Go on! gets me thru the working day (allday working at home, who gives a..) Berk >-- 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 > > >I was lost in modular madness ;-) > >On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Patrice Jacquot wrote: > >> 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 ;- ) >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> Le 12 déc. 08 à 11:44, Thomas Heckmann a écrit : >> >>> 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: >>> >>>> ??? >>>> 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 ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Le 12 déc. 08 à 10:44, Gordon Pearce a écrit : >>>> >>>>> Uhm, the Fairlight was a *terrible* sampler, long surpassed by the >>>>> sampling capabilities of musical greetings cards and Tickle Me >>> Elmo. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Thomas P. Heckmann >>> Trope Recordings - AFU limited - AFULAB >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > >Thomas P. Heckmann >Trope Recordings - AFU limited - AFULAB > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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2008-12-12 by Berk Aarts