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Creative have owned E-MU for almost ten years now...

|-----Original Message-----
|From: William McCoy [mailto:dublmranch@...]
|Sent: 27 March 2004 22:28
|To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
|Subject: [xl7] Re: Old World Inst. soundfonts = World Exp. ROM?
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|Hello Mark,
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|Sorry, i really did not intend to offend you. I meant to assist.
|I counted the
|presets incorrectly.  I apoligize for that.  It looks like there
|are 2 full banks as
|you say.  I missed the ones in the right hand column. ;-) The
|beats and arps
|would be missing of course as you also pointed out.  A lot of my
|favorites are
|missing but hey that's just my opinion.  I didnt realize that was
|Creative Labs
|who now own EMU and so, of course, the legal thang is not an
|issue.  Another
|mistake I made.  And I apologize for that too.  I did not
|recognize the logo.  Its
|all new to me.  Im an old time EMU lover and just getting used to
|all the "new"
|changes and logos.  Please understand, im just a guy like you who
|wanted to
|try to be helpful.  And yes, i had a couple items for sale that i
|mentioned, as
|we all do sometimes, but im not an advertising agency and so there
|is really
|no need for hostilities here.  Thanks for your understanding.  And
|thanks for
|providing the link to Creative Labs so we can all have a look at
|what they are
|offering now that is not shown on the EMU website.  It is very
|interesting to
|see the current developements for sure.  I appreciate it very much.  Peace.
|
|With regards,  Will
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|--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pipher <mpipher@m...> wrote:
|> 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 - 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. That1s 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 it1s 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@s...> 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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