<div dir="ltr">the ES-1 is 32khz IIRC<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:53 PM, ezion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ezion67@gmail.com" target="_blank">ezion67@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Doesn't the Korg ElecTribe S (ES1) use the same sample frequency? <br></div>Think its mostly a pay off between audio bandwidth and the processor power available. <br>A lower sample frequency means you can do more with a cheaper CPU.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_3833003578102685870gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Groetjes Theo</div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Ove Ridé <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nitro2k01@gmail.com" target="_blank">nitro2k01@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The Volca Sample, which this concerns, is a 2015 product and still for sale new.<br>
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On 11 July 2017 at 22:22, MTG <<a href="mailto:grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com" target="_blank">grant@musictechnologiesgroup.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think the Kawai R100 and other things of that era are either 31.25KHz or<br>
> 32KHz. Pretty sure it's just about storage/cost.<br>
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> On 7/11/2017 12:09 PM, Ove Ridé wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://item.warp.net/interview/aphex-twin-speaks-to-tatsuya-takahashi/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://item.warp.net/interview<wbr>/aphex-twin-speaks-to-tatsuya-<wbr>takahashi/</a><br>
>><br>
>> This is an interview with Richard D James (aka Aphex Twin) and Tatsuya<br>
>> Takahashi on their collaboration on the Korg Monologue. It's an<br>
>> interesting interview in its own right, but one thing that stood out<br>
>> to me was this detail about the Volca:<br>
>><br>
>> TT: "Talking of standards, the sample rate of 48 kHz is another one<br>
>> for sampling and signal processing, but the volca sample uses a weird<br>
>> one at 31.25 kHz. Purely because of technical constraints, but I was<br>
>> thinking that might be part of the reason you liked it so much,<br>
>> because the different sample rate gives it a unique sound."<br>
>><br>
>> I immediately recognized that as the baud rate of standard MIDI, which<br>
>> in turn is chosen because it is 1/32 MHz so it's easy to derive<br>
>> exactly from integer MHz clocks. But the interesting part is why he<br>
>> would choose that as a sample rate. I'm assuming the technical<br>
>> limitation he's referring to is choosing a sample rate based on a<br>
>> clock crystal suitable for MIDI use. But using 48 kHz (at least as far<br>
>> as math goes) should have been easy, by using a clock that's a<br>
>> multiple of 6 MHz, which would make 48 kHz an integer division.<br>
>><br>
>> Just my thought of the day.<br>
>><br>
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