Monotribe

[Tony Scharf]

In the late 80s early 90's, Chris Randall was Sister Machine gun and
Positron Records.  He now releases under the name Micronaught.  He is
also one half of AudioDamage and programs instrument plugins.

If you followed his twitter feed, he basically reviewed the mono while
going through the process of trying to write a track with it.  He had
a lot of trouble taming the clicky kick transients and other things to
make a final 'professional' mix.  His conclusion was based on the
thought that you would need a lot of really expensive processing to
ultimately be able to use the monotribe in a professional production
because of its unwieldy transients.  To each his own, I guess.

Tony

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:56 AM, punkdISCO <forums at punkdisco.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Marc
>
>> My advice when you got gas: find if Chris Randall did a review of it: he's
> extremely critical and doesn't chew his words so he's gotta dig the dirt for
> you:
>
> I don't know this guy's background but I think he is kinda missing the point
> of the Monotribe when he concludes: "this is a toy; don't buy unless you
> have $220 burning a hole in your pocket".  I have seen lots of YT vids where
> the Monotribe sounds very impressive and creative.  I tend to always favour
> synths that have similar restrictions to the Monotribe;  Paul Nagles recent
> SoS review hits the nail on the head when he concludes: "Taken as a complete
> package, the Monotribe is cute, addictive and yes, undeniably limited. This
> means that all the innovation and individuality has to come from you!"
>
> He also mentions that the drum machine is "nearly useless" due to the noise.
> I have never used a Monotribe but I seem to recall other reviews saying that
> the headphone output is noisy but, the main output is not so.  Maybe he only
> reviewed with headphones??
>
> Paul
> London
> www.punkdisco.co.uk
> Banned by YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EvlOpBe0xU
> "It's not even remotely creative or interesting." - Tony Cappellini
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