[sdiy] OT: Do you guys know what's going on on eBay?

[dustin sedlacek]

ok ok ok i have more to say .... the EMU e4 ultra is a amazing machine i 
have never touched one but i know what it is capable of (danny elfman had 4 
of them at one time) the Zplane filters are amazing and the RFX card is 
somewhat inexpensive ($250) the RFX card adds audio through the internal fx 
(including the Z-plane filters) now on to some SDIY ...the emus have 
something called "transform multiply" and it is described as "boosting 
similar frequencies and attenuating dissimilar frequencies" i think that 
this is convolution ...but it seems like something that could be done in the 
analog realm with maybe balanced modulation ? i am not sure but it has had 
my intrest for sometime 

On 6/15/05, dustin sedlacek <dustin.sedlacek at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> i love hardware samplers ! i just got a ensoniq asrx for $300! just 6 
> years old and at one time sold for about $1500! (i think) any of the emu 
> samplers are great as well as the ensoniqs for example the ensoniq mirage is 
> a 8bit sampler with curtis chip filters and i just saw one of these go for 
> 50$ also to watch out for is the casio FZ10 and the yamaha TX16W someone has 
> even written a new OS for that one ! its some great times that we live in 
> ....with analog synths going up in price and hardware samplers going down 
> its something like the late 80's isnt it ?
> 
> 
> sorry for the double post for some 
> 
> 
> On 6/15/05, tomg <e4m at houston.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > It's insane I tell you! Just insane..... It seems
> > everybody has moved to softsamplers. All that
> > old wonderful hardware is now a fraction of the
> > original cost. SCSI drives for pennies!
> > 
> > I've seen S760s go for $75 and ESI-32s for $50! 
> > These were $600-700 just last year. If you're an
> > Akai guy S1000s for $100 ???
> > 
> > If you don't know the Roland S760 is IMO one of
> > the best sounding most clever pieces ever by anybody.
> > Poor mans Fairlight. 1r sampler Make sure it's got 
> > video/mouse and 32MB of memory.
> > 
> > + AWSOME
> > + Video/Mouse Editing
> > + S1000 Compatible
> > - 600MB HDD limit
> > - No Internal HDD
> > 
> > The e-mu ESI-32 is just plain awesome. If you pick
> > one up make sure there's scsi and 32MB of memory. 
> > Grab a SCSI HDD for $15.
> > 
> > + AWSOME
> > + AWSOME
> > - No wave edit display
> > 
> > Each has resonant filters that will self-oscillate and
> > enough parameters w/midi-cc to turn any sample into
> > a full fledged synth voice or whatever!! Look 'em 
> > up...
> > 
> > It requires a little work on your part but you can
> > build entire synth modules on removable scsi disks
> > for $5 bucks and no CPU hit. You'd think people
> > would hang on to these very cool pieces.OTOH I've
> > got a few cool things to sell off myself.:)
> > 
> > The way it works is... If it's really old or really new
> > it really cost a lot... They are giving away 80s & 90s
> > stuff. Don't fight over these things, keep the prices 
> > low. I said something about the MX6 on KVR and
> > the price shot straight up. :(
> > 
> > Regards
> > Tom
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dustin 




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Dustin
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