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HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:09 pm

The Original Emulator II Marcato Strings Direct from the Beast!

I've spent this afternoon capturing the infamous "Marcato Strings" directly from my Emulator II's mix output. These are some of the most famous sampled orchestral strings of all time, they have been used on countless pop and dance tracks over the decades by hundreds of artists including the Pet Shop Boys.

These have been topped and tailed and then looped with some added velocity response in the form of subtle volume, attack and LPF just to make it a tad more dynamic.

The lumps in the samples are from the loops in original programs and so this is pretty darn close to having the real thing (all 50lbs+ of it!) in front of you!

EII Marcato Strings Direct from the EII's Mix Output in Kontakt 3.5:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vjat6y

The EII Dwarfs Most Modern Keyboard Synths!

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:18 pm

is this just wav files?

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:33 pm

Wow.....just Wow!

I just downloaded your Emulator 2 Piano, the Prophet 2002 Guitar und this Patch. Thank you very much. I love them.

Cheers
Dennis

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:34 pm

Kriminal wrote:is this just wav files?

Nope... this is a Kontakt multisample in the form of a monolith. The multiset can be parted out into .wavs but it really is brought to life by Kontakt.

If you don't have a copy of Kontakt you can always download the free player from Native Instruments - believe me, it's worth having a play!!

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:07 pm

Bronto Scorpio wrote:Wow.....just Wow!
I just downloaded your Emulator 2 Piano, the Prophet 2002 Guitar und this Patch. Thank you very much. I love them.

Cheers
Dennis

Thank you, I'm very happy the results of what really were experiments to see how these vintage samplers sound if you capture the audio direct from the instrument's audio path rather than simply transfer the sample data digitally.

In my opinion most of these instruments sound more alive and responsive when captured in this manner. This is in part due to the unique architecture employed in these vintage samplers - most of which worked in very different ways to modern hardware samplers due to their transposition filters, low bit rates, widths, companding and analog filters.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:53 pm

HideawayStudio wrote:
Kriminal wrote:is this just wav files?
Nope... this is a Kontakt multisample in the form of a monolith. The multiset can be parted out into .wavs but it really is brought to life by Kontakt.

If you don't have a copy of Kontakt you can always download the free player from Native Instruments - believe me, it's worth having a play!!

yeeeees, fine if it works, but it doesnt here, and NI wont play ball, so thats a big no from me

shame, i got hold of these samples last year from another source...they were free, but not looped

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:19 pm

I just put together a very small track with your samples. This track was complete after 5 minutes. It's nothing special. I turned all the effects off, because I like the raw samples

http://www.upload-mp3.com/files/downloa ... esTest.mp3

I used your Emu2 Piano, Emu2 Strings and the Prophet 2002 Guitar. And just a little bit of limiting.

I had a lot of fun with them! THX again.

Cheers
Dennis

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:32 pm

[quote="Bronto Scorpio"]I just put together a very small track with your samples. This track was complete after 5 minutes. It's nothing special. I turned all the effects off, because I like the raw samples

http://www.upload-mp3.com/files/downloa ... esTest.mp3

I used your Emu2 Piano, Emu2 Strings and the Prophet 2002 Guitar. And just a little bit of limiting.

I had a lot of fun with them! THX again.

Cheers
Dennis[/quote

I tried to D/L it with no luck - some sort of problem with the file access permissions.

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:56 pm

I tried this site the first time. It doesn't semm to work.

Here is a new link: http://soundcloud.com/bronto-scorpio/hi ... amplestest

Don't except to much, it's a reaaly, really simple track

Cheers
Dennis

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:02 pm

Bronto Scorpio wrote:I tried this site the first time. It doesn't semm to work.
Here is a new link: http://soundcloud.com/bronto-scorpio/hi ... amplestest

Don't except to much, it's a reaaly, really simple track

Cheers
Dennis

Man you do like your sound dry

Good to hear you've successfully downloaded and loaded up the samples.

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:10 pm

Here are the four latest sample sets together for convenience:

EII Bosendorfer Piano:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/s2gkvm

EII Marcato Strings:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vjat6y

Sequential Prophet 2002 Guitar:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kc38ue

My DIY Tube Oscillator:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/433m21

Enjoy!

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:15 pm

HideawayStudio wrote:Man you do like your sound dry Good to hear you've successfully downloaded and loaded up the samples.

Yes I like these samples dry

I can't wait for your next samples!

Cheers
Dennis

Cinemascore · Post by **Cinemascore** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:16 pm

This might be a long shot, but do you happen to have access to the "Liquid Stack / Liquid Stax" sample set for the EII? I had a copy of the samples formatted for the Emax and they were a favorite of mine. Getting these sampled like you did the strings through the analog out would better give the picture of the original through EII itself.

Thanks!

HideawayStudio · Post by **HideawayStudio** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:20 pm

Cinemascore wrote:This might be a long shot, but do you happen to have access to the "Liquid Stack / Liquid Stax" sample set for the EII? I had a copy of the samples formatted for the Emax and they were a favorite of mine. Getting these sampled like you did the strings through the analog out would better give the picture of the original through EII itself.

Thanks!

Hello - I don't personally but I do know someone who may well have a copy. I will ask him as I wouldn't mind a copy myself. I will let you know.

Cheers.

Cinemascore · Post by **Cinemascore** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:23 pm

HideawayStudio wrote:
Cinemascore wrote:This might be a long shot, but do you happen to have access to the "Liquid Stack / Liquid Stax" sample set for the EII? I had a copy of the samples formatted for the Emax and they were a favorite of mine. Getting these sampled like you did the strings through the analog out would better give the picture of the original through EII itself.

Thanks!
Hello - I don't personally but I do know someone who may well have a copy. I will ask him as I wouldn't mind a copy myself. I will let you know.

Cheers.

Oh - that would be great! Thanks a bunch!

Original Emulator II Marcato Strings, FREE in Kontakt!