.

http://www.electro-music.com/forum/topic-16898.html is the first track I posted here at electro-music, and the first track I used the Wretch Machine on.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I like your stuff its much mellower than mine. I cant seem to calm down long enough to make some nice ambient sounds but it's on my list of things to do. Nice job!
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