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Sorry Peter I meant Marlin

I know theres not much difference between a sampler and a synth, but there
IS a difference between sampling an arpegio and playing/programming one
yourself.


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Korsten <peterk@...>
To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Commercial Trance


> 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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