Emu Emax 2 | Sometimes the sequel is the best one

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Emu Emax 2 from 1989. Often underrated next to the original Emax, but in this case I think the 2 triumphs the first one in every way. First and foremost in the sound and how to achieve that. Sometimes the sum is greater than the part, and this is the case here.
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@TrevorWierzbowski 2 года назад

Poland, -1 degree this afternoon, snowy and windy, a perfect time to listen to Espen demonstrating my favourite DM synth

@markgray9861 2 года назад

Time for an Espen Kraft Ensoniq Mirage video. Long overdue! The Mirage is regaining popularity.

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I don't have a Mirage anymore. ;-)

@Flat8G 2 года назад

Wow! I had totally forgotten how warm an Emax II could sound! Very nice vid as always!

@MAZZI100 2 года назад

"Liquid Stack" is instantly Jan Hammer!!!

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Cheers!

@Mind-your-own-beeswax 2 года назад

Good to see you again fella. Epic machine the e-max II no doubt about it. Never been lucky enough to have anything like that but it’s great seeing them being used.

@Latvian3Dman 2 года назад

Thanks for the video (did miss this one in past)

@ryananthony4840 2 года назад

Another great video Espsen!! Thanks!!

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Cheers!

@_mickmccarthy 2 года назад

I looked at that title and my first thought was "Please don't let him think Aliens is better than Alien!" Great video otherwise though! Off to check out the Emax vs Emax 2 video, that one seemed to slip off my radar!

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Aliens is a movie I watch on a regular basis. Alien... not so much. ;-)

@Death_By_Media 2 года назад

I am not a vintage sampler fan , but you get a like for making the hike in that weather to upload this . Hope you get that long fabled broadband soon .

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Thanks. I hope so to! ;-)

@thecalling667 Год назад

So beautiful!

@TheWarhammerfreak 2 года назад

I love my Emax I, if only due to its importance in the Depeche Mode legacy. While the Emax II may be a better machine, I would never trade in my original one... Also love the Miami Vice color scheme the Emax I has haha

@newwave80skid 2 года назад

Greetings from sunny Florida. West Palm Beach. It’s 70 degrees here. Love your content! You ARE the 80’s

@ThomasDetertC64 2 года назад

Damn. Now you make me wanting one of these 😍😍❤️❤️

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

@CraigRodmellMusic 2 года назад

Brrr! Sounds cold there! Here, it's fine and warm and will probably get above 20 degrees. Those sounds sure were a blast from the past!

@christiand8243 2 года назад

Thanks for the video! 💯💯💯

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Cheers!

@mindphaser23 2 года назад

That "Floating 3P" sound is epic!

@sauermusicDE 2 года назад

Same opinion here.

@MagnificentKaaboom 2 года назад

Keep up the Great Work! Top Shelf!

@lauritarkiainen1858 2 года назад

Espen, you have so much cool gears.

@vjrei 2 года назад

The Emax II was a HUGE solution back in the day for playing live. That was its main purpose, on the right side of the panel you see the huge and long midi routing and implementation. You had even all those extra audio outputs. It was a sampler not to do things in the studio like the Ensoniq ASR-10, but to take on the road and be able to run everything reliably from it, the sequence, the drums, and enough memory for the sounds as well as a reliable internal hard drive. I bought my Emax II Turbo and the internal drive still working 30 years later, it was a military-grade drive. Sound quality... amazing, a very wide stereo image, no dithering, punchy, very clean and sounded expensive. Very good AD converters. It was made to last and deliver. A professional machine.

