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ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
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Lower tape costs. VCR cartridge tape is very inexpensive; you can record hours
and hours of samples for only a few dollars.
Portability. Using a portable VCR and battery powered audio adapter makes for a
very compact and portable package.
Although splicing is not easy with VCR-based audio systems, you can generally do the
required signal splicing and manipulation within the Emulator II. A good alternative to the
VCR/adapter approach is to use a Sony Beta Hi-Fi recorder; the audio tracks are of
excellent quality.
Maintaining sample quality with reel-to-reel recording:
Follow common-sense
recording practice, be extremely careful about mic placement, use noise reduction when
recording samples on to tape, limit the signal going on to tape rather than limiting the
signal coming off the tape into the Emulator II, and add aural enhancement if desired.
Using variable speed tape recording:
Variable speed can help “time-compress”
samples. For example, suppose you have 1 second of Bank memory left and want to
sample a 2 second sound. Record the sound on tape, and play back the tape at twice-
normal speed into the Emulator II. This gives you a 1 second sample. Assign the original
pitch one octave above the sample’s pitch, the low note to the sample’s pitch, and the
high note to one octave above the sample’s pitch. The octave-lower version of the
sample will produce a 2 second sound at the desired pitch.
Variable speed can also help increase high frequency response. Record a sample on
tape then set the recorder to half speed and record the sound into the Emulator II.
Assign the original pitch to one octave below the sample’s pitch, the low note also one
octave below the sample’s pitch, and the high note at the sample’s pitch. This high note
will give the original sample sound with an extremely clean high end.
Creative use of multi-tracking:
Try multi-tracking sounds on a conventional recorder,
then sampling the combination sound into the Emulator II. Recording a half-speed piano
note along with an electric bass and a little bit of analog synth in the background gives a
pretty outrageous bass sound...
PART 2: MANIPULATING THE SAMPLE
Transposition beyond two octaves:
If you have a single sample, it is limited to
covering a maximum of two octaves. However, if you have a two-speed tape recorder
one sample can cover at least four octaves.
Record the original sample at C3 (low note C2, high note C4). Now record that sample
on to tape running at 15 IPS. Play back the tape at 7.5 IPS, and record that sample at
C2 (low note C1, high note B2). Next, record the original sample on to tape running at
7.5 IPS. Play back the tape at 15 IPS, and record that sample at C4 (low note C3, high
note C5).
You have now covered four octaves with the one original sample. Note that some of the
Voices overlap; this is an excellent application for Positi6nal Crossfade. If you want a full
Summary of Contents for EII+
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Page 26: ...THE GUIDED TOURS 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 26 THE GUIDED TOURS ...
Page 84: ...VOICE DEFINITION MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 84 Fig VDEF 8 Fig VDEF 9 ...
Page 118: ...PRESET DEFINITION MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 118 ...
Page 168: ...ENTER MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 168 ENTER MODULE ...
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