I own the A4000 and it's a beasty for the money...the scsi i slow (readinf
cd rom's is) but for transfer to and from your computer it's okay. Get an
internal ide Zip drive with it, that's what I've done for storage tho. It's
the most reliable way. Soon we will have firewire or mlan or whatever it's
called, this should be very interseting when connecting your sampler to your
computer (very fast sample retreival etc..)
The strong points of the A4000/5000 are the filters the fx and the synthesis
parametersm very good sounding and very elaborate possibilities! Check out
teklab for more info on the a series of samplers.
Met Vriendelijke Groet / With Kind Regards,
Bastiaan van de Werk
----- Original Message -----
From: RayMaxer <digil@...>
To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Commercial Trance
> Paul ,
> I fully agree with you (though why 'forget the technology' ? ) - and you
know
> what ? I am not having a sampler even yet here ..
> I use audio tracks in sequencer plus used sampling functions in the audio
card
> but now I have changed to Gina 24 and I definitly gonna get myself a Ultra
(Emu)
> or something else .
> But currently I've been using 4 synths but no samplers ... (AN-1x, ViRUS
b,
> WaveStation SR and Proteus 2000)
> Speaking about samplers - I am going to get a top-end sampler and am
thinking
> about EMU Ultra series and AKAI 5000 ... or maybe Yamaha A4000-A5000 (but
the
> latest has UGLY SCSI as I know so I am somehow not sure if its in the same
> 'line') ..
> Could anyone give some advice on this topic ?
> Thanks.
> <And again - not for sampling others loops , melodies and so on - I am
kinda
> thinking of using it half like a synth , for drum sounds plus some real
> instruments and editing the hell out of ViRUS and otther lines with dif.
FX>
> Ray.
>
> Paul Murphy wrote:
>
> > Forget the technology, - I just cant see how recording someone elses
> > arpeggio and trying to manipulate that can be compared to playing your
own
> > and applying your own filters !
> >
> > Am I the only one here who sees that ?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: RayMaxer <digil@...>
> > To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Commercial Trance
> >
> > > In fact - I am not sure on this of course , but I suppose there should
be
> > a
> > > difference in how the filters work ..
> > > In AN1x or ViRUS or ... we have a digital emulation of an analog VCF -
the
> > > algorithm in AN1x for the filter is to emulate VCF ...
> > > And in the samplers we usually have just the usual digital LPF or HPF
> > filters
> > > which were not specifically created to emulate the
> > > analog filters.
> > > And I in fact disagree that Samplers COVER analog emulation synths ..
> > > Saying this - any romplers which have sine , saw and some other waves
> > cover analog
> > > em. synths - and that's of course a funny statement.
> > > Ray.
> > >
> > > Peter Korsten wrote:
> > >
> > > > Paul Murphy shared with us:
> > > > > This thread seems to have gone off the track.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, well, it's the bane of this list, I 'spose...
> > > >
> > > > > Let me go back to a statement made by Peter :
> > > > >
> > > > > " Are you nuts??? Commercial trance producers do NOT use
sampling-cds
> > for
> > > > > creating arpeggios!!!!!
> > > > > It is impossible to create authentic dynamic filter
modulation
> > with
> > > > > it!!! "
> > > >
> > > > Wasn't me. :) (But that's been covered already.)
> > > >
> > > > > I was actually agreeing with his statement, saying that if you
desire
> > these
> > > > > sort of trance arpeggios, you wouldn't sample CD's because you
would
> > be
> > > > > restricted to the notes and dynamic filter effects that were
applied
> > to the
> > > > > original sample.
> > > > >
> > > > > Buying an actual synth would be a better option for this
application
> > because
> > > > > you could construct the arpeggios you want with the effects you
want.
> > > >
> > > > The way I see it, it would be a better option to use a different
> > > > sample, then.
> > > >
> > > > There really isn't much difference between synths like the AN1x
> > > > and the A-series samplers. The oscillators differ - and that's it.
> > > > Both rely on the substractive synthesis method, which basically
> > > > means they both use filters to make the sound interesting.
> > > >
> > > > - Peter
> > > >
> > > >
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