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Hi,

You might personally find it interesting - a track made using just my
Emax SE.  A song made from one synth yes is very interesting - but a
song using a sampler? well....it's a bit like saying I made a track
just using my PC....it doesn't really hack it - what do you think? :D

My Emax is going to make room for the Juno 106 I picked up recently. 
Here's a tribute to my Emax.  Sad I know but inspiration can come from
bizarre sources!

Don't worry I'm not leaving the Emax camp completely.

MP3 link and more info here: http://www.voynich.co.uk/emax.html

Comments, criticisms, abuse welcome

Chris :)

P.S. Does anyone want to make an offer on my Emax SE?  Great working
condtion - floppy OK, backlight OK, all keys and buttons work, sliders
OK and sample library.

I'm based in Cambridge, UK.  Price 250GBP plus shipping otherwise it's
eBay.  I have a 100% positive 242 feedback ID: synthasy2000


*swan song \SWAHN-SONG\, noun:
1. A beautiful legendary song said to be sung by a dying swan.
2. A final or farewell appearance, action, or p

Well, I started off with my emax and made many songs with it alone.  It is totally possible to make a great song with one machine, it just takes work.  Now I have a pretty decent studio with lots of gear which can create a much more full dynamic range of sounds.  That being said, depending on a songs intention, sometimes simplifying the song to one machine can be what makes it cool.  I have heard a few amazing albums composed almost entirely on an Emulator II alone. In some cases a full album of songs made on 1 sampler could definitely lack some luster though.  I just don't know if I agree with making a generalized statement that a good song cannot be made with 1 sampler because music is totally subjective.    

-s*

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Strellis 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 11:42 AM
  Subject: [emax] The Voynich Swan Song* for Emax track


  Hi,

  You might personally find it interesting - a track made using just my
  Emax SE.  A song made from one synth yes is very interesting - but a
  song using a sampler? well....it's a bit like saying I made a track
  just using my PC....it doesn't really hack it - what do you think? :D

  My Emax is going to make room for the Juno 106 I picked up recently. 
  Here's a tribute to my Emax.  Sad I know but inspiration can come from
  bizarre sources!

  Don't worry I'm not leaving the Emax camp completely.

  MP3 link and more info here: http://www.voynich.co.uk/emax.html

  Comments, criticisms, abuse welcome

  Chris :)

  P.S. Does anyone want to make an offer on my Emax SE?  Great working
  condtion - floppy OK, backlight OK, all keys and buttons work, sliders
  OK and sample library.

  I'm based in Cambridge, UK.  Price 250GBP plus shipping otherwise it's
  eBay.  I have a 100% positive 242 feedback ID: synthasy2000


  *swan song \SWAHN-SONG\, noun:
  1. A beautiful legendary song said to be sung by a dying swan.
  2. A final or farewell appearance, action, or p






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An original idea... making tribute songs each time we sell one of our 
samplers or synths :-)

Nice song ! Did you arrange this completely with the EMAX scratchpad 
sequencer :-)? That would be really E-max-max-max !

Glad that you keep your EMAX-II. It would be really sad that the 
inventor of the EMU2WAV program would completely leave the EMAX 
community.

///E-Synthesist



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Strellis" <synthasy2000@y...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> You might personally find it interesting - a track made using just 
my
> Emax SE.  A song made from one synth yes is very interesting - but a
> song using a sampler? well....it's a bit like saying I made a track
> just using my PC....it doesn't really hack it - what do you 
think? :D
> 
> My Emax is going to make room for the Juno 106 I picked up 
recently. 
> Here's a tribute to my Emax.  Sad I know but inspiration can come 
from
> bizarre sources!
> 
> Don't worry I'm not leaving the Emax camp completely.
> 
> MP3 link and more info here: http://www.voynich.co.uk/emax.html
> 
> Comments, criticisms, abuse welcome
> 
> Chris :)
> 
> P.S. Does anyone want to make an offer on my Emax SE?  Great working
> condtion - floppy OK, backlight OK, all keys and buttons work, 
sliders
> OK and sample library.
> 
> I'm based in Cambridge, UK.  Price 250GBP plus shipping otherwise 
it's

> eBay.  I have a 100% positive 242 feedback ID: synthasy2000
> 
> 
> *swan song \SWAHN-SONG\, noun:
> 1. A beautiful legendary song said to be sung by a dying swan.
> 2. A final or farewell appearance, action, or p
>

Hi E-Synthesist


> An original idea... making tribute songs each time we sell one of our 
> samplers or synths :-)

It's a nice way to say bye bye and perhaps rethink why you are selling
it?  Do this for each synth that you want to keep too.  You'll get to
know it better and realise what are its strengths and weaknesses.

> Nice song ! Did you arrange this completely with the EMAX scratchpad 
> sequencer :-)? That would be really E-max-max-max !

Thanks - that would really be something!

There are no sequences in the track and no MIDI was used so no
quantization either!  It was all played by hand and the audio looped.
 You can hear some slightly off timing - but it gives it an organic feel.

It wasn't done in one take though ;)

> Glad that you keep your EMAX-II. It would be really sad that the 
> inventor of the EMU2WAV program would completely leave the EMAX 
> community.

He he - Emaxes rock - every one should have one in their collection
even if it does make you sound like late 80s Depeche Mode - no bad
thing IMHO.

Cheers

Chris