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Hello....

I am not only a proud Emu 2 owner, but also and Optigan owner too.

The Blue Monday / Kraftwerk sound is indeed sampled from a Vako  
Orchestron's Choir disc.
I have a disc for my Optigan, a very rare one called Vox Humana... its  
the same sound as the Orchestron Choir disc.

Indeed, the sound quality on the Optigan/Orchestron is crap, but thats  
what makes it cool.  But of course, this lo-fi charm was sub par when  
the Emu libraries were being created.

-Sean Wolcott / Seattle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redroomnw





On May 14, 2008, at 3:22 PM, rob wrote:

> Hi
> The Emulator I sample library includes a wide range of samples taken  
> via
> Sony PCM F1, including the Optigan/Orchestron. Probaby some of the  
> Orch
> samples. E-mu Systems people, often recorded local sound sources and
> instruments people had. About 200 sample diskettes were made. The  
> Emulator
> is so hard to use that very few users could get a professional  
> sample bank,
> and E-mu Systems had some cool UNIX computers to help them get good  
> samples.
> The Ochestron was launched in 1975 and the orchestral sounds were  
> quite an
> easy way to get "orch" samples...
>
> The Emulator II library was recorded on a more professional basis with
> recording studio sessions, especially for the orchestral samples. Some
> Emulator samples made it into the EII library (loon garden), but I  
> doubt any
> old Orchestron samples made the grade. This was a new and expensive  
> libraray
> - eg Arco Strings.
>
> The Blue Monday EII samples are E-mu Systems factory samples, there  
> is no
> evidence of Kraftwerk using EII's and passing samples around in  
> Europe to
> other bands.
> They did use Ochestrons in 1975
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestron#Technical_description
>
> Regards
> Rob
> www.emulatorarchioe.com
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