Jump into the smooth world of the Amped Elektra. The Amped Elektra takes inspiration from the Hohner Elektra. It is recorded from a totally reestablished one and ramped through three vintage amps. It’s particular, flawlessly warm and offbeat sound can be the soul of each Funk, (Neo) Soul and Jazz generation. Story goes that while walking through a studio, set up with a vintage electronic piano, Sebastian Breiter, sound creator at Steinberg, approached the Hohner Electra and fell in love with its unique, resonant, and melodic sound. The Hohner Electra was built in the 70’s. It is sonically related to the Wurlitzer and Rhodes, with groups like Driven Dirigible utilizing it for their recordings.
Amped Elektra is a whole new beginning
It is an insider tip and is presently encountering its resurrection through the Amped Elektra. The Electra’s DI signal was not as it was recorded at the Better believe it! Better believe it! Definitely! Studios in Hamburg. However, it was also sent through three vintage tube amps. Accordingly, this gave the Amped Elektra a deeper, warmer sound with character. The extra drive reactions for the Amped Elektra were made with extraordinarily chosen vintage equip to include a few additional characters on the reverb area. So, you’ll be able to utilize chamber, spring or plate reverbs outlined with the assistance of classical units just like the EMT 240 “Goldfolie”, a lovely Vocabulary 224, the AKG BX5 or the Roland Refrain Resound RE-501.
The Amped Elektra was recorded in one of Hamburg’s finest recording settings: The Better believe it! Definitely! Definitely Studios. An extraordinary 55 square meter recording room, a custom-made 1974 Polygram Support on which to the Rolling Stones recorded, loads of uncommon, mojo-driven vintage Instruments, amps and hard-to-find mics make this studio truly one of a kind. After confronting water harm twice in another area, the studio got hit by a blast in their building in May 2021. Still having no get to to the studio and gear they are battling for their presence, but they set up a Raising money Campaign.
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