Yes I guess I'd have both. I'm not trying to knock the Yamha series, I have one and am pretty happy with it and have no desire to change it. I'm just saying, if I knew then what I knew know and price were right then I'd go for the EMU even if it's only for the fact it's industry standard these day's.
In an ideal world I'd have many samplers and an EMU and Yamaha would be at the top of my list. I'd argue that the Yamaha is more fun to use and may have some more interesting features. But the EMU has Z-plane filters. Cheers Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: theRENEGADEkemist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 March 2002 15:46 > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: E5000 Ultra vs. A5000 > > > Every Sampler has its own Niche about it, Just because its > outdated does not > make it worthless. If i could afford to have an E5000 and an A5000 just > because i probably would. Hell i know people that still have 2 second > samplers because they like some of the ways they sample compared to the > newer ones. > > trk. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:33 AM > Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: E5000 Ultra vs. A5000 > > > > Okay, first off I'll say I have an A4000 and a friend has an EMU E5000 > > ultra. > > Both machines have merits. > > > > Why do you say the A5000 is dearer ? It's not made anymore and you can > only > > buy it 2nd hand. > > > > First off the A5000 comes pretty well equiped and the output board only > > costs 130 quid. > > > > The EMU is expandable, but will you use them ? The expansion > options are > > pretty expensive. > > > > > > I could waffle on but I won't .... The Yamaha series are quite good, the > FX > > and features are pretty good. The disk speed problem has > become annoying > to > > > me now after 2 years. > > I have a Volume which holds around 700 samples in 32meg and the time it > > takes to load this off an IDE disk is a little too slow. It's > a perfectly > > useable sampler is all I'll say. > > > > But ..... if I could replace it with an EMU with 128meg, disks and an > output > > board then I probably would. At the time the EMU worked out way too > > expensive, but now it's a serious contender. > > > > Which ever you get, you'll be able to use but to be honest the EMU just > has > > an edge and class which the Yamaha doesn't. > > > > By the way Chords on the EMU are just a modulation matrix and the Yamaha > > comes pretty close. > > > > > > I'd also ask yourself if you really need an A5000 ? You may > just need an > > A4000, if you could find an A4000 with some RAM, a hard disk and the > output > > board for around 500 quid, go for it otherwise weigh up the EMU. > > > > If money is no object then I'd look at the EMU6400. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, first off, let me say I have no interest in being told which > sampler > > > is objectively better. I know different people have different opinions > and > > > work better with different machines, and so I want to draw > from people's > > > subjective impressions of these machines to determine what *might* be > > > appropriate for me. Frankly, either of them would be a major > step up at > > > this point (I'm using an expanded Akai S2000.) > > > > > > So here's some pros of the two machines. > > > > > > Yamaha A5000 > > > * Lots of good effects > > > * Internal resampling > > > * More sophisticated breakbeat manipulation > > > * KNOBS! > > > > > > Emu E5000 Ultra > > > * Cheaper > > > * Internal sequencer (useful!) > > > * CORDS (sounds neat) > > > * More expandable > > > > > > Basically, I can go either way. I guess my main criterion is > tight MIDI > > > timing, although this isn't something the promotional literature is > going > > > to tell you. Anyway, any comments would be welcome. > > > > > > -- > > > T.W.I.D.N. * http://www.nr.infi.net/~tagutcow/twidn.html > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > > > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --- > > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
