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Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP

2009-07-13 by jammie

the best way to get a good quality sound into the emax is through midi sample dump i use dissidants sample wrench as it works with all the old samplers
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chip 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:13 AM
  Subject: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP





  another significat factor is the AD 12 bit conversor

  sometimes you get better results sampling a sound directly to emax's sample input using a decent preamp.

  --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Rei" <vjrei@...> wrote:
  >
  > The answer is very simple...
  > 
  > Algoritms. Emu software is meant to work with Emu hardware. Is like when you buy an iPod or any other music device, if you use some other kind of headphones the sound is gonna be way different, usually bad. 
  > 
  > The OS of each Emu sampler is calibrated for its own hardware, if you import an audio file only with the correct sample rate that doesn't mean anything, you are missing the antialiasing filter, that is the one that gives the texture and the quality to the actual sample other than the samplerate. 
  > 
  > EMXP is only downgrading the sample rate but is not resampli with antialiasing/EQ or compression. That is what gives Emu its sound, they really did an amazing job suking the sounds out of the technology back then.
  >



  

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