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That's a real good point regarding the upgradable EOS 
samplers!.The ESI series hasn't had an OS upgrade in years 
(and probably won't see another!) This was a contributing factor 
to why I chose my ASR-X Pro but, uh-oh, no more Ensoniq! 
Oooops. My next sampler is an EXS24 :-P

Congrats on the MS2KR, Grant!

regards,
Jon

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Grant Davies" <grant@b...> wrote:
> We have an Ultra E6400 and a regular E6400, one big bonus 
for us on the
> Emu's is everytime EMU upgrade their samplers they offer an 
upgrade path to
> owners of the older samplers if you are in the pro range (EOS 
samplers).
> Our E6400 Ultra is 5 years old and was just a basic E6400 
when we originally
> bought it.  If we had gone the AKAI route we would have ended 
up buying a
> new sampler every couple of years.
> 
> BTW I just picked up an MS2000R and I love it, the sounds are 
really rich,
> the filters are really nice too.  I'd say the 12db filter is not as 
good as
> the An1x filter but the 24db filter sounds richer.  Its extremely 
easy to
> program, and the step sequencer is really easy to use.  I'm very 
happy with
> the unit.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Grant Davies
> b l u e t u b e p r o d u c t i o n s
> http://www.bluetube.com
> The new Bluetube Productions Sampler, coming June 2001
> 
>   I was choosing and making a decision about the sampler 
during last 3
> months I
>   think <G>
>   and I came down to E-MU Ultra 6400 and I am going to get it 
here (in
> Moscow -
>   not the cheapest
>   place to get music eq. too) for about 1650-1700 $ (new) in 
about a week
> and know
>   what ? I think I get practically
>   the same stuff as Platinum for my needs.
>   Do you need more than 8 outs ? Do you need wordclock input 
? Do you need
> 32 Midi
>   INs ?
>   Do you need more than 64 poly in the sampler ?  and so on 
and so on ..
>   Practically everything that is added in Platinum is not very 
useful for
> me.
>   The only model I was / am taking into accound now is AKAI 
S3000XL , I
> think ,
>   (though I find its limits really limiting)
>   because of too much people saying to me that the 'coloring' of 
the sound
> on them
>   is much smaller than on the new
>   S5000/S6000 and Ultra E-MU's (the latest ones have a bit 
'cheesy' sound as
> many
>   pro users say). I am not taking
>   5000/6000's into account because of many problems people 
are telling about
> ,
>   because of the UI which I think is not
>   great for such a display and so on (and again , the sound).
>   Here were my ideas.
>   Good luck.
>   Ray.
> 
> 
>   Bjørn Standal wrote:
> 
>   > Hi again
>   >
>   > To round up this thread, I would like to thank all you guys for
> answering
>   > and enlightening me on this subject. All responses where 
informative and
> I
>   > have sort of decided to:
>   >
>   > 1. Get Cakewalk with audio-recording (think 9.0). Make 
complete songs on
> my
>   > 303/Trinity/DJX and then assign selected tracks (e.g. the 
bassline-track
>   > which originated from the 303) to the AN1X , one at the time, 
to record
> them
>   > into Cakewalk. The last track designated for the AN1X can 
be used as
> regular
>   > midi track for real-time tweaking.
>   >
>   > 2. Get a sampler. I haven't decided for soft or hard, but hard 
is more
>   > likely. Somebody I know got the Emu E4 Platinum which is 
one monster of
> a
>   > sampler, 128MB, 20GB, lots of effects, 20 CD's with 
samples, SCSI, and
> one
>   > quadrillion outputs. One problem is it's price tag. He got it 
for about
>   > $6250 new. (Prices on gear here in Norway are really 
terrifying).
> Another
>   > thing about this sampler is (something I heard somewhere) 
that you can't
> do
>   > real-time filtering. You have to "re-trig" the sample to make 
the new
>   > filter-setting active. Don't know if it's true, but if it is, I would=

>   > consider that a tremendous limit.
>   > Also considering Akai Sxxx, Yamaha A5000 and other Emu's 
(6400, Ultra
>   > 6400)... But what I am looking for in a sampler is really that I 
can use
> it
>   > as a sound module like any other synth, and fully control 
effects and
>   > filters from within Cakewalk. Don't care about onboard 
sound-editing
> tools
>   > as I do that kind of thing in Cool Edit or Recycle.
>   >
>   > Thanks again. Nice having you competent people around :-)
>   >
>   > And hey, don't talk down to the DJX.;-)
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