@Fluxwithit 2 года назад

Always preferred the Emax 1 sound personally. But then when I’m after a vintage sampler I like to exploit the rough edges of the digital side (and the glue of the analog filter side). The emax 2 though has that early NIN, Depeche Mode sound which is also great. Different strokes for different folks. Great video

@jeffevansmusic 2 года назад

Emax I had an equivalent bit depth of 12 bit after the compression /expansion thing they used on their discs. But its all analog signal path (filter) from the oscillator on which is rather nice. Emax II was 16 bit, higher sample rate and stereo. So quite a different sound. Pristine more so. Plus its all digital as well. The filters in the Emax II were quite a leap at the time and impressed people. I ran both Emax I and II for quite a long time and it was a formidable combination. Currently I have an EMU E5000 ultra now and they managed to get all those sounds working on machines that came later. Great forwards compatibility..

@Ultimo51 Месяц назад

thank you for the info on the E5000, it's an optimized expander version I imagine. It saves you from the electronic hassles on the keyboard level which are now happening on our favorite keyboards from the 80s/90s

@GabrielPrado-gu5zq 8 месяцев назад

Love it

@lukewarm5356 2 года назад

I used the SE HD which belonged to a band I was working with. Absolutely loved it but very sadly I had to give it back:( Great to see/hear one again though, fab video Espen, stay warm

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Cheers!

@eaglechildkeys 2 года назад

I love that Stereo Piano and the Pad floating . Unfortunately, not easy to find this Emax here in Japan. Really nice sounds with a bit of dark character.

@jackpisso1761 2 года назад

Oh man, that Sax sound..... Shivers :)

@samborn7120 2 года назад

Thank you for the revisit Espen! I agree and think the Emax II was the best of the late eighties/early nineties machines and is far superior sounding to the original Emax. I have both machines and love them. I still actively use my Emax II daily!

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Cheers!

@darthrex761 11 месяцев назад

I had some “Ambient” samples in my Emax II Turbo that vibrated the entire 1500 sq ft space we practiced in. Amazing stuff. We used it a lot to sample our own songs and save note space in our sequencers. Kind of a track bouncing hack, but it worked and gave it a heavy layered sound.

@richardhermans4457 2 года назад

What a wonderful trip down memory lane. I've owned the EIII, Emax SE and the last Emu I sold which I had for 5 years was my favorite, the Emulator EII+HD. The EIII was a money pit and was constantly in the shop getting fixed, but theEmulator EII was strong and never had any issues. The Emax II sounds wonderful, what reverb are you using? I think I read once before you use the Vahalla stuff, which I have a couple of, and they are great. Thanks for these great videos showcasing these vintage pieces of gear.

@OriginalRaveParty 2 года назад

Chilled outro

@Black_Agent_Seattle 2 года назад

That "Floating 3P" sound is amazing.

@cortical1 2 года назад

I have the original Emax HD rack and love it but need to fix the hard drive. You make a strong case for the 2, I must say. I love that sax part from your song Those Days Part 2! Minus 10 Celsius? Whew! Sending you some warmth from SoCal. Hope all is well.

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Thanks man! All good here, except it's very cold and I hate cold! ;-)

@MeriaDuck 2 года назад

Holy heck that hits some nostalgia buttons 🤣

@JobimSynthMusic 2 года назад

that JX3P bank is great, i got that on the emax 1 too. There's a korg 3200 bank too in there. You just got ahead of me as I'm preparing an emax 1 sounds demo.

@alanmonaghan2706 2 года назад

It’s only just hit zero degrees here in Glasgow. Nowhere near as cold as Norway. I can remember how cold it was in Stavanger and Oslo. Coldest ever was Arboga in your next door neighbour. I remember asking at the help desk at Stockholm airport for directions on how to get to Arboga. The girl’s face said “why on earth would you want to go there?” Minus 30 degrees,

@bobjoe7508 2 года назад

Well, I haven't played an emax or emax ii, but this has such a magical sound. As for movies, I love both Alien and Aliens equally, and yep gotta agree with you on the Empire Strikes Back, and I agree on Lord of the Rings although I go back and forth between Two Towers and Return of the King as the best of the trilogy.

@gabrieleserini895 3 месяца назад

The EMAX II actually had E-mu’s first fully digital filter, the original EMAX only had analogue filters.

