Is there any update on this? I am very excited to use my own wave forms.
Thanks again
-matt
On Jan 31, 2011 4:11 AM, "christen" <andrewmcnaughton@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Jack,
>
> I am definitely interested in such a product - feel free to put me on any mailing list to let me know when it becomes available.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Ian Lamb wrote:
>>
>> ➢ I don't know why many consider $50 to $150 as "heavily overpriced" for
>> ROMs.....
>>
>> Most likely, it is because they have a different hierarchy of values than
>> you.
>>
>> ➢ that is still less than the original price for those ROMs and certainly
>> worth it for about 500 new samples that are based in a hardware ROM, plus
>> some presets to boot.
>>
>> I paid less than that for a couple of ROMs from E-mu, but your point is
>> well-taken here.
>>
>> ➢ There are plenty of ROMs for less than $130 out there and I would not wait
>> on your music on the hope of something a few dollars cheaper, even if
>> reusable/reloadable. When the universal Flash SIMM is available, it will be
>> just one more tool, not the only tool. And there still needs to be beta
>> tested prototypes on the Universal Flash SIMMs and software to load and
>> translate common files and that seems still a while away....
>>
>> Fair call â€" if one has need now, then choose and work with what is available
>> now. That said, I can also understand and appreciate that many have an idea
>> of and a rough plan for what could be accomplished with the arrival of a
>> user-programmable Flash SIMM whose capabilities and function are a superset
>> of anything previously offered by E-mu.
>>
>> ➢ I paid about $50 for my last Xtreme Lead ROM and that has plenty of
>> material to work with....Emu has put much time and effort in squeezing so
>> many samples into the 32MB.
>>
>> That is one aspect of the E-mu ROMs that I hope to address with the
>> user-programmable Flash SIMM â€" to have a waveform set that focuses on
>> quality rather than quantity.
>>
>> I very much like the wavesets in the VintagePro and the ProteanDrums ROMs,
>> as well as the Audity2K portion of the XL-ROM, but the old Orbit and Phatt
>> wavesets have too many single-cycles without enough multisampling to my ear.
>>
>> ➢ I have Flash ROMs with my own sounds using the Emu Flash SIMM and an Ultra
>> sampler but have only been able to put a small fraction of the number of
>> samples into the 32MB space so I still predominately use the commercial
>> ROMs. There is so much processing available in the P2000/Command Station
>> series that 2 people can use the same sample and create an entirely
>> different sound and atmosphere....
>>
>> I agree, but in the end, user choice as to the quality, quantity, and nature
>> of samples brings the greatest potential power to the E-mu P2K systems.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Ian
>>
>
>
>
> Hey Jack,
>
> I am definitely interested in such a product - feel free to put me on any mailing list to let me know when it becomes available.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Ian Lamb wrote:
>>
>> ➢ I don't know why many consider $50 to $150 as "heavily overpriced" for
>> ROMs.....
>>
>> Most likely, it is because they have a different hierarchy of values than
>> you.
>>
>> ➢ that is still less than the original price for those ROMs and certainly
>> worth it for about 500 new samples that are based in a hardware ROM, plus
>> some presets to boot.
>>
>> I paid less than that for a couple of ROMs from E-mu, but your point is
>> well-taken here.
>>
>> ➢ There are plenty of ROMs for less than $130 out there and I would not wait
>> on your music on the hope of something a few dollars cheaper, even if
>> reusable/reloadable. When the universal Flash SIMM is available, it will be
>> just one more tool, not the only tool. And there still needs to be beta
>> tested prototypes on the Universal Flash SIMMs and software to load and
>> translate common files and that seems still a while away....
>>
>> Fair call â€" if one has need now, then choose and work with what is available
>> now. That said, I can also understand and appreciate that many have an idea
>> of and a rough plan for what could be accomplished with the arrival of a
>> user-programmable Flash SIMM whose capabilities and function are a superset
>> of anything previously offered by E-mu.
>>
>> ➢ I paid about $50 for my last Xtreme Lead ROM and that has plenty of
>> material to work with....Emu has put much time and effort in squeezing so
>> many samples into the 32MB.
>>
>> That is one aspect of the E-mu ROMs that I hope to address with the
>> user-programmable Flash SIMM â€" to have a waveform set that focuses on
>> quality rather than quantity.
>>
>> I very much like the wavesets in the VintagePro and the ProteanDrums ROMs,
>> as well as the Audity2K portion of the XL-ROM, but the old Orbit and Phatt
>> wavesets have too many single-cycles without enough multisampling to my ear.
>>
>> ➢ I have Flash ROMs with my own sounds using the Emu Flash SIMM and an Ultra
>> sampler but have only been able to put a small fraction of the number of
>> samples into the 32MB space so I still predominately use the commercial
>> ROMs. There is so much processing available in the P2000/Command Station
>> series that 2 people can use the same sample and create an entirely
>> different sound and atmosphere....
>>
>> I agree, but in the end, user choice as to the quality, quantity, and nature
>> of samples brings the greatest potential power to the E-mu P2K systems.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Ian
>>
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