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Re: [emax] Digest Number 332

Re: [emax] Digest Number 332

2003-01-27 by Nicholasfaith@...

Hey John, Just wanted to point out that all of the Emu's up until the EIII 
were SSM, The EIII was CEM (Curtis Chips) I have a few machines with the CEM 
filters and they are wilder then my Emu stuff.. more so to the point that 
they distort the sounds you run through them. the emu SSM's are very warm and 
don't change the Timbre anywhere near as much. if you get a chance pick up or 
borrow a SCI Prophet 2000 sampler... The Emax is way better in flexibility 
but the sound of those distorted filters are nice.      Nicholas
    



> >>>What the Emax has that can't be duplicated is real analog CEM filters,
> not digital imitations. I had an Emax SE HD for years and thought I
> could get away with just an Emax II and I regret ever selling it, I<<<
> 





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Re: [emax] Digest Number 332

2003-01-27 by John Silveria

Yeah, I've always heard that the Prophet 2000 was a great sampler, but lost in the 
downfall of Sequential Citcuits.

I know my OB-8 has CEM filters, but unfortunately you can't run an external source 
through them. I guess I never realized the Emax contained traditional 4-pole 24dB low 
pass filters using the SSM2047 combined VCF/VCA chip. I had always believed them to 
be CEM. So the SP1200 is SSM as well, the only CEM unit is the EIII??? Regardless of 
my error the SSM filters still have better presence and a warmer sound than the Emax 
II's DSP filters, that's for sure :)



On 27 Jan 2003 at 14:46, Nicholasfaith@... spoke unto me:

>  Hey John, Just wanted to point out that all of the Emu's up until the
>  EIII 
> were SSM, The EIII was CEM (Curtis Chips) I have a few machines with
> the CEM filters and they are wilder then my Emu stuff.. more so to the
> point that they distort the sounds you run through them. the emu SSM's
> are very warm and don't change the Timbre anywhere near as much. if
> you get a chance pick up or borrow a SCI Prophet 2000 sampler... The
> Emax is way better in flexibility but the sound of those distorted
> filters are nice.      Nicholas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > >>>What the Emax has that can't be duplicated is real analog CEM
> > >>>filters,
> > not digital imitations. I had an Emax SE HD for years and thought I
> > could get away with just an Emax II and I regret ever selling it,
> > I<<<
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
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