In comparison to what exactly? I would honestly bet cold hard cash that 85-90% of the Command Center users out there have not heard what Emu built their name off actually.
All I hear is how good these voices sound all the time. And I have also heard people say they are warm. Ummm, really?? What's warm to my ears are voices coming from an Emulator II or III or Emax 1. Why? Because everything passes through SSM low pass analog filters on the way out. So yes, you are right then. Once the Command Station voices are sampled into one of the machines above, I would say yeah they do sound good, but not until they are. If you have never heard the engines on these things with your own ears and what a real set of filters sound like than you haven't heard what Emu built it's name on. Command Stations are just regular 24-bit DAC outputs rom synths. But once you sample these voices into say the EIII than you're in for a real wake up call. Instant plump and girth, and what real warmth sounds like. But what's going on there at face value is out of the Command Station is pretty tame. There is no comparison. To my ears it almost sounds like software. And I don't even need anyone to back me up on this. I know what's up and what's what on all these old machines.
I would agree to several things:
(1) the apparent animosity is a bit much.
(2) while referring to "ladies" and "sissy-fight" might be humorous to some, it is kind of fanning the flames.
Question for TOMTEL: Was your request to be removed from the list made in haste? (If you really want to be removed, you can either do it yourself or just simply let us know you have thought it over and really do want to be removed.)
Personally, I enjoy making my own presets (as well as customizing factory presets), however, the E-Mu factory presets are quite good and if someone makes music using just those they should not be made to feel unwanted here.
--Steve
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, TOMTEL wrote:
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> Why in the world would you say ( little sissy-fight ). I'm not the one who has a chip on my shoulder. Or a ring in my lip (YOU TUBE) .....Do you know me?, I couldn't be more disgusted with this group at this point and just asked to be removed from it. I haven't spoken much over the years since I have been a member, and then some punk can come in and run it like it was his group. Thanks so much Alan for your support. No need to keep replying, I am throwing these emails in the trash.