And to think I was discussing a close cousin of the CS (asr-x) and some other Emu samplers... But these last few posts (not me) totally take the cake. I'm definitely off the hook in that department now. You guys ran circles around me in the off-topic department. Wow!
Aaah, I love to see all that old equipment. What I wouldn't give for a Studer tape machine.
Closest I have gotten was a Tascam BR-20 reel to reel. Which was their flagship and last reel to reel. That was a cool video. Raise your hand if have actually heard that 10cc song in your life. Yeah that's what I thought. Only 1/3rd or less. And that's one of the reasons I say this forum is weird. Something isn't right. Maybe it's all young wanna be hip hoppers.
The nerd and stale comment I made comes from the endless posts of how the Command Station is the greatest thing ever and ever and ever. And how you sleep with it night like a teddy bear. Apperantly the few that keep saying this haven't tried much stuff have they? Owning a bright yellow "Emu" sequencer machine does not give you a piece of Emu history. Not even close. A nice all in hardware sequencer these days would be an MV-8800. All your frustrations and desires that the CS is lacking is all over that box. 100% and then some. I highly recommend them.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:12 AM, stimresp
<stimresp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
> Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
> It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
> almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
> It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
> the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
> I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
> but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
>
There are a some Vox presets that come close. The first one on the XL-7 - Humana is already 80% there. Layer it and slap-on the reverb (external maybe).
Similar choir sounds on other roms - I know Pop and Vintage have decent-ish choirs, much improved by layering and tweaking.
First heard on 10cc's I'm not in love? - fascinating to see how they made it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I
By comparison we have it too easy!
Sorry if that's too nerdy forya.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Scott Solmonson wrote:
>
> Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
> Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
> It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
> almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
> It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
> the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
> I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
> but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
>
> --
> NUNQUAM NON PARATUS
>
2011-03-24 by stimresp
Sorry everyone - I should have started a new thread. I was responding directly to the question from Scott - which is very much on-topic. I even changed the subject line. I thought it would be enough. Obviously not.
Apologies again for polluting your inbox.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
>
> And to think I was discussing a close cousin of the CS (asr-x) and some
> other Emu samplers... But these last few posts (not me) totally take the
> cake. I'm definitely off the hook in that department now. You guys ran
> circles around me in the off-topic department. Wow!
>
> Aaah, I love to see all that old equipment. What I wouldn't give for a
> Studer tape machine.
> Closest I have gotten was a Tascam BR-20 reel to reel. Which was their
> flagship and last reel to reel. That was a cool video. Raise your hand if
> have actually heard that 10cc song in your life. Yeah that's what I
> thought. Only 1/3rd or less. And that's one of the reasons I say this
> forum is weird. Something isn't right. Maybe it's all young wanna be hip
> hoppers.
>
> The nerd and stale comment I made comes from the endless posts of how the
> Command Station is the greatest thing ever and ever and ever. And how you
> sleep with it night like a teddy bear. Apperantly the few that keep saying
> this haven't tried much stuff have they? Owning a bright yellow "Emu"
> sequencer machine does not give you a piece of Emu history. Not even close.
> A nice all in hardware sequencer these days would be an MV-8800. All your
> frustrations and desires that the CS is lacking is all over that box. 100%
> and then some. I highly recommend them.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:12 AM, stimresp <stimresp@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
> > > Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
> > > It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
> > > almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
> > > It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
> > > the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
> > > I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
> > > but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
> > >
> >
> > There are a some Vox presets that come close. The first one on the XL-7 -
> > Humana is already 80% there. Layer it and slap-on the reverb (external
> > maybe).
> >
> > Similar choir sounds on other roms - I know Pop and Vintage have decent-ish
> > choirs, much improved by layering and tweaking.
> >
> > First heard on 10cc's I'm not in love? - fascinating to see how they made
> > it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I
> >
> > By comparison we have it too easy!
> >
> > Sorry if that's too nerdy forya.
> >
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Scott Solmonson <scosol@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
> > > Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
> > > It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
> > > almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
> > > It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
> > > the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
> > > I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
> > > but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
> > >
> > > --
> > > NUNQUAM NON PARATUS
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
2011-03-24 by Scott Solmonson
That video is awesome- thx!
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:12 AM, stimresp <stimresp@...> wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
>> Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
>> It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
>> almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
>> It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
>> the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
>> I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
>> but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
>>
>
> There are a some Vox presets that come close. The first one on the XL-7 - Humana is already 80% there. Layer it and slap-on the reverb (external maybe).
>
> Similar choir sounds on other roms - I know Pop and Vintage have decent-ish choirs, much improved by layering and tweaking.
>
> First heard on 10cc's I'm not in love? - fascinating to see how they made it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I
>
> By comparison we have it too easy!
>
> Sorry if that's too nerdy forya.
>
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Scott Solmonson <scosol@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyway, to create something remotely on-topic, I've been watching
>> Portlandia (which is hilarious) and I'm struck by the title theme.
>> It's an airy pad that as you can guess fills a background space-
>> almost identical to the Gorillaz Stylo sound-
>> It's been heard elsewhere and long before, but I'm a programmer and
>> the mechanics of the sound are unknown to me- anyone want to comment?
>> I want to say it's 3-4 "breath" style formants played simultaneously,
>> but I'm just a player-hater and I love my TX-81Z.
>>
>> --
>> NUNQUAM NON PARATUS
>>
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