OBERHEIM SYNTH

is there anyone there with one of these beasts?

they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II, Mirage, S-900 and 
Prophet 2000/2002 samples disks...

Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when they first came out.  It
was a rather novel approach for a company known for their Subtractive Synths
almost exclusively to suddenly release a sampler that was just a player. In
fact, I was thinking about that unit late last week. 

-----Original Message-----
From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of somethingkillingyou
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player

is there anyone there with one of these beasts?

they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II, Mirage, S-900 and Prophet
2000/2002 samples disks...

I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer
for II disks
--- Nicole Massey <nyyki@...> wrote:

> Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when
> they first came out.  It
> was a rather novel approach for a company known for
> their Subtractive Synths
> almost exclusively to suddenly release a sampler
> that was just a player. In
> fact, I was thinking about that unit late last week.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of somethingkillingyou
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> 
> is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> 
> they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II,
> Mirage, S-900 and Prophet
> 2000/2002 samples disks...
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 


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I wish they'd kept updating it so that we could play Kurzweil, Roland, and
Ensoniq EPS disks in it. I remember seeing the display next to the player
that it now had the capability to read Akai S900 disks -- that wasn't in the
original specs of the machine.

How many samples will it load at one time? 

-----Original Message-----
From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Damir Rogina
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:55 PM
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player

I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer for II disks
--- Nicole Massey <nyyki@... <mailto:nyyki%40gypsyheir.com> >
wrote:

> Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when they first came out. 
> It was a rather novel approach for a company known for their 
> Subtractive Synths almost exclusively to suddenly release a sampler 
> that was just a player. In fact, I was thinking about that unit late 
> last week.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com> ] 
> On Behalf Of somethingkillingyou
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> 
> is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> 
> they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II, Mirage, S-900 and 
> Prophet
> 2000/2002 samples disks...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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I still have 4 DPX1. They all got the CDROM interface,
and I have the player and all the CDROMs too. Can't
say they get much use now, the EII samples were the
stars, and they're available, for the most part, on
the EIIIx series of factory disks which can import to
S100/S300 and from there to the Kurzweil.Some
brilliant stuff, hundreds of man hours of careful
work. The Emulator Archive claimed all the EII stuff
was 16bit  Sony pcm F1 recordings at source.
I never found a Mirage sample I liked, and the only
Prophet 2000 disks I wanted to read, wouldn't. 
You can only load one disk at a time, that's why I got
4, and it turns out that the layering I so badly
wanted to try isn't that great as there are individual
tuning discrepancies that throw you, Steinway plus
Bosendorfer equals Honky Tonk, two clavinets aren't
worth a bird in the hand, and most samples just plain
don't add up, unlike all the beautiful Oberheim synths
which all add up perfectly.
The last vesion of DPX1 software has a few odd
refinements I've forgotten, but all ver 2 play S900
but only if you don't use a disk that has multiple
MIDI channels assigned to a preset, and you get
control over the filter at last. MIDI sample dump is
still a bit quirky, not much mileage in that IMHO,
even though I saw Hans Zimmer doing EII to S1000
transfers back in 87 with a DPX1. Maybe that much
talent makes things different.
S900 disks load directly into the Kurzweil 2000
anyway.
There was never S1000 compatability or EIII, which
were the two big players here until Korg joined in.
Many net people get exicted about the filters, but
life's too short for me to get into that.

--- Nicole Massey <nyyki@...> wrote:

> I wish they'd kept updating it so that we could play
> Kurzweil, Roland, and
> Ensoniq EPS disks in it. I remember seeing the
> display next to the player
> that it now had the capability to read Akai S900
> disks -- that wasn't in the
> original specs of the machine.
> 
> How many samples will it load at one time? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Damir Rogina
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> 
> I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer
> for II disks
> --- Nicole Massey <nyyki@...
> <mailto:nyyki%40gypsyheir.com> >
> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when
> they first came out. 
> > It was a rather novel approach for a company known
> for their 
> > Subtractive Synths almost exclusively to suddenly
> release a sampler 
> > that was just a player. In fact, I was thinking
> about that unit late 
> > last week.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com> ] 
> > On Behalf Of somethingkillingyou
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> > 
> > is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> > 
> > they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II,
> Mirage, S-900 and 
> > Prophet
> > 2000/2002 samples disks...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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I recently bought a DPX-1 that is currently under repair because the
internal power supply fried, due to years of inactivity...

my question is:
I currently use a pc running windows xp; can I be able to burn some
floppy with Emulator II and/or Mirage/S900/Prophet 2000-2002 format
sounds (with the help of some softwares) so that I can play these
floppies with my DPX-1 (knock on wood, it should be resurrected)?

