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>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: Thomas Heckmann <troperecordings@...>
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:50:31 +0100
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDX Sampling
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
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>I was lost in modular madness ;-)
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>On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Patrice Jacquot wrote:
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>> Hi Thomas,
>> good to hear you again...
>> Where were you hidden ? ;- )
>>
>> I couldn't agree more.
>> It's hard to realise what is a Fairlight till you don't use one. &
>> have a look to the voice cards ...
>> Series II or Series III have incredible ressources & a strong sound
>> signature...
>> The dynamic & low end are astonishing !
>> You couldn't believe that it's 8 bits tech ...
>> No possible comparison to Mirage (maybe a bit), or Korg , or Akaï...
>> Maybe with the EMUII somewhere...
>> Even MFX3 are blowing away any Protools system...of course the edition
>> is limited compared to today's technology , but the Sound oh God ...
>> you have to hear it to believe it .
>> After if you have time you put your attenton to the technology on
>> board & suddenly you realise why it's all so powerful...
>> But I guess it's not really the place to talk about them here. (I
>> suppose Jesper won't be late to remind me that ;- )
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>> about the SDX , still big attention on the Soft catalog limits !!!
>> (no more than 50 instruments & 100 samples if I remember well...or
>> each new sample will erase the previous recorded ones...)
>> so I confirm : SAVE !!!
>>
>>
>> bye,
>> Patrice.
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>> Le 12 déc. 08 à 11:44, Thomas Heckmann a écrit :
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>>> The big difference comes in the Fairlights (I'm talking up until IIx)
>>> sonic sound quality !
>>> Yes it's 8bit, but the best you could ever get in this direction, the
>>> dynamics and the uniqueness of it still blows me away !
>>> I own both a Fairlight IIx and a Simmons SDX and they are really hard
>>> to compare. And I own a tickle me Elmo also ;-)
>>> One thing about the SDX - if it wasn't mentioned before - SAVE SAVE
>>> SAVE ;-)
>>> I had many hours of sampling with the machine just to realize it hang
>>> up and all was gone...
>>> Best
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Patrice Jacquot wrote:
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>>>> ???
>>>> On the paper from far I see what you mean... (not better than an 8
>>>> bits soundblaster I suppose ?)
>>>> but in the mixer ?
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever used one ?
>>>> opened one ?
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>>>> Le 12 déc. 08 à 10:44, Gordon Pearce a écrit :
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>>>>> Uhm, the Fairlight was a ∗terrible∗ sampler, long surpassed by the
>>>>> sampling capabilities of musical greetings cards and Tickle Me
>>> Elmo.
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