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you're all probably gonna laugh at me for this, but I tried a new approach with how I set uop levels on my gears.normally, I'd leave the master volume of my synths to about 40% and adjust the gain/level on the mixer. today, I turned the md and mono to max olume and lowered the gain... I couldn't believe it! what can only be described as "warmth" came streaming through my speakers... will leave it like that I think

warmth!! are you sure it wasn't smoke coming out of your speakers?

A possible explanation: If the software on the elektron devices translated volume into actual bit-depth pre-DAC, then less bits, hence less resolution, would occur at the output. Increasing voume would increase headroom in this case. OTOH, if the volume knob was an actual pot, post-DAC, then maybe there is a bit of psycho-acoustics going on, where perceived loudness is different, using different level settings at your mixer.

signal to noise ratio

always, ALWAYS use top volume on synths

pflosi wrote:signal to noise ratio

always, ALWAYS use top volume on synths

will do from now on

as for the sound, it was the same kind of improvement in sound I got from the tubes of my esx, the bassdrums came to life so to say, really a different sound in my ears, and in a good way

pflosi wrote:signal to noise ratio

always, ALWAYS use top volume on digital synths

fixed.

An older analog is more likely to have a sweetspot in its volume range.

yes, up to the top that is

or sth is wrong with your OLD synth