@noisetheorem 2 года назад

My first sampler was an Emax II. I got it because I saw Depeche Mode using them on stage. It was a phenomenal machine! That filter was magic!

@MySoundscore Год назад

But Emax I hat analog filter sounding a lot better.

@noisetheorem Год назад

@@MySoundscore Subjective. I'm not an analog purist by any stretch. The Emax II sounded really good, imho, even without an analog filter.

2 года назад

I think it was 1991 when I saw on a TV program a guy doing a demo of the Emax II, I think it was from the NAMM showcase, and he had these awesome electric guitar samples, with riffs and even drums (I guess some of his samples had a rhythm pattern on it plus the guitar sound or something like that) It was unbelievably cool!

@daz4627 2 года назад

First day of summer here in Western Australia... we only had 25C today but it will be up to 36C by Sunday... give it another month or so and we'll be in the low 40s... save me some snow Espen... I need to keep my beer cold!! 8-)

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I rarely envy someone, but I must admit I long for warmth right now. ;-)

@JackMellor498 Год назад

Well speaking as film buff, I personally prefer Alien over Aliens for the sci-fi horror over sci-fi action. Great video, I love both Emax samplers, I can’t say that I’ve used either of them, I haven’t. I’m just a big Depeche fan and love watching videos about the keyboards used to create those killer sounds.

@EspenKraft Год назад

Cheers!

@nonfungibletrauma Год назад

Hey man! it’s nice seeing you still using your emax 2 ! I have one with a little usb port modification. I never quite tried to figure out how to download more libraries. Would be awesome if you could post a video showing the process!

@EspenKraft Год назад

As I rarely use libraries from other people I have no plans to make such a video. Samplers should be used to sample your own sounds, so that's basically what I use mine for. ;-)

@nonfungibletrauma Год назад

@@EspenKraft Oh I thought I ve seen you use a couple of old patches. Nevermind. Be well friend.

@EspenKraft Год назад

Yes I have. In videos I can certainly use a famous patch or two, for the sake of showing the history of the gear. In my own music I prefer to make my samples from scratch to keep the authenticity. That's just me. ;-)

@nonfungibletrauma Год назад

@@EspenKraft Yep for an original production I would prefer too but I want to have both, just that.

@xisotopex 2 года назад

I think I know exactly what you mean by that smeared and slightly metallic sound, thats what I hear when I play the ensonq sq80, love that sound

@PaulHerbig 2 года назад

Damn, that shakuhachi reminded me of the movie Legend. Very Tangerine Dream. Do you know of anywhere I could find the samples in wav so I could make MPC keygroups from them?

@joonglegamer9898 2 года назад

That thing is HUGE. Minimal display, minimal amounts of buttons, nice sound but limited memory. Today be like: Gigabytes of sound, lightweight, minimal size. What a time to be alive.

@JobimSynthMusic 2 года назад

gigabytes of sound, but not as inspiring as the old stuff

@joonglegamer9898 2 года назад

@@JobimSynthMusic I agree, these synths are the ones that INSPIRED the new generation of synths. And they're fun to play with for sure, I have a LOT of them myself :) And to be perfectly honest, the talent is what makes the instrument, not the other way around. A good talent like Esben can make music out of anything :)

@jalener8980 2 года назад

If I recall, these went for about $3000 new -- compared to the Emulators, it was arguably "affordable." Never saw either a new or used Emax in a brick and mortar music store either. They were, at the time, permanently out of reach for a lot of us, but not nearly so much as a Fairlight which almost nobody could ever hope to afford. We knew the Emax II existed from reading Keyboard and Electronic Musician magazines. Ensoniq samplers were much cheaper for us plebs -- the lo-fi 8-bit Mirage and then the EPS a short time later -- about the same price as a Korg M1 perhaps. Yet it was the Akai S900 that everyone seemed to want and raved about, and the sampling craze of the 80s meant that everyone was dumping their analog gear for anything digital with sample=playback. But what an era though! :)

@suadcokljat1045 2 года назад

I feel every word you wrote. Been there that time... Cheers, S

@discodivo9045 2 года назад

nice video as always! Which reverb do you use during the demo?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Thanks! It's Valhalla VintageVerb.

