Anyone have any demos of the TM-1 that aren't just noise?

GeneralBigbag · Post by **GeneralBigbag** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:36 am

Rumour has it that the TM-1 can do stuff besides destroy signals.
I get the feeling that, like the Sherman or the M-Res, it's sold as a signal destroyer and so there aren't demos of the full range of what it's capable of.
Does anyone out there have demos which prove me right?

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:38 pm

Metasonix TM-1?

I don't have an demos anymore, but it is capable of subtle wave shaping. I only used it for subtle stuff... what are you expecting from it?

Do a google search for Muff Wigglers Forum and you should be able to find some demos...or ask someone to make one.

GeneralBigbag · Post by **GeneralBigbag** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:52 pm

I had a look at Muffwiggler's site, there are a few TM-1 demos here and there, but they're pretty stock-standard metasonix demos :)
I think what I want is for it to sound like it is described in the Keyboard review:
'A harmonically rich yet dark distortion .... A stunning ugly/beautiful sound'
Something where I can go from a near-bypass state which just warms a sound, through to something which makes whatever I put through it sound broken.
It would also be nice if it could distort, but preserve some subtleties of the source material, but I suspect this is not the unit for that.
I'm not totally sure on this yet - I'm thinking of possibly selling my PH16 and getting something else - this seems like the most interesting something else going right now. At the same time, I'm saving for a Mk2 MnM, so it's the usual 'too many choices' thing. And then there's whatever NAMM will bring in Jan...

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:24 pm

GeneralBigbag wrote: It would also be nice if it could distort, but preserve some subtleties of the source material, but I suspect this is not the unit for that.
I'm not totally sure on this yet - I'm thinking of possibly selling my PH16 and getting something else - this seems like the most interesting something else going right now....

The TM-1 will do this with certain material...stuff like a saw wave or whatever. I'm telling you, ask someone at that forum to post an example of a more subtle use of the unit and someone will comply... they did it for me for the TM-7. The units that can't really do subtle are the TX-1 and TX-2...those are just noisy no matter what.