Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by jammie
as long as the analog chips dont die fuixing the prophit 5 is not a problem usually just changing the odd cap ... From: ss To: emax@yahoogroups.com Sent:
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Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by jammie
theres only 3 samplers that can perform the single cycle wave modulation and thats ensoniq eps16+ asr10 and asr-x they are called transwaves and you use single
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by ss
The FL Studio crowd is a cult of sorts. They are very young, have not had exposure and/or experience, have never had their hands on and analog synth I
Re: [emax] Only 1MG of RAM...!
2009-07-15 by ss
I guess the photo I attached to this email was dropped by the servers as a possible virus or trojan! It was a shot from the 1950 s American horror film The
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by ss
I agree completely, Jammie! This is exactly what is wrong with the Ableton Live instruments. You hit the nail on the head, my man! :-) Have you thought about
Re: [emax] Sound Design: TM "had problems...."
2009-07-15 by jammie
i have it and the transform function is the same just faster its an emulator 4 engine so it sounds great if you goto there site you can get proteus vx free and
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by jammie
thats why they sound like every other fl studio user a lot of people dont remember most of the best stuff was created on analog 8 track tape and played live
Only 1MG of RAM...!
2009-07-15 by ss
I now have this taped to my Emax as a reminder! :-) It does help me to remember! :-) Trying to keep the head alive is like trying to keep your vintage
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by jammie
i use the comp for sound design and editing samples then i dump them back to hardware for the synth section and analog filtering the reason virus strings sound
Sound Design: TM "had problems...."
2009-07-15 by ss
I remember one of the key people in development who had done all of this TM work (not Transendental Meditation -- that s on the David Lynch list!) and this
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by ss
Yes, Elk and I m trying to understand this...But in every case it is different, a different situation. With Emax, for example, it is the filters, the
Re: [emax] Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-15 by Elk Latham
everything I do with software instruments some how end up in hardware sampler as well. ________________________________ From: ss To:
Re: "PUNCH"
2009-07-14 by ss
Regarding PUNCH in a sample, I was going through my library and noticing that a good number of the power drum hits I have in one collection were not really
Keeping track of "source material"...
2009-07-14 by ss
I m finding that especially with Melodyne Studio now that keeping track of source material is becoming increasingly difficult! After something goes into
Re: [emax] Sound Design
2009-07-14 by ss
I completely agree, Brooks. Some of these new tools have made huge leaps in sound design work. I find I m jumping into Melodyne Studio constantly while
Re: [emax] Sound Design
2009-07-14 by Brooks Mosher
i think tools like Ableton Live have made things so much easier for working with large samples. you can do things within minutes that would have taken hours
Sound Design
2009-07-14 by ss
Hi Everybody. I just want to thank everybody for their comments on this list and I really appreciate all of the email I have received. I seem to be seeing
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by bermudaben2006
Has anyone ever compared the sound quality of EMXP and midi dump? As I said earlier, I think sound quality of files converted with EMXP is perfectly ok if you
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by esynthesist
This could be true. The conversion algorithm is quite sensitive to the level of the sound amplitude. When I designed it I thought I had made sure that even the
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Elk Latham
There s also a certain stability to it like SCSI.. ________________________________ From: jammie To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by jammie
not better just faster a lot faster but not as fast as scsi but the emax does not respond to smdi any way so rs port is the fastes ... From: Brooks Mosher
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Brooks Mosher
just curious, is RS422 better than MIDI for transferring sample files? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Elk Latham
Your right about not being good for PC users. If you’re an Alchemy user on a mac you’re not limited to using sd2 files. I make all my samples as well..
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by jammie
thats only good if you have the old mac setup not good for pc and i like to make up my own samples and not use other peoples sd2 bank files ... From: Elk
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Elk Latham
Sample dumps over the RS422 port is my preferred method. ________________________________ From: jammie To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by jammie
in sample dump you have to dump 1 sample at a time it takes the sample 16 bits and transmits it at 12 bits i find the 27khz sample rate to be good for drum
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Brooks Mosher
so from what i m reading, EMXP isn t going to give us the best sound quality? i ve never had any distortion problems using it myself, but i ve never done
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 ...