@WISAM_MAHMOUD Год назад

Farewell E-max 🖐

@fredlite 2 года назад

Awesome, had no idea that that Jam-Hammer-esque-sound was called Liquid Stack, nor where it came from. After some searching I found a decent version of it for Kontakt, time to make some music... :-)

@monolfo3365 6 дней назад

its a DX7 Patch,

@chloedevereaux1801 2 года назад

alien 1 is psychological, 2 is action . i prefer 1

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

We all have our vices.

@maxperez1604 2 года назад

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

@claytoncollins1624 2 года назад

Great vid! Iam a huge Fun of the Emax 1 and 2 It just has such a sound! So dirty but so clean at the same time. I sadly do not have one yet. Some day. I do have a tal sampler tho. I was wondering if you know of anywhere I could find the original "disks" in a form that would be ready to go for something like the TAL. Or a way to convert them. Thanks for all the great Vids! Keep it up and happy holidays! Oh and of course no pressure to respond. I know you're busy. Thanks again!

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Thanks! It is possible to convert all the Emax and Emax 2 image files out online, to Soundfonts. These can be used in the computer. Google that. ;-)

@claytoncollins1624 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft Awesome! Thanks! I will look into it.

@Peter-nf3wp 2 года назад

Yeah Emu markt the synth era with fantastic synts , I remember the rack Proteus 2 that had a fantasic trumpet sound

@normalizedaudio2481 2 года назад

That is 14 degrees F. SCSI to SSD is real nice.

@davetbassbos 2 года назад

Interesting the video started with a discussion about cold because I think this era of samplers sound cold! I don't think that's bad at all, I love that period of music, videos looked pretty cold from that era: a lot of shivering in trench coats on damp streets under bleak streetlights if I remember right!

@theonecalledvino8165 Год назад

I miss that big Piece of 2MB shit. I made so much Hip Hop on that back in the 90's. Then my cousin turned me on to the AKAI MPC2000. I hear it goes for $1200 now...AMAZING!!

@marcom. 2 года назад

Didn't they invent the Soundfont 2 format, SF2? Still have a lot of those sample libraries from my Soundblaster time, when I used patched Emu drivers. They still are loadable in the NN-XT sampler from Reason.

@computer_toucher 2 года назад

I just realised Liquid Stack must be one of the more used MOD samples.

@GraffHabit Год назад

I owned an emu Emax 2 and unfortunately got rid of it during a period of financial instability in 2010. I currently have a rossum sp1200 and I think I like the Sp better just for size, but I miss my Emax 2. Badly. It was a really really great keyboard sampler

@mauriciomejia3877 2 года назад

Hi Espen where can I found some sound banks for my new E Max II TKs in advance

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I have no idea. I only use my own banks from my own sampling. Apart from that I have some original Emax floppies. Try the Emax forum on Facebook, they can help you out.

@nazeeh7872 2 года назад

How can I upgrade my Emax 2 to not have to boot with the floppy and not use the floppies for sound banks?

@HOLLASOUNDS 2 года назад

Hey Espen yes very cold in the UK, not- 10 though wow no thanks. Got My fire out yesterday. I like Alien Resurrection when most dont.

@TrevorWierzbowski 2 года назад

It must be a chick thing ;-)

@HOLLASOUNDS 2 года назад

@@TrevorWierzbowski I'm a man, last time I checked.

@TrevorWierzbowski 2 года назад

@@HOLLASOUNDS Of course, I was just referring to a Ron Perlman's line from Resurrection which I love to bits, both the line and the movie ;-)

@JeffIrok 2 года назад

Ahhh...Liquid Stack....

