orangefunk Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Aw... remember when this music was hip and the cutting edge? [video:youtube] Sounds like a lost track off Tangerine Dream's Le Parc record... not surprising since that was probably mostly Emu II. Still has a certain kind of feeling to it I like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Is it just me or does that tune sound a bit flat? When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Is it just me or does that tune sound a bit flat? Bad transfer from a tape I would expect. The pitch is all over the place. -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 The guitar is off for sure.... I am amazed that so much music of that time sounds the same as this.... those marimbas are everywhere on Jarre and TD for instance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah, it sounds squirrely like just about every old VHS to YouTube transfer that was originally taped around then. [video:youtube] "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I am amazed that so much music of that time sounds the same as this.... those marimbas are everywhere on Jarre and TD for instance... Same thing happened with the DX-7 and the D-50. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucktunes Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Other than the wobbly pitch, it's quite refreshing. Reminds me of my L.A. Days back in the late '80s when you could tune in 94.7 "The Wave" and hear music like that all day. Then somebody coined the term "smooth jazz" and it became uncool. Personally, I miss it. Good stuff! ><> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Weiser Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Maybe the pitch issues were due to it being a "sound page" played on a turntable...? We still have a bunch of them here from back when Keyboard Mag included one in every issue. The bass and drums are definitely "80s fabulous"!! https://www.theboywhowantedtorock.com http://www.weisersound.com https://www.facebook.com/weisersound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm getting slightly "sea sick" from listening to this, but yes, very "'80s fabulous", haha! Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 In a way, I think of the early Emulators as the digital equivalents of the Chamberlin and Mellotron. A lot of their samples still hold up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 In a way, I think of the early Emulators as the digital equivalents of the Chamberlin and Mellotron. A lot of their samples still hold up. True, really like the piano stab sound and the strings on this demo too. I guess the (much) less than CD fidelity has a bearing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow, it is hard to believe those sounds are almost 30 years old. If I were offered an Emulator II for free I'd say "no thanks dawg". PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 If I were offered an Emulator II for free I'd say "no thanks dawg". If you get offered an Emulator II for free, PM me, dawg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 If I were offered an Emulator II for free I'd say "no thanks dawg". If you get offered an Emulator II for free, PM me, dawg. No problem. I'll hand deliver it to Brooklyn free of charge. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 But will it be in one piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The guitar is off for sure.... Yes it is and always was unless owners of the stock guitar library disk edited and re-saved. The guitar on that disk was delivered w/ some samples being slightly out of tune. The last time I used a Emulator II was on a 1986 tour. I kept the library but started using Oberheim DPX-1 sample players w/ the single outputs and OMI optical drive options then. I still own 2 of these DPX-1s because they have the same SSM filter chips like the EMU II in every output channel. Last year I sold ~ 400 5.25" floppy disks for good money :-) I have the most samples on 3.5" disks in DPX-1 format and these DPX-1 load within half the time. But, most samples of the EMU II went into the EIII library which for me is available for the EMU E64 I still own. In addition I was able to port all over for NI Kontakt. Today, I wouldn´t clutter my room w/ a EMU II as also my DPX-1s will go into the sales soon and together w/ libraries. There´s EMXP (for PC) http://www.emxp.net/ making the complete vintage EMU sample library range available for todays technology and any owner of the EMU sample disks for EII,EMAX, EIII, EOS as well as AKAI S-1000 and there are DPX, Mirage and Prophet2000 tools. The libraries can be stored as disk images or files on HD and be used in software apps by mounting the images and import,- very comfortable, but the images can be used to make new disks too. Reason NNXT sampler reads the EMU files too. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If you like the Emulator II sound, you might want to know that UVI was showing this at Winter NAMM: Emulation II [video:youtube]7y55TlAC5cA Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Back in 86 I bought Tangerine Dream's Underwater Sunlight and Jarre's Rendezvous... never realised how important the Emu II was to both those albums. I guess 85-87 was the time for the Emu after that the Akai and Roland samplers really took over with increased fidelity... but saying that I am stuck to think of classic Roland and Akai samples in the same way as I think the Emu (e.g. Shaku, Strings, Piano, breathy voices, etc.). Thanks Geoff for the update on UVI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If you like the Emulator II sound, you might want to know that UVI was showing this at Winter NAMM: Emulation II Best, Geoff thx for the remark ! Hmm,- do I like the EMU II sound today ? Not really,- but it works in some context,- it´s a option if someone wants it. After we imported the library for Kontakt and EXS, it was very obvious the library is outdated compared to what is available for the modern sample players. OTOH, you cann make more out of the old samples if you´re into editing within the modern virtual sample player instruments,- but it´s time consuming. The UVIs library is 4.7GB,- that´s much ! But my EMU library is more than twice as much and already usable,- without a iLok dongle A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 One of my friends bought an EMu II and a Mac with SCSI with the whole library so he doesn't need to deal with the floppies. He absolutely adores the thing... loves the filters and esp all those 80s sounds. Thing is... its unreliable... even the Mac needs a kick sometimes... Listening to the video again... it does have a Keyboard Soundpage feel to it... loved those discs... I remember a couple of great jazz fusion tunes in the mid to late 80s from contest winners... I bet some of those were by guys on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 One of my friends bought an EMu II and a Mac with SCSI with the whole library so he doesn't need to deal with the floppies. He absolutely adores the thing... loves the filters and esp all those 80s sounds. Thing is... its unreliable... even the Mac needs a kick sometimes... I now have the library on my PC DAW, on 2 SCSI hardrives connected to my EMU E64 and an assortment of sounds on DPX-1 floppy disks. Before the library went over on PC DAW,- I used my oldest Mac PPC 7500/100 to make 1:1 SCSI copys from 3rd party and EIII library CDs,- using Roxio and Mac OS 8.6. That´s the backup for everything. The 2nd backup goes to SCSI MOD soon. If I want that EMU II filter grid, I use a DPX-1, but all-in-all, the EMU E64 Z-Plane filters and modulation sources/destinations offer much more possibilities and to my ears also sound better than using the samples and programs in Kontakt. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Oh yeah! I had an E-mu Drumulator around that time also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Oh yeah! I had an E-mu Drumulator around that time also. Sold mine,- got much money because it was custom modified MIDI. There was this guy who buyed a EMU II for EUR 600.-, but had no sounds ! So he came over and took all the 400 f**kin´ floppies and the Drumulator for EUR 1.000.-. Was one of my coolest sales The vintage market is a crazy place. A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 For those interested... there is a nice retro review of the Emu II here http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug00/articles/emuretro.htm Lots of food for thought on the Fairlight there too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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