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Re: [emax] Re: Emax Sample Release High Pitch Noise

2014-07-05 by JAMIE logan

analog filters add analog noise but remeber when every thing was tape and tape had a roll of about 15khz or 30khz as in sampling and why vinyl sounded good the problem is everything is sampled so high today that you pick up even more hiss

the reason for high sample playback rates is not for recording but for computation the faster the frequency range and oversampling the less error is for computing and less aliasing but also in digital system they use fft to remove the partials from the sound the further they go up the keyboard they have less partials so that no aliasing happens this is called band limited and was first used in synths like the dw8000 dwgs system

but if sampling hi hats to make them crunchy because they do have high frequency content raging in the 15khz to 20khz range if you sample them at 22050hz then you will get a natural distortion or crunch as they call it in hip hop

and this distortion can be pleasing to the hear just listen to the mirage 8bit sampler or the EII they sound great unlike the clinical samplers of today that sound sterile

but i can tell you you emax is quiet compared to some i have serviced so i dont see any problems with it and to me its the analog his that makes it sound warm and why so many people are aiming for the old sampler sounds as software just does not hack it


On 5 July 2014 15:19, bry_204@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. I tried truncating the sample last night in the Emax, I was able to remove it that way. I also noticed that, it was only a problem when I sampled that hat in at 31 kHz.

I tried sampling it in at different rates, what is real weird is I sampled it in at 41 kHz then dropped it to 31 kHz after internally. When I did it this way, there was no noise. Can't remember if I did this on a kick or that hat, fact is it didn't have the weird high pitch noise when I did it that way. No clue as to why.

I'll try doing the reverse sample as well.

Yea I know about the Emax being noisy, I won't even use the main left/right outputs on mine. Guess I'm too used to modern clean digital, this is my first sampler. I do love the end results it's able to produce though, even just mapping one sample out across an octave and comparing its pitch shifting algorithm compared to pitching the sample in Ableton sounds entirely different. (in a real pleasing way)


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