@eroloden5611 2 года назад

Belgium, 🌧️☔🌧️☔. At minute 5:20, it's the same flute you hear on Modern Talking song, ten thousand lonely drums

@mindphaser23 2 года назад

Hi Espen, I asked this before, but the back of your Emax 2 understandably wasn't so accessible at the time. I'm wondering if you can share the model number of your Emax2?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Sure, it's a model 2201.

@mindphaser23 2 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@virgillesterlin Год назад

hi IS IT POSSIBLE CONVERTING disks 3.5 FROM EMAX 1 with the sequences to an e-max2??liquid stack TD SOUND!!

@EspenKraft Год назад

Emax 2 is fully compatible with Emax 1 floppies and content.

@benjaminprietop 2 года назад

5:20 that definitely sounds like the intro to "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel, was this synth used in that song?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

No, "Sledgehammer" was made several years before the Emax 2, but the sample origins from the Emulator II. You should watch my "10 iconic synth sounds" video. I g through it there.

@mpmi7588 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft post that link. I couldn't find it. Please and thank you.

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

@@mpmi7588 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_mmj0txco0Q.html

@jnorten 2 года назад

I had lots of EMU and Akai samplers. Personally I liked the Akai s950 for drums and the Emax II for loops and sounds.

@atomictraveller 2 года назад

hey john do something for west papua

@cali4tune 2 года назад

I just picked up 3 different Emax samplers from an estate sale... NGL I picked up over 30 synths from this estate. I can't even walk into my studio right now. lol

@jdorozco1275 2 года назад

Wow! 30 synths! Would love to see that list of synths!

@Shred_The_Weapon Год назад

Was the Emax II played on my favorite Depeche Mode song, “Enjoy the Silence”? If so, did it have anything to do with the measure-length envelope filter sounds on the 3rd and 4th choruses and the fade-out section, or was that triggered using an analog VCF? Regarding the way you played those piano sounds, you didn’t do half bad, Espen. Subjectively, I think we musicians are too dependent on sustain pedals/switches. I spent six years playing a Roland VR-09 in the New York City underground, and when the sustain pedal broke on me, I didn’t bother replacing it. I sought to concoct a hybrid piano/organ technique.

@EspenKraft Год назад

I have no idea whatsoever what went down on the DM track. Not sure they used Emaxes at all in the studio, but they used them extensively live, for practical reasons. I usually don't use sustain pedals at all for anything but piano sounds. More often than not I just adjust the release times of sounds to play them without it. I know exactly what you mean though. I've played the church organ so you get to train your fingers in playing legato as much as possible.

@Shred_The_Weapon Год назад

Thank you as always, Espen. I suspected you might relate to that last part. I can definitely imagine you playing church organ because of how well you play.

@MichaelBlueMusic 2 года назад

I’d love to see what you’d do with an Ensoniq Mirage. That’s my favorite of the vintage samplers. 👍

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I do love the Mirage and I have owned one in the past. I'm looking for the the right rack unit, but none has surfaced locally in a long time so I'll keep looking.

@MichaelBlueMusic 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft I’d be happy to locate one for you in the US and ship it, if that would help? 🤷‍♂️👍

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

That's kind of you, but I don't buy abroad anymore. Shipping is expensive and custom fees and VAT makes gear way more expensive than buying locally. I'm in no rush over this. Big thanks anyways!

@doordedeur 3 месяца назад

It's 16-bit? I love the 12-bit sound of Depeche Mode.

@Gazdatronik Год назад

Another Casio A168W-1 aficionado I see

@amonster8mymother 2 года назад

I keep my Emax 1 and use my Akais for their 16 bitness(if any) I dont really hear any except for the 1000 you can def hear it.

