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2007-10-16 by sam_goose_266
Hello I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver often. Anyway I recently have found some time to record tunes again. After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu 0202) Making sure all levels are set properly. I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. Should It be clean sounding? Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an played out of another emax?
2007-10-16 by Mike Wolak
Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try assigning the program to one of the other outputs. Regards, Mike Wolak --- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@...> wrote:
> Hello > > I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver > often. Anyway I recently have > found some time to record tunes again. > > After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu > 0202) Making sure all levels are > set properly. > > I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. > > Should It be clean sounding? > > Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an > played out of another emax? > > > > >
2007-10-16 by sam_goose_266
Yes thanks mike. The emax is a fine sounding machine. I actually noticed it the other day when mixing a track. The drums sounded dull. After time spent with EQ I noticed that there was a lot of noize that made the sound, loose and undefined. I then compared my sounds to some from an sp1200 sample collection, and also an emax online demo. The sound was so much cleaner then mine. I wish there was a way so on boot up automatically all my sounds went to output 1. --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak <mikewolak@...> wrote:
> > Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the > main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try > assigning the program to one of the other outputs. > > Regards, > > Mike Wolak > > > > --- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@...> wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver > > often. Anyway I recently have > > found some time to record tunes again. > > > > After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu > > 0202) Making sure all levels are > > set properly. > > > > I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. > > > > Should It be clean sounding? > > > > Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an > > played out of another emax? > > > > > > > > > > >
2007-10-16 by mr julian
so it's something that has changed recently? do you have older recordings to compare it to? in that case, something is broken, so take it to a tech and get it fixed! :-) sam_goose_266 wrote:
>Yes thanks mike. The emax is a fine sounding machine. I actually noticed it the other day >when mixing a track. The drums sounded dull. After time spent with EQ I noticed that >there was a lot of noize that made the sound, loose and undefined. > > >I then compared my sounds to some from an sp1200 sample collection, and also an emax >online demo. > >The sound was so much cleaner then mine. > >I wish there was a way so on boot up automatically all my sounds went to output 1. > > > > > > > > >--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak <mikewolak@...> wrote: > > >>Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the >>main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try >>assigning the program to one of the other outputs. >> >>Regards, >> >>Mike Wolak >> >> >> >>--- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@...> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello >>> >>>I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver >>>often. Anyway I recently have >>>found some time to record tunes again. >>> >>>After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu >>>0202) Making sure all levels are >>>set properly. >>> >>>I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. >>> >>>Should It be clean sounding? >>> >>>Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an >>>played out of another emax? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > >http://www.silveriafamily.com >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
2007-10-31 by manicpeter
Hi there, don't get me wrong but isnt the point of the Emax that it is noisey and grimey? I sample drums into the emax and then back into my MPC XL. In the mpc i can set the decays of the drums short to get rid of any noise IF i want to. Usually i just add more noise (from an 'empty' sample) to mark the noise though. The emax beats the shit out of any akai sampling, including the mpc60 and is the closest i can find to an sp1200. just awesome... Peter --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, mr julian <jujulilianan@...> wrote: > > so it's something that has changed recently? > do you have older recordings to compare it to? > > in that case, something is broken, so take it to a tech and get it fixed! > :-) > > > > sam_goose_266 wrote: > > >Yes thanks mike. The emax is a fine sounding machine. I actually noticed it the other day > >when mixing a track. The drums sounded dull. After time spent with EQ I noticed that > >there was a lot of noize that made the sound, loose and undefined. > > > > > >I then compared my sounds to some from an sp1200 sample collection, and also an emax > >online demo. > > > >The sound was so much cleaner then mine. > > > >I wish there was a way so on boot up automatically all my sounds went to output 1.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak <mikewolak@> wrote: > > > > > >>Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the > >>main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try > >>assigning the program to one of the other outputs. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Mike Wolak > >> > >> > >> > >>--- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello > >>> > >>>I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver > >>>often. Anyway I recently have > >>>found some time to record tunes again. > >>> > >>>After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu > >>>0202) Making sure all levels are > >>>set properly. > >>> > >>>I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. > >>> > >>>Should It be clean sounding? > >>> > >>>Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an > >>>played out of another emax? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > > > >http://www.silveriafamily.com > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >
2007-10-31 by Lyn Oakey
If you want extra noise just make sure you don't sample at the optimum level. That way you don't make use of the best signal/noise ratio, i.e. you sample with less bits ! Don't forget you can also use the analogue processing section to "get rid of" and "add to" noise. Generally speaking, the more you move away (downwards) from the original Sample key, the more grainy it becomes.
