Fw: Sampling sounds or...

[Five]

>At 11:33 AM -0300 05/12/98, Lucas Medeiros Reis wrote:
>>
>>Man, aren't these people a bunch of idiots? They have ears that listen to
>>errors where they aren't, they have a lot of analog stuff and keep
annoying
>>the ones with Nord Lead and JP-8000... I think that if I sample the
TR-808,
>>it will have the same final sound. So does the TB, and Juno, and
MiniMoog...

Yes.  The sample will have the same final sound, from the time of sampling
the one occurance of that note.  Every time that sample is played, it'll
sound exactly the same (not including the analog processing section of the
studio amp).
That sample will be as good as the sampler itself is.  IMHO, none of the
commercial samplers available on the market, are anywhere NEARLY good enough
for sampling analog materials, in two senses:

- The theory that many of the higher (about 20Khz) frequencies within many
an analog sound in the world, are not sampled at a sampling rate of 44K1 or
48K.  (Tho, in a synth, you wont hear them anyways, as the reproductive
units wont produce audio that high in frequency.)  (The theorists I'd read
about were talking in the 100K to 1M sampling ranges, for greater accuracy
of the higher harmonics and their effects on the lower harmonics, in audio.)

- The randomness of voltages in analog synths/etc.  A bass drum (or any
other sound out of a TR-808) will have different things to the sound of it,
on every hit, though most, if not all of the differences, may not be clearly
noticeable/detectable.  This randomness itself, IMHO, is what gives analog
gear it's 'life/soul'.  It may be a completely personal/mental attitude
towards sound .... but it seems to be firmly in place in me.  All of the
digital machines that I've heard sounds from (whether I like them or not,
for any reason) are lifeless.

Call me an ol' fart in my sound preferences, but .... that's what I grew up
with. :)  (No flames intended.  Personal opinion only.)

Five

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