Emax

Where can I buy these CD's?

Bob
--- steveklp <steve@...> wrote:
> 
> > 3- Northstar CD for Emax2
> > Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
> > In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use
> lot of memory.
> 
> I have the first two Northstar CDs, the pop one and
> the orchestral 
> one. I have found them to be amongst the best of the
> CDs available 
> and a worthwhile compliment to the E-mu factory set.
> The only reason 
> I didn't go for the third one, the Synth collection,
> was because I 
> have plenty of other synth sources already. I've
> also has access to 
> most of the other libraries e.g. Greytsounds in the
> past so my 
> thought are also based on comparison with these as
> well.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by interesting but if it
> helps, the sounds 
> are generally excellent quality and usable. I guess
> there's a limit 
> to how 'interesting' acoustic instruments can be but
> there are 
> certainly some 'unusual' ethnic type instruments as
> well as your 
> everyday strings and brass. The other thing that
> marks the Northstar 
> library apart is the fact they try to include
> different playing 
> styles in banks which are separate samples and not
> just the same 
> preset on a different filter setting. Oh and the 4MB
> banks tend to be 
> 44.1 KHz, as opposed to the normal max sample rate
> of 39KHz and I 
> believe the Emax can play them back at this rate,
> even if it cannot 
> record. Cymbals etc certainly sound crisp.
>  
> On the downside, you'll find some duplication
> between the 1MG banks 
> and the 4MB banks (i.e. same sounds but recorded at
> lower sampling 
> rate) so the number of banks you get on a CD doesn't
> quite add up to 
> the total number of unique sound sets if you see
> what I mean.
> 
> Overall though, I have no regrets about my purchase,
> especially at 
> the current discounted price.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Steve
> 
> ======= http://www.steveadam.co.uk ==============
> 
> 


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