I highly recommend the Emu E4K if you can find one..(or E4 module) 76 keys....great
controllers/sliders and filters/fx. I have the Pinder CD plus samples of my old M400 on it
and it sounds great. Steve Hackett's keyboardist uses one live.
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Harvie <tonewoods@...> wrote:
>
> "I think as an idea the Optigan/orchestron/chilton talentmaker disc is
> great. The loops and sounds are really interesting. Amazing to have all the
> discs ready to go...
>
> The only question I have is always going to be in that sample directory "
> where is the sound I want ? " feeling.
>
> If I would be stepping through samples and stumbled across Stylophone
> #1....I don't think the odds are that great that I'd use it. But with a real
> one when you understand how your playing effects the sound et.c it makes a
> lot more sense.
>
> When someone sits down at an Optigan, Orchestron or a Chilton talentmaker in
> my studio it usually just takes somewhere between 5 - 10 minutes before that
> person says " I have written a song ! ".
>
> Would people spend that time with a keyboard attached to a sampler or a
> computer ?"
>
>
> Well written and timely post, Mattias, and something that I've been giving a
> lot of thought to lately...
>
> I have a lot of the wonderful quirky keyboards in my studio (Claviolines,
> Optigans, Clavinets, a Stylophone, and until recently, a Chamberlin), but
> I'm in the process of setting up a stand-alone sampler/keybaord to try to
> duplicate these machines without all the hassle of maintenance.
>
> Since I've had the experience of actually playing the real machines, I think
> I can make the system work ∗for me∗, but yeah, I'm gonna miss all those
> moments of watching the faces absolutely light up the first time those
> fingers hit the Chamberlin...
>
> Anyway, here's the question....
>
> I'm not recording with computers (analog tape and sometimes DA38s for me),
> and want to set this system up, but know ∗nothing∗ about samplers, MIDI, and
> controllers.
> I've searched for hours on the Mellotronists archives, and found some
> wonderful and useful info, but thought I'd run it past the group again...
>
> Can someone recommend a specific model of sampler (Akai CD3000i, Emu e6400,
> etc.), or maybe a sampler/keyboard (Motif ES, Fantom, Triton, etc.) that
> would match up well with the Pinder sample CD? Something that might be easy
> to program for a few specific tasks and is intuitive to run?
>
> I don't need all the bells, whistles, and synths that seem to go along with
> the modern keybaord/samplers, just a sampler and keyboard controller for
> doing the Pinder, Optigan, and maybe Clavioline sample CDs..
>
> I've been leaning towards a Nord keyboard as a controller, which has some
> great Clavinet sounds which would be useful, or so I've heard. But which
> sampler?
>
> In short, I'm ∗the∗ guy ("you gotta be crazy to buy one of those!") that the
> Memotron folks are trolling for, and I'm even considering one.
> But I think I can set up a system that might be more useful for me...
>
> Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice....
> I'm all ears...
> Bruce
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