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-13 by John
Ok, I want photos! Way cool. Why just the shell? What happened to the inerds?
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by bermudaben2006
I did some more testing with EMXP... The answer to my problem with distortion really has to do with headroom, not with the conversion algorithm or with Emax s
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-13 by elmbeatz
I have Alan Wilders Emulator II shell he played on the 84 Tour. (Just the shell unfortunately...) But nevertheless, it means a lot to me. I m also supposed to
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Chip
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.
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-13 by Rei
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
Sound Design -- Was: "Celebrity Emax, etc."
2009-07-13 by ss
[Was: Celebrity Emax, etc. ] Dear Jammie, Mike, and everybody -- I m changing this thread subject to Sound Design since this has turned into such a great
Re: [emax] Re: Happy Anniversary to us!
2009-07-13 by ss
Very true, fellows! I m on a lot of lists and this list is the best group of folks by far! Every comment is worthwhile that I have read so far! Thank you
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-12 by esynthesist
I did some tests myself today. The lower quality of the Emax samples is not caused by the lower samplerate, but by the 12-to-8 bit compression algorithm. If
Re: [emax] Re: Happy Anniversary to us!
2009-07-12 by Patrick
Yes, I echo this! I would never have been able to come as far as I have with my Emax without John s initial help with samples and then this group where you
Re: [emax] Re: Designing sound. Was: "Celebrity Emax, etc."
2009-07-12 by jammie
yes as long as the multisample does not exceed the 512k limit when converted to 12bit-8bit compression format of thre emax1 i still use all my samplers and
Re: [emax] Re: Designing sound. Was: "Celebrity Emax, etc."
2009-07-12 by Mike S
Completely agree John - on exactly the same wavelength I have Mac s and a PC full of VST s but all the sounds everyone has!! I am after an Emax 1 for its
Re: [emax] Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-12 by jammie
drum samples sound better at lower sample rates any way as they dont contain the whole frequency spectrum thats why hiphop producers prefer the 12bit sample
Re: [emax] Re: Designing sound. Was: "Celebrity Emax, etc."
2009-07-12 by jammie
yes i find that lets have that moog sample lets have that obx sample its easy to create in old samplers with out the moog or the ob,s they use analog
Re: Converting wav files to Emax samples using EMXP
2009-07-12 by bermudaben2006
Well, if you could take samples with Emax at both 42 and 44 KHz you probably wouldn t hear any difference. But converting 44.1 Khz samples is another thing,
Re: Happy Anniversary to us!
2009-07-12 by esynthesist
And thank you John for making this all possible. Starting this group must have been one of the most important steps in the post-Emax history for keeping this
Re: Designing sound. Was: "Celebrity Emax, etc."
2009-07-12 by John
Yes, it was really a tangent that frankly I don t get to discuss with many people without them getting an odd look on their face and walking off. Sound Design:
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-12 by John
That would entertain me for weeks, had I those items. Enjoy enjoy and not the silence!
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-12 by John
Wow TFF was another most inspiring group on musical and philosophical levels as well. I enjoy the subject matter and some of their back story in regards to
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-12 by John
Depending on the item, yes I m a collector.
Re: Celebrity Emaxes Where are they now?
2009-07-12 by John
oh i agree completely never limit yourself to what s been done, I just have a serious nostalgia streak for such things. It s a fun thing to thread if nothing
Happy Anniversary to us!
2009-07-12 by John
It was 10 years ago this month that I formed this group from the original pre-WWW group we had. I never imagined that 10 years later I d still be receiving up
Re: [emax] Re: Emulator I system disks
2009-07-11 by kevin kelley
I have an E1 with genmod and several disks I will see if I remember how to create a systems disk. Kevin Kelley ... From: robyx672001