Morgana Vintage Sampler Group Buy
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Morgana Vintage Sampler Group Buy
http://112db.com/vintage/morgana/?groupbuy
for nostalgic sampling
real-time sampling with SampLink
http://112db.com/tools/samplink/
for nostalgic sampling
real-time sampling with SampLink
http://112db.com/tools/samplink/
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quote from the developer dj! (bbl forum):orgul wrote:i don't see why any ableton sampler user woud want this....buid a sampler rack with bitcrusher and your good to go....
also real-time sampling is big plus compared to SamplerFirst of all, Morgana features an emulated preamp with switchable line/mic inputs that adds anything from a delicate thickening to way-out-there screaming madness--what you would get if you fed a real mic input with a line-level signal.
The VCA and VCF envelopes may at first sight appear the usual ol' A(P)DSRs, but they too have been painstakingly modeled after, let's say, a "certain" vintage hybrid analog/digital sampler. What is different about them is their curves and the fact that they are stepped--that is, they don't go from A to B in a smooth line but take little steps instead. If you play around with them you'll find this adds some graininess and "attitude" to the envelopes.
Then there's quite a few things in the signal path that take place under the hood without any GUI controls dedicated to it. For example, instead of just using standard synth polyphony we emulate 8 separate voices with analog components, each of which show some small deviation from their calibrated values. As a result, playing the same note several times in a row will sound slightly different each time.
We emulated a primitive op-amp to sum the individual voices instead of just adding them, which adds a certain density to the sound. And as if that weren't enough, we even emulate the digital-to-analog crosstalk that occurs in the hardware--it's subtle but if you listen closely to the softer parts of samples you'll hear it.
All this just to make the point that Morgana isn't just bitcrushing and samplerate reduction. It's the sum of a lot of really subtle small parts that together make an organic whole--like (as more than one customer remarked) a real "instrument".
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lyingdyingwonderbody#2
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quote from the developer dj! (bbl forum):
I guess my main pointr is this: I you want the real thing buy a mirage, emu I, II, III or maybee a EPS. They are dead cheap and "real instruments". If you are cool with the digital world use it to the max and don't be fooled by the false promisses of digital emulatons!
cheers
shaper/saturator?First of all, Morgana features an emulated preamp with switchable line/mic inputs that adds anything from a delicate thickening to way-out-there screaming madness--what you would get if you fed a real mic input with a line-level signal.
okay, adsr curves are adjustable in samplerThe VCA and VCF envelopes may at first sight appear the usual ol' A(P)DSRs, but they too have been painstakingly modeled after, let's say, a "certain" vintage hybrid analog/digital sampler. What is different about them is their curves and the fact that they are stepped--that is, they don't go from A to B in a smooth line but take little steps instead.
yeah right, I just see a limitation there not an attitude ..If you play around with them you'll find this adds some graininess and "attitude" to the envelopes.
use an lfo on the filter and you have the same resultThen there's quite a few things in the signal path that take place under the hood without any GUI controls dedicated to it. For example, instead of just using standard synth polyphony we emulate 8 separate voices with analog components, each of which show some small deviation from their calibrated values. As a result, playing the same note several times in a row will sound slightly different each time.
no I don't think so. it's still a digital emulation.It's the sum of a lot of really subtle small parts that together make an organic whole--like (as more than one customer remarked) a real "instrument".
what do you mean, how can a au/vsti plugin have any more "real time sampling" than recording a voice and just dragging it to sampler?also real-time sampling is big plus compared to Sampler
I guess my main pointr is this: I you want the real thing buy a mirage, emu I, II, III or maybee a EPS. They are dead cheap and "real instruments". If you are cool with the digital world use it to the max and don't be fooled by the false promisses of digital emulatons!
cheers
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For people that want this kind of vsti then they should get it - I can't see it having much mainstream appeal, but the workarounds as mentioned by the last poster are tedious and CPU consuming, so if you really want your music to sound like vintage 80's lo-fi stuff, or if you are forming an Art Of Noise tribute band , then I can see the value in it. Otherwise, Ableton's sampler, or Kontakt or whatever else, is probably going to suit you better.
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In the same way some like amp sim simulations, (UAD, amplitube, podfarm) some will enjoy this as well.
Sure, you can ALWAYS get a similar results using the supplied materials, but some prefer the emulations that others try so painfully to produce.
I'm not a fan-boy of this software, but just pointing out that there *is* a market for software emulations in FX and synths, why hate on some entrepreneur trying it with a sampler?
Sure, you can ALWAYS get a similar results using the supplied materials, but some prefer the emulations that others try so painfully to produce.
I'm not a fan-boy of this software, but just pointing out that there *is* a market for software emulations in FX and synths, why hate on some entrepreneur trying it with a sampler?
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For sure - I have Arturia's emulations of the Prophet V/VS and Jupiter 8, plus Analog Factory and they are very excellent recreations of classic sounds. However, analog synth VAs are pretty much mainstream anyway, they never went away in terms of electronic music - sure, pop and big ballad rnb stuff went with FM synths (the infamous DX7 electric piano tones ), samplers and wavetable synths for more realistic strings and plucked string sounds etc, but the analog synth, even when less popular for a time, has always been a must have synth.
Whereas, old 8 bit sampling technology, is far less in demand - partially because bitcrushing and processing can put a few rough edges onto a modern sampler to give it most of the sound quality circa 1983 on a Fairlight CMI or whatever.
Whereas, old 8 bit sampling technology, is far less in demand - partially because bitcrushing and processing can put a few rough edges onto a modern sampler to give it most of the sound quality circa 1983 on a Fairlight CMI or whatever.
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True enough! Hopefully they'll find a niche.leedsquietman wrote: Whereas, old 8 bit sampling technology, is far less in demand - partially because bitcrushing and processing can put a few rough edges onto a modern sampler to give it most of the sound quality circa 1983 on a Fairlight CMI or whatever.
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This is one of my favorite software samplers. Not only does it sound good, but it is very immediate and intuitive. You don't have to do anything too tedious to set up multisampled, keymapped sounds to play, and other things like that which take an annoying amount of time on other samplers. If you want that grit and dirt and warmth, this thing delivers.
Download the demo. It won't hurt your computer or anything.
Download the demo. It won't hurt your computer or anything.
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please don't take offense, but that's sounding kind of like an ad.Trusty wrote:This is one of my favorite software samplers. Not only does it sound good, but it is very immediate and intuitive. You don't have to do anything too tedious to set up multisampled, keymapped sounds to play, and other things like that which take an annoying amount of time on other samplers. If you want that grit and dirt and warmth, this thing delivers.
Download the demo. It won't hurt your computer or anything.
still, this thing does seem kind of cool -- haven't found time to try the demo, but some .mp3s i've heard sound nice.