@DestroyER82 2 года назад

Awesome demonstration, thank you! Honestly I prefer the tone and sound of Emax I, just subjective feel. But guess that makes music interesting, when every individual prefers different instruments and ways to create. :) Also I remember you have quite disliked floppy emulators etc., guess your workflow have shifted since back then?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Workflow hasn't changed, but as floppy drives break down the choice is up on me; should I replace with another drive or do the emulator-thing.. I've found that I can live with the occasional floppy emulator. I still regard the floppy experience as nostalgia-magic though and will always prefer that. _:)(

@DestroyER82 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft Oh I see. Yes, practical standpoint is strong in this matter. I had recently discussion with another fellow vintage synth enthusiast and he kinda feel it same way, always prefers floppy discs, but sometimes practicality just makes sense. Thanks for reply and all the best! :)

@jdorozco1275 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft There is also the internal SCSI2SD hard drive emulator option. Many are not aware that the EMAX II had an internal SCSI hard drive option on the higher priced models. These SCSI2SD HD emulators work just like a real hard drive. Just remove the back panel on the EMAX, connect the emulator HD into a 50 pin ribbon cable and plug into the open 50 pin connector on PCB Board next to the floppy ribbon connector. It formats the same way you would format an external SCSI drive and will record the OS onto the SD card, allowing you to boot up directly from the card, without any wear and tear on the original floppy drive. Price is around $100 online.

@adonisparadise Год назад

I learned my Emax 2 inside out. Miss it terribly. Nice tactile buttons, Awesome Interface, Spectral synthesis, constant 39Khz throughout the sample range, oh man... I mastered that thing... and and then stupidly sold it to get a Kurzweil K2000, which .. theoretically should have killed it (features wise) .. but ... I lost my 'flow' . The K2000 never gave me the feeling of effortless control I had programming the Emax..

@EspenKraft Год назад

Right on point. I know exactly how that is. A piece of gear can crush some other gear on paper, and in specs, but what good does it do, if you miss your "flow" as you put it? That's why I use vintage gear, not because modern stuff won't get me there, but I feel more creative and inspired using my old rig, my music becomes better that way.

@annother3350 Год назад

Did you ever use the Transform Multiply function?

@EspenKraft Год назад

No, never had much interest in anything else but sampling sounds and playing them back once trimmed and made into simple presets.

@johnb2044 2 года назад

not as cold but its raining and i mean raining 80-200mm per day in parts of BC

@CDSJ80 5 месяцев назад

Is it possible to get all those sounds patches without having the EMAX II?

@EspenKraft 5 месяцев назад

No.

@himalayanvoices2158 2 года назад

I have had both, and sold the emax2. I much prefer the warmth of the ssm filters.

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

No shame in that.

@atomictraveller 2 года назад

:O the filter slider only updates at NoteOn???!!!!! :O :O :O i used to have an 8 bit mirage, i was always jealous of the emax because i thought it was more capable, the mirage filter could be updated continuously but with buttons, i thought the emax II had filter cutoff from mod wheel. it is a bad demonstration, to demo an old sampler, sample and show the bit depth degradation options for that skinny puppy vocal sample aesthetic! and the filter! :x !!

@anderslarsson6149 2 года назад

The scsi seems to do the trick! Love my Emax but it is such a slow process loading from the Gotek Guess I need to upgrade my Emax to an Emax II now 😉

@suadcokljat1045 2 года назад

There is 3rd party SCSI upgrade for Emax I. Not easy to install but worth the efforts. Cheers!

@anderslarsson6149 2 года назад

@@suadcokljat1045 There is?! 😃👍🏻You’ve got any more info on that?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Just to avoid confusion for people unfamiliar to the Emax line; you cannot upgrade the Emax to a Emax 2, they're two completely different machines.

@suadcokljat1045 2 года назад

@@anderslarsson6149 Not much information. A friend of mine bought the SCSI kit from US and he's waiting for me to install it into his Emax. As I remember it's a PCBA with bunch of wires that must be soldered to EMAX mainboard. Search the web little bit, I think there is no many options...

