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JackD · Post by **JackD** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:23 pm

I've heard the Pinder samples, the MTron instrument, the E-mu samples, and various 'free' samples over the net. The Pinder library is noticeably the best, though the others are good.

Anyone know if you can fit the Pinder samples into the Blofeld keyboard. I keep thinking about this.

buscemi · Post by **buscemi** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:30 pm

I just realized that they are AKAI format so can they be imported into SampleTank?

putte · Post by **putte** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:33 pm

.. if you want the full bucket of charme, class and warmth then go for the Mtron or Mtron Pro ..

teomi · Post by **teomi** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:47 pm

Thanks for all the replies guys.
I think I am going to go for the M-tron Pro as my only tool for this.
I'm not that of a fanatic, although I did spent countless hours listening to
all this music when I was a teen. I was and still am a Genesis fanatic...
(Squids?) but anyway, I think that should be good for now. Maybe after this I will be a fanatic

Thanks,
E.

taijiguy · Post by **taijiguy** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:27 pm

buscemi wrote:
taijiguy wrote:REAL Mellotron fanatics have them all.
I will have yours soon. Have to get a "round tuit" - those are pesky things that I never seem to get my hands on. I'm not confident SampleTank will import them easily (without crashing) and only have Halion Player not full so that's my excuse for now.

I just tried importing one of the sample sets into SampleTank. It worked fine, so I guess you're good to go.

One thing I noticed is that SampleTank seems to take the highest and lowest note and stretch them beyond their normal range onto the remainder of the keyboard. The brass sounds OK, especially the low notes, but the strings don't sound so good.

buscemi · Post by **buscemi** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:04 pm

taijiguy wrote:
buscemi wrote:
taijiguy wrote:REAL Mellotron fanatics have them all.
I will have yours soon. Have to get a "round tuit" - those are pesky things that I never seem to get my hands on. I'm not confident SampleTank will import them easily (without crashing) and only have Halion Player not full so that's my excuse for now.
I just tried importing one of the sample sets into SampleTank. It worked fine, so I guess you're good to go. One thing I noticed is that SampleTank seems to take the highest and lowest note and stretch them beyond their normal range onto the remainder of the keyboard. The brass sounds OK, especially the low notes, but the strings don't sound so good.

Thanks I will try that. I didn't notice but I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be a way to define the range beforehand from what you are saying...

bioLogic · Post by **bioLogic** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:25 pm

taijiguy's are great. Speaking of which, would you be interested in a HALion mapping for your site, taijiguy? I could also host it myself with your permission. But HALion mappings are obviously quite small.

taijiguy · Post by **taijiguy** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:53 am

bioLogic wrote:taijiguy's are great. Speaking of which, would you be interested in a HALion mapping for your site, taijiguy? I could also host it myself with your permission. But HALion mappings are obviously quite small.

Sounds good, but do many people use Halion?

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:17 am

As I've learned recently, Tajiguy's samples make good fodder for Alchemy.

Squids · Post by **Squids** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:29 am

teomi wrote:Thanks for all the replies guys.
I think I am going to go for the M-tron Pro as my only tool for this.
I'm not that of a fanatic, although I did spent countless hours listening to
all this music when I was a teen. I was and still am a Genesis fanatic...
(Squids?) but anyway, I think that should be good for now. Maybe after this I will be a fanatic

Thanks,
E.

Cool. I am sure it's good. That's not the one I did, SampleTron is (and Squids Tron). But I don't think you can go wrong either way.

If you like Genesis we just sampled Tony and Mike's vintage instruments at The Farm last month along with a recreation of several Collins-esque drum sounds with Nick Davis and Hugh Padgham. That will be coming out in 2009. Goes nicely with our Mellotron sounds and other stuff all of which will be playable in our new plug-in called "Infinite Player" (from Sonic Reality).

bioLogic · Post by **bioLogic** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:11 am

taijiguy wrote:
bioLogic wrote:taijiguy's are great. Speaking of which, would you be interested in a HALion mapping for your site, taijiguy? I could also host it myself with your permission. But HALion mappings are obviously quite small.
Sounds good, but do many people use Halion?

No, definitely not compared to Kontakt, but I'd wager the number of users is similar to SampleTank. And the folks at Steinberg are working on HALion 4, which should boost the user base, since there hasn't been a new version in like 4 years!

Anyway, the samples are free, so the more (formats) the merrier, right? Not that it's oh so hard to map these oneself...

buscemi · Post by **buscemi** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:16 am

taijiguy wrote:
bioLogic wrote:taijiguy's are great. Speaking of which, would you be interested in a HALion mapping for your site, taijiguy? I could also host it myself with your permission. But HALion mappings are obviously quite small.
Sounds good, but do many people use Halion?

If it works in Halion Player too, I'd download it - I know I use Precisionsound Halion mappings in Halion Player without issue.

taijiguy · Post by **taijiguy** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:48 pm

foosnark wrote:As I've learned recently, Tajiguy's samples make good fodder for Alchemy.

I've tried them in Alchemy too.

taijiguy · Post by **taijiguy** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:49 pm

bioLogic wrote:
taijiguy wrote:
bioLogic wrote:taijiguy's are great. Speaking of which, would you be interested in a HALion mapping for your site, taijiguy? I could also host it myself with your permission. But HALion mappings are obviously quite small.
Sounds good, but do many people use Halion?
No, definitely not compared to Kontakt, but I'd wager the number of users is similar to SampleTank. And the folks at Steinberg are working on HALion 4, which should boost the user base, since there hasn't been a new version in like 4 years!

Anyway, the samples are free, so the more (formats) the merrier, right? Not that it's oh so hard to map these oneself...

The more formats, the better. Thanks for offering to do the Halion format.

taijiguy · Post by **taijiguy** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:38 pm

What is the best Mellotron sample library