Emax

FYI...
I've managed to get distortion ( not always on purpose with my emax).
Also layering the same sample offset by a few cents will give you flange,
chorus, reverb type effects. There's always outboard effects modules too.

Bob



John Joseph Silveria II wrote:

> > That's a shame! I guess then there's probably not much to be gained
> > from the SDS facility unless you have a really troublesome loop and
> > need to see the waveform on screen...
> >
> > I suppose you could also load samples from other manufacturers
> > librarys... the latest Akai's use .WAVs I believe. But again, the
> > amount of time and effort involved might make this impractical. Has
> > anyone ever tried it?
>
> I use SDS all the time. Using a sample editor like Sound Forge is a
> great way to manipluate samples in ways that just aren't possible with
> the Emax.... like adding effects (distortion, reverb, flanging) and
> normalizing also I take loops slice them up with Recycle and use SDS
> to send them back because Recycle only supports my ESI-32 which I
> don't use for drums.
>
> The thing about SDS is that with the right software it allows you to
> send any type of sound file. Sound Forge can oped just about anything
> (AIFF, WAV, SMP, MP3 etc) and from there if you resample it into a
> format the Emax can use (44.1, 39 etc) and 16 bit ypu can then send it
> into the Emax. Making just about any sound out there a viable sample
> option.
>
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