thanks in advance

Fabio

p.s. private answer mails are fine too ;)


--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, Damir Rogina <roginator1@...> wrote:

>
> I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer
> for II disks
> --- Nicole Massey <nyyki@...> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when
> > they first came out.  It
> > was a rather novel approach for a company known for
> > their Subtractive Synths
> > almost exclusively to suddenly release a sampler
> > that was just a player. In
> > fact, I was thinking about that unit late last week.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> > Of somethingkillingyou
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> > 
> > is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> > 
> > they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II,
> > Mirage, S-900 and Prophet
> > 2000/2002 samples disks...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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For Mirage samples, look for Giebler's EDE program, which will take Mirage
images and burn them to floppy quite nicely. 

If the machine will accept sysex from those machines then find yourself a
copy of Samplevision, available on several sites on the net, and you'll be
able to create new sounds on the machine as well, since I know it supports
all of those formats.

Do a search for Ensoniq Mirage Disk Images to find Mirage disks. I've seen a
decent number of them out there. 

-----Original Message-----
From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of somethingkillingyou
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:12 PM
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oberheim] Re: DPX-1 sample player

I recently bought a DPX-1 that is currently under repair because the
internal power supply fried, due to years of inactivity...

my question is:
I currently use a pc running windows xp; can I be able to burn some floppy
with Emulator II and/or Mirage/S900/Prophet 2000-2002 format sounds (with
the help of some softwares) so that I can play these floppies with my DPX-1
(knock on wood, it should be resurrected)?

thanks in advance

Fabio

p.s. private answer mails are fine too ;)

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com> , Damir
Rogina <roginator1@...> wrote:

>
> I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer for II disks
> --- Nicole Massey <nyyki@...> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when they first came 
> > out. It was a rather novel approach for a company known for their 
> > Subtractive Synths almost exclusively to suddenly release a sampler 
> > that was just a player. In fact, I was thinking about that unit late 
> > last week.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > ] On Behalf Of somethingkillingyou
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> > 
> > is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> > 
> > they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II, Mirage, S-900 and 
> > Prophet
> > 2000/2002 samples disks...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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I'll look out for these, thank you very much for your advices!

I just got to wait some days until it will come back from repair, 
hoping that the problem was just the power supply and it will work 
fine then... 
I got some sample disks that came together with it, so I can test if 
it is fully working...

meanwhile I'll do my homework ;)


p.s. I forget to mention that it is rev. 2.2... 
I believe that's a good thing ;)

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "Nicole Massey" <nyyki@...> wrote:
>
> For Mirage samples, look for Giebler's EDE program, which will 
take Mirage
> images and burn them to floppy quite nicely. 
> 
> If the machine will accept sysex from those machines then find 
yourself a
> copy of Samplevision, available on several sites on the net, and 
you'll be
> able to create new sounds on the machine as well, since I know it 
supports
> all of those formats.
> 
> Do a search for Ensoniq Mirage Disk Images to find Mirage disks. 
I've seen a
> decent number of them out there. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] 
On Behalf
> Of somethingkillingyou
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:12 PM
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [oberheim] Re: DPX-1 sample player
> 
> I recently bought a DPX-1 that is currently under repair because 
the
> internal power supply fried, due to years of inactivity...
> 
> my question is:
> I currently use a pc running windows xp; can I be able to burn 
some floppy
> with Emulator II and/or Mirage/S900/Prophet 2000-2002 format 
sounds (with
> the help of some softwares) so that I can play these floppies with 
my DPX-1
> (knock on wood, it should be resurrected)?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Fabio
> 
> p.s. private answer mails are fine too ;)
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
40yahoogroups.com> , Damir
> Rogina <roginator1@> wrote:
> >
> > I got DPX 1 V2.1 somewhere in studio as sampleplayer for II disks
> > --- Nicole Massey <nyyki@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Yeah, I may be dating myself, but I remember when they first 
came 
> > > out. It was a rather novel approach for a company known for 
their 
> > > Subtractive Synths almost exclusively to suddenly release a 
sampler 
> > > that was just a player. In fact, I was thinking about that 
unit late 
> > > last week.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
40yahoogroups.com> 
> > > ] On Behalf Of somethingkillingyou
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:32 PM
> > > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [oberheim] DPX-1 sample player
> > > 
> > > is there anyone there with one of these beasts?
> > > 
> > > they are cool 'cause they can read Emulator II, Mirage, S-900 
and 

> > > Prophet
> > > 2000/2002 samples disks...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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