Reason users: Subtractor vs. Malstrom

professorcox · Post by **professorcox** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:56 pm

I use both, which one depends on what I'm doing. When I want a "cleaner" sound, with distinct notes, I tend toward the subtractor. When I'm going for more of a droning sound, it's the malstrom. I do also like the malstrom for some organ-like, but not quite an organ sounds.

I've just upgraded to 4 and am still learning the thor.

defiance · Post by **defiance** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm

im an avid subtractor user myself, i have dabbled with the malstrom but have never been happy with the outcome, thats just down to my lack of knowledge but one day i will learn to use it

knobgoblin · Post by **knobgoblin** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:09 am

I make all my basses built from layers in a combinator patch. both the distorted bass and the metallic bass in this track were created with combinators using both subtractor and maelstrom.
http://download.yousendit.com/8C37033A4221A06B

pm me if you want the combinator file

knobgoblin

chimp_and_zee · Post by **chimp_and_zee** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:23 am

Some freaky sounds can be made from Malstrom, that's for sure. I don't really use Subtractor atall but maybe I should go back and have a look at it... Too many synths, too little time!

phaelon · Post by **phaelon** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:15 pm

futures_untold wrote: 1. The LFO on the subtractor free cycles, that is to say, it doesn't retrigger the LFO cycle everytime a midi note is triggered in the sequrncer. This can be useful for long running LFO sequences in tunes. E.g. pads or bass.

This isnt necissarily true. If you click the "sync" button on the LFO, it will retrigger everytime a midi note is hit. Otherwise if you leave it unclicked, it will free cycle like you said.

fused_forces · Post by **fused_forces** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:27 pm

Both for us, depends wot sort of sound ya after.

Reason users: Subtractor vs. Malstrom

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