Emax

Thanks John for your informative reply...I never thought about the 
fact that these Factory samples would be that well produced. Seems so 
obvious really. I use Emagic Logic and have managed to get those 
other synths to sound nearly decent, but like you say with 
compression, exciting, delays, reverbs etc ;-)

Thanks again for the post

Peter




--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "John Silveria" <emaxjs@s...> wrote:
> To begin with the there is the great work done on the filter and the
> A/D converters. Two of the synths you happened to mention are known
> for their terribly weak sound that had to be bolstered by adding
> onboard effects, the M1 and D50. The TX7, of course, is FM which 
tends
> to be very brittle and harsh (which can be advantageous) and was 
never
> designed for making warm analog sounds. 
> 
> The reality behind professional sample banks being so impressive is 
in
> the mix. Unlike most instruments where you enhance the sound
> after/during recording with compression, eq, and effects with a
> sampler you can do that all in advance and sample only the final
> result. The best example of this is drum loops. Even in a
> non-recording enviroment drum loops always sound better because they
> already have been processed in a way to give them great dynamics.
> Where as just sequencing raw drum samples, especially if you don't
> have expensive mics, compressors, limiters, etc. to create the 
samples
> with leaves you with samples that tend to have no punch or 
presence. 
> 
> On one of my many trips to E-mu back in the 90's I got to go into a
> sound lab where someone created some of the factory presets. He had 
at
> his disposal a great project studio with great monitors, mixer, and
> outboard gear all of which went into making great samples. Add that
> with a knowledge of the sampler itself that few user's have and you
> are going to end up with banks of samples that show off the Emax at
> it's best. It's an art not many can master. You need to have a good
> studio engineering skills combined with patience and in depth 
sampler
> knowledge.
> 
> On 2 Oct 2003 at 3:42, hartmaan2003 spoke unto me:
> 
> > What is it about the emax that gives it such a powerful sound?
> > 
> >  I have been playing with the synth patches (Das Synth and FM 
synth)
> > and have to say that they sound way more impressive than my D50, 
TX7
> > or M1 synths!Are the synth patches samples or SE created 
internally?
> > 
> > Thought this may generate some discussion instead of the usual
> > problems and repairs :-)
> 
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