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Thanks...

Tracks were recorded over quite a long time so there was a shift in stuff we used, but these are the mainstays:

synths etc.
EMU ESI-4000 x2 used this ALOT!!! Generaly 80% is samples. Sampling own synths and stuff 'found' elsewhere.
Orbit, ESQ-1, Nord-rack 1+2, dx-100/27/200, juno106, waldorf Pulse. Probably also some TG-33, Bassstation, jx-3p and some softsynths as well (fm7, PPG wave).
Very little analog in our setup... :-) But the emu has this nice warm woolly sound if you sample stuff through it's own AD-converters. Stuff just sits well in the mix after sampling through this thing.

outboard
se-50's/70, zoom1201, microverb3, dbx 166, alesis 3630, rex-50, composers.

mixing
several diff. spirits, 2 diff. Allen heaths, mackie 1604.

Spend very, very much time on mastering this all though.

Hope this helps...

Sadly not (yet)...  Although some tracks were recorded with parallel compression from a TL audio valve compressor.

Absolutly, and layering/detuning in the EMU aswell. And the Boss SE-50's...

Most of this was cubase. 1 track with ableton live 4, iirc.

Love the sound, gritty. Most usefull for pads, strings and the occasional higher melody . Biatch to program though...

True. I used to have an emax1 keyboard years ago. Also did this to even greater effect. Sadly had to get rid of it though. Had the choice of sleeping in a bed or on the emax... That thing is HUGE...

don't underestimate the power of hardware samplers. my ensoniq asr rocks the socks off any laptop!

heh heh.. keyboard samplers.. i had a mirage keyboard and later a rack.. i remember the emax kayboards, super.. that thing would have kept you nice and warm too..

yes, old hardware samplers rock. if only it would be easier to interface them with a computer..

Man thats one of the top of the line EMU samplers from that time, and its also a synthesizer or workstation or whatever the fuck they called it.

There is a lot more going on like AD converters etc. Some old famous samplers synths drummachines whatever that are $$$$$$$$$$$$$ now also don't have analog filters

maybe I will hunt one of those down .. Vintage pro sounds nice

Yeah but now the value of hardware samplers is really low because software is so much more convenient. Of course you might get special flavour from hardware samplers but most people don't bother with them because it's so much more trouble.. but maybe I will look into the e-mu now, you lot got me curious. But again last time I tried I gave up because it was so... Ack

I think you need a pretty expensive audio interface to get a sound quality as good as with emu's converters. And don't forget that using your sampler and its digital filters you save your computer power for other tasks like very complex vsts, max/msp, reaktor or whatever.
Anyway, there's a lot of non analog gear that's worth using for making music.

they dont make the converters, but emu was always known for their ''warm'' sound compared to akais etc. its the same kind of difference as between a vintage roland and a vintage moog..