----- Original Message ----- From: manicpeter To: emax@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: [emax] Re: Noizey emax! Hi there, don't get me wrong but isnt the point of the Emax that it is noisey and grimey? I sample drums into the emax and then back into my MPC XL. In the mpc i can set the decays of the drums short to get rid of any noise IF i want to. Usually i just add more noise (from an 'empty' sample) to mark the noise though. The emax beats the shit out of any akai sampling, including the mpc60 and is the closest i can find to an sp1200. just awesome... Peter --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, mr julian <jujulilianan@...> wrote: > > so it's something that has changed recently? > do you have older recordings to compare it to? > > in that case, something is broken, so take it to a tech and get it fixed! > :-) > > > > sam_goose_266 wrote: > > >Yes thanks mike. The emax is a fine sounding machine. I actually noticed it the other day > >when mixing a track. The drums sounded dull. After time spent with EQ I noticed that > >there was a lot of noize that made the sound, loose and undefined. > > > > > >I then compared my sounds to some from an sp1200 sample collection, and also an emax > >online demo. > > > >The sound was so much cleaner then mine. > > > >I wish there was a way so on boot up automatically all my sounds went to output 1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak <mikewolak@> wrote: > > > > > >>Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the > >>main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try > >>assigning the program to one of the other outputs. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Mike Wolak > >> > >> > >> > >>--- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello > >>> > >>>I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver > >>>often. Anyway I recently have > >>>found some time to record tunes again. > >>> > >>>After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu > >>>0202) Making sure all levels are > >>>set properly. > >>> > >>>I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. > >>> > >>>Should It be clean sounding? > >>> > >>>Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an > >>>played out of another emax? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > > > >http://www.silveriafamily.com > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-31 by manicpeter
Very true!!! i find the emax puts a real oomph on complete beats. it works best for me sampling complete beats and then put them back into the drummachine. sampling single hits works well too not least because you can mix it better but you kinda loose that pumping compression when you programme the beat back in the drummachine with single hits. I am tempted to maybe fork out the dosh for an sp1200 if at all possible just to avoid all that time consuming sampling re-sampling malarky to get that sound? what do you think? also, when too noisy: there is a cheap and cheerful hardware denoiser/gate by behringer that works very well getting rid of noise without altering the sound hardly at all, especially if you can add a little highend before going into it. it works great on vocals, guitars, bass etc etc too. --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Lyn Oakey" <lynoakey@...> wrote: > > If you want extra noise just make sure you don't sample at the optimum level. > That way you don't make use of the best signal/noise ratio, i.e. you sample > with less bits ! > > Don't forget you can also use the analogue processing section > to "get rid of" and "add to" noise. > > Generally speaking, the more you move away (downwards) from the original Sample key,
> the more grainy it becomes. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: manicpeter > To: emax@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:27 PM > Subject: [emax] Re: Noizey emax! > > > Hi there, > > don't get me wrong but isnt the point of the Emax that it is noisey > and grimey? > > I sample drums into the emax and then back into my MPC XL. In the mpc > i can set the decays of the drums short to get rid of any noise IF i > want to. Usually i just add more noise (from an 'empty' sample) to > mark the noise though. The emax beats the shit out of any akai > sampling, including the mpc60 and is the closest i can find to an > sp1200. just awesome... > > Peter > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, mr julian <jujulilianan@> wrote: > > > > so it's something that has changed recently? > > do you have older recordings to compare it to? > > > > in that case, something is broken, so take it to a tech and get it > fixed! > > :-) > > > > > > > > sam_goose_266 wrote: > > > > >Yes thanks mike. The emax is a fine sounding machine. I actually > noticed it the other day > > >when mixing a track. The drums sounded dull. After time spent > with EQ I noticed that > > >there was a lot of noize that made the sound, loose and undefined. > > > > > > > > >I then compared my sounds to some from an sp1200 sample collection, > and also an emax > > >online demo. > > > > > >The sound was so much cleaner then mine. > > > > > >I wish there was a way so on boot up automatically all my sounds > went to output 1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak <mikewolak@> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Recently I noticed noise while recording/monitoring on the > > >>main outputs on my EMAX. If your not doing it already , try > > >>assigning the program to one of the other outputs. > > >> > > >>Regards, > > >> > > >>Mike Wolak > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>--- sam_goose_266 <sam_goose_266@> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Hello > > >>> > > >>>I have been using my emax for about a year now. Not ver > > >>>often. Anyway I recently have > > >>>found some time to record tunes again. > > >>> > > >>>After recording my emax samples into my soundcard(emu > > >>>0202) Making sure all levels are > > >>>set properly. > > >>> > > >>>I have noticed that the emax is very noizey. > > >>> > > >>>Should It be clean sounding? > > >>> > > >>>Where can I listen to some samples recorded into an > > >>>played out of another emax? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > > > > > >http://www.silveriafamily.com > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >