Composer is a nice bread and butter ROM because it has 1024 presets instead of the usual 512 and you can also use the Proteus 2500 (Pop Collection) presets that have been converted to work with it. I haven't heard anything but the demos of the Sounds of the ZR/Halo ROM, but one would expect at least the piano to be better than the one in the Composer/Pop ROMs. I wonder how complimentary they are to each other - do they fight for the same territory or do they cover each other's respective weaknesses? I also wonder if the SotZR/Halo sound set is representative of the "Ensoniq sound" of their '90s synths.
On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Matt wrote:
Composer is very general purpose... bread and butter sounds. if you want more specific:
orchestra:
9061: Siedlaczek Orchestra 32 MB ROM.
9085: Orchestral Session Vol. 1 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
9086: Orchestral Session Vol. 2 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
organ:
9083: Definitive B-3 32 MB ROM - standard in B-3.
piano:
9088: Sounds of the ZR featuring the Perfect Piano 32 MB ROM - standard in Ensoniq Halo
But it sounds like you only have one slot. If one rom can't give you everything you need you can either get a proteus 2000 rack module or you can get software, reason works great.On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Bruno <brunorc@...> wrote:2011/4/16 Akrons Secret <akronbestkeptsecret@...>:
Should be able to compare them soon, as my ZR should arrive next week
> Composer or Sounds of the ZR? Gonna buy one of em to fill my last bank. I have the phatt,xl,and beat garden and make hip-hop though the phatt rom is not really suited for me other than the bass and kit patches. I'd like pianos,organs,strings&brass sections mainly though guitars can be useful too. Any/all input would be awesome!
and join the Composer in its native P2K.
However, I feel a bit surprised, that you make hip-hop and Phatt is
"not really suited for you". I found it really Thinn (rather than
Phatt), except for the drums and percussion - and it was the main
reason for me to order both XROM and QROM.
Cheers,
Bruno