@azrael723 Год назад

Regretfully, both of my Emax IIs are sitting neglected.🙁

@mrdali67 2 года назад

It's funny how time and nostalgia changes your feelings towards certain gear. Today propably most people like the cheasy sounds of these retro machines just for the gritty sounds. I remember how I disliked just about every american produced samplers and romplers up thru the 80'ies. I remember hating the Proteus with a vengeance compared to the roland U series. Propably also depends how you use the sounds. Most of those iconic american produced machines was not really about producing the ultimate realistic samples. Only thing that kinda got branded in my brain was first time I heard and played the Ensoniq Mirage Sampler playing with the first ever sax sample I felt sounded cool, and even it was only 8bit and kinda cheap for a sampler, it was still way over my budget at that time for its limited use on stage. Should say at that time we were flooded with music on the Radio from Sweeden by "Vikingarna" oi oi .. and there by the idea of getting a decent sax sound 😅 For those not familiar with the music it was kinda Country inspired music with a sax section and lovely crooner lead vocal, all swamped in reverb.

@noahc.6901 2 года назад

I have an Emax 2 with no sounds. Whats the best way to get these sounds on my Emax? Is there a website that I can download them?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Sample yourself, the whole idea of a sampler.

@noahc.6901 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft appreciate your reply. But are those not specific sounds made for the E-max 2? Specifically the chorus that you played first..

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

There's no such thing as sounds (patches) especially made for the Emax 2. Just start by sampling sounds you like and it will soon have that Emax flavor as you start to edit and manipulate them inside the Emax 2.

@EverettDudgeon138 2 года назад

Where did you get the Saxophone sample from? Did you have a sax player record it?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I think I went over this in the "Those Days pt.2" video breakdown, but it's actually from a sample CD of sax riffs. I sampled a part of a riff and turned it into this.

@asdifasi5379 2 года назад

espen both emax1 and 2 are gr8 samplers but they are different worlds . in the 12 bit samplers the emu shines but for me in 16 bit world samplers akais and rolands are boss and yes yes i know the emax2 is an early 16bit sampler

@johnb2044 2 года назад

ok just found one and took the plunge how could i say no ....lol

@xnonsuchx 2 года назад

I consider ALIEN and ALIENS as different genres. ALIEN was a sci-fi horror/thriller movie while sequels were sci-fi action movies. Like the Ensoniq Mirage was a bit of an enjoyable horror compared to their later 'action' samplers! :-)

@towardstar 2 года назад

vst please

@amonster8mymother 2 года назад

What sustain pedal would you recommend?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Any sustain pedal.

@amonster8mymother 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft emu didn't make a sustain pedal?

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I have no idea. I don't care about brands when it comes to sustain pedals. Any will do.

@amonster8mymother 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft there must be one that you prefer???

@ucupi 2 года назад

damnn always....forget...espen or doctor mix...:)

@JobimSynthMusic 2 года назад

wow, -10ºC , good that you are surrounded by 50 vintage synths for heating :)

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I almost never have more than two turned on at the same time. ;-)

@garyseymour6319 2 года назад

Plays a Pet Shop Boys chord progression doesn't get shut down?

@fermintrujillo8622 2 года назад

Respectfully: someone thinking the Emax 2 triumphs the first one "in every way" cannot distinguish the analog warmthness of those SSM filter and VCA on the one version. Looks like a clickbait movement to grab more viewers. In music, sounding cleaner is not always sounding better.

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

You can't have watched a lot of the content on my channel? If you had, you wouldn't be this rude and disrespectful. No biggie. Just move on.

@fermintrujillo8622 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft First time I check some of your content, and after your reply: Another channel on which "if you question anything, you are being rude and disrespectful". Sure I am moving on...

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

Good.

@venomslair137 2 года назад

Even Terminator 2 is GODLIKE!

@timweinheimer1 2 года назад

All of your music gear should keep you warm during winter if it is on.Here California all that gear makes it to hot to work in the studio during the summer unless you have Air Conditioning .

@EspenKraft 2 года назад

I only turn on what I need at any given time. ;-) Wouldn't mind some warmth right now though.

@timweinheimer1 2 года назад

@@EspenKraft that is good to hear stay warm