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Re: My first post here... E-mu ROM vs Alesis Q-Card

2004-01-03 by isomakcb

Thanks, I think I have an 8 meg pcmcia card around here somewhere, i could use that.  
I also forgot to mention I have a CS1x, but that wasn't worth mentioning anyway, 
haha.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruddah Max <bruddahmax@c...> wrote:
> isomakcb wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody have any opinions on the vintage synths qcard vs the vintage rom?
> > It's 
> > either vintage synths qcard vs the sanctuary qcard for me.
> 
> when i had my QS (just sold it actually) i had the vintage synths card -
> don't bother. it tries to fake around the QS's lack of filter resonance with
> all sorts of sample layering tricks, and 90% of the card is "Alaska" type
> sweeps - big reverberating pads that don't really sound like any vintage
> synth i've ever heard. there is an excellent KPR-77 drum bank, but it's not
> worth getting the rest of the card for.
> 
> sanctuary card has some good organs and choirs, but little else - it's
> designed for church use and has lots of AMENs in various keys.
> 
> you're better off getting an SRAM card and loading it up with 8 banks of
> patches - there are some really great patches in Alesis's Expando banks.
> 
> -- 
> Bruddah Max
> Lord of the Dance

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