Hello again guys!
Thanks to everyone who has emailed me with details about their knowledge of the CMI IIx library and where and how it was used.
I have a question that maybe someone here can clear up for me.
If you do some investigation into the actual content of the CMI IIx library, you will find that there are many different variations of what was contained within it and also what the samples were actually called. In my investigations, I have some across some of these anomalies, for example, a version of the library that I was given access to had the very famous orchestra hit that I know as Orch5 listed as being called Orch2. Everywhere else I looked, Orch5 was the name credited with that famous stab. But this one instance cast a seed of doubt. So I just wanted to ask you collectively if you all agreed that Orch5 was the name of the ubiquitous sample that appeared in many hit songs, including “Planet Rock” and hundreds of other songs.
The other sound that seems to be causing me some consternation is one often referred to as Pwang or sometimes Pitzwang. This is a low range bass sound, most notably used by Peter Gabriel in his song “San Jacinto”. The confusion lies in which disk this was on and what the actual name was. I’m trying to source some original factory disks to confirm, but wondered if anyone can help?
Thanks again in advance of anyone’s assistance.
Regards,
Rob Puricelli
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