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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI IIX sampling

2010-02-17 by tonefloat01@yahoo.com

Yes, I have to agree that Waveterm B sounded much better than the IIx for sample quality. However I could never "red line" the input on my Waveterm without it getting totally distorted and unusable. Finally in the end both systems went away for an Emulator III sampler which was my favorite sampler because of quality, ease of use and the amount of memory it had... A whopping 8MB's!!!

Mike

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On Feb 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, "WT" <waveterm@telia.com> wrote:

I´m pretty much convinced that it is working properly. I´ve done numerous 
testing with lots of sources and everything except an 808-style or 909 kick 
sounds fine.

I guess I´m spoiled with the superior sampling on the Waveterm B ;-)

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David" <davidmorley@gmx.net>
To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:12 PM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI IIX sampling

The CMI is 8 bit. You have to be very careful sampling into it.
Of course, it may be that yours has issues, but 8 bit sampling is pretty lo 
fi !
David

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" <waveterm@...> wrote:

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>
> so...after a couple of months noodling about with the CMI IIx, I tried
> sampling some stuff last night.
>
> First up was a kickdrum from a TR-909. Decay on the drum was to the 
> longest
> and tune to almost the lowest, maximum click.
>
> It sounds like shit ! No attack. sounds distorted. And with a fizzel on 
> the
> decay part.
>
> Sample rate was 30200
> Filter low 3
> Filter high 9
>
> Then it struck me, I was going direct from the 909 to the CMI IIx line 
> input
> via a 1/4" mono jack to XLR cable. Tip to Pin 2, Sleeve to ring and 
> ground.
> The CMI being 600 ohms on both the line in and mic in......
>
> Am I having impedanceproblems ?
>
> Today I brought some passive DI´s and transformerboxes from work....but 
> it
> doesn´t seem to make it better.
>
> Sampling the Snaredrum from the 909 sounds great though, but there´s not
> that much bass in the 909 Snare.
>
> How are you guys connecting stuff to your CMI IIx inputs ? Are you using
> external pre´s ?
>
> WT
>

Re: CMI IIX sampling

2010-02-18 by David

Yes. The EIII was a huge step forwards. Not just the 16 bit part but just easy to use, decent memory and great sound.
Still one of the best samplers around.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "tonefloat01@..." <tonefloat01@...> wrote:

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>
> Yes, I have to agree that Waveterm B sounded much better than the IIx for sample quality. However I could never "red line" the input on my Waveterm without it getting totally distorted and unusable. Finally in the end both systems went away for an Emulator III sampler which was my favorite sampler because of quality, ease of use and the amount of memory it had... A whopping 8MB's!!!
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPhone