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I have the Old World Instruments double-CD for E-MU E4 samplers. It's really
good - one of the best sample CDs I have. I had an inkling it was the same
as the Planet Earth ROM when someone told me the Planet Earth had really
good Bazouki etc, which is what is on this CD.
I expect a lot of the Planet Earth presets are missing, but I would think
the instruments are all there. This is the same as the Platinum Phatt CD and
Mo Phatt ROM. The Platinum Phatt CD doesn't have the Mo Phatt presets, but
it has all the Mo Phatt instruments that are used to make those presets
(plus tons of other stuff they couldn't fit on the ROM)...

If anyone's interested I have a spare Old World Instruments E4 double-CD,
still shrink-wrapped, which I am willing to sell for 20GBP plus shipping
(which I promise will be the actual shipping costs and not a penny more).
It's compatible with any E4 sampler and also the new Emulator X (as well as
other sampler progs that read E4 format). Also you could probably use
Chickensys Translator to put it into soundfont format, but don't quote me on
that...

Regards,

Stu

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Ravi Ivan Sharma [mailto:noision1@...]
|Sent: 27 March 2004 19:27
|To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
|Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: Old World Inst. soundfonts = World Exp. ROM?
|
|
|Thanks for this link!! I bet most people who are lusting after
|these sounds would rather have them in their computers anyway. I
|hope this blows the air out of the dumb high prices for the World
|Expedition and Planet Earth units on ebay.
|
|The mp3 demo song sounds GREAT. I need to look back into
|soundfonts again as they may be just the ticket for a nice laptop
|studio or any computer DAW now that computer power is so good.
|
|http://www.soundfont.com/downloads/OldWorld.asp
|
|  ----- Original Message -----
|  From: Mark Pipher
|  To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
|  Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:26 AM
|  Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: Old World Inst. soundfonts = World Exp. ROM?
|
|
|  Thanks for the sales pitch, but unfortunately I am not buying.
|Sorry. I do
|  need to correct you on a number of points, though.
|
|  First, these Soundfont package downloads are completely legal \ufffd they are
|  released by E-MU! Hence the Creative logo, and "Soundfont.com from E-MU /
|  Ensoniq" graphics on the site.
|
|  Additionally, the Soundfont collection is actually two full
|banks from the
|  World Expedition ROM, as I have learned. That\ufffds much different
|than "not the
|  entire bank one". And it looks like many of the good ones are
|represented.
|  What is NOT represented are the ARP and BTS presets, which is
|  understandable. And with 256 presets, I am sure more than a few of the
|  "really good ones" are here. And at 1/10th the price you are selling your
|  units for, I think it\ufffds a wonderful deal.
|
|  Not to mention you can get at the raw samples and edit them, and build
|  custom drum kits. Try doing that with the Planet Earth or World
|Expedition
|  ROM.
|
|  I understand what you're trying to do here, and let it be known
|that I have
|  worked at large ad agencies for many years so I see right through it.
|
|  If anyone else has any opinion on these E-MU Soundfont
|collections, and how
|  they compare to the ROMs, I'd be interested to hear. I don't have much
|  experience with sf2 files or their quality.
|
|  Thanks.
|  Mark
|
|
|
|  On 3/26/04 10:01 PM, "William McCoy" <dublmranch@...> wrote:
|
|  >
|  >
|  > Hello Mark,
|  >
|  > I saw your post on the XL-7 site and checked out the online
|download you are
|  > considering.  I compared it to what is on the World Expedition
|ROM that is the
|  > ROM that comes with in the Planet Earth Module and it is
|severely missing A
|  > TON of very awesome presets in the World Exp. ROM.  I would
|say it has less
|  > than 20% of the presets if even that, and they are not the
|"best" ones either.
|  > The World Exp ROM has 4 banks of 127 sounds.  The download that you are
|  > looking at looks like it has mostly stuff only from Bank One
|and even that is
|  > NOT the entire Bank One from what I can ascertain looking at
|the Sound List
|  > of presets in the owners manual that comes with the Planet
|Earth Module.
|  > I would say, if you want the entire World Expedition with all 4
|  > banks of killer sounds (all 512 of em), then save your money
|for the ROM
|  > itself
|  > (or buy a Planet Earth module) if you can, and forget the
|on-line download
|  > thang which is no where near as cool in my opinion. You will
|be far happier
|  > with the "real deal"  i think.  ;-)
|  >
|  > If you want the World Expedition ROM, i do have one for sale on eBay
|  > brand new and its factory sealed.  If you want the Planet
|Earth Module with
|  > the World Expedition ROM installed in it, I also have one on
|eBay in almost
|  > new condition.  Please check out my auctions under my ID...
|dublmranch ...
|  > OR feel free to contact me directly if you wish.  Either way
|you'd be far
|  > better
|  > off than spending $ for that extremely incomplete download.
|And I wonder if
|  > that download is even a legal form of those presets.  In other
|words, have
|  > they
|  > cleared it with EMU to be selling those presets on line, or ?
|That would be a
|  > very important question to ask.  If they have not cleared it
|with EMU, then
|  > you
|  > would not technically have any legal rights to use the presets
|for production.
|  > Any clearance should of course be in writing for your legal protection.
|  > Anyway that's something else to consider.  I hope that helps.
|  >
|  > With regards,  Will McCoy  ---please check my Yahoo ID here on
|this site to
|  > find out who i am and how to contact me directly if you like.
|thanks.  :-}
|  >
|  >
|  > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pipher <mpipher@m...> wrote:
|  >> I recently came across the EMU 3Old World Instruments2 Soundfont
|  > collection,
|  >> which supposedly includes 3the very best sounds and
|instruments used in
|  >> E-MU1s popular Planet Earth sound module.2 The Planet Earth
|was just the
|  >> World Expedition ROM right? I really need this sound set and I am
|  > wondering
|  >> how close this will get me, if anyone knows.
|  >>
|  >> Here1s a link, with the Preset Listing.
|  >> http://www.soundfont.com/downloads/OldWorld.asp
|  >>
|  >> Thanks.
|  >> Mark
|  >>
|  >>
|
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