Using Rhino as "emulator"

[pekadan]

I'm not a Rhino owner (yet anyway) and I'd be grateful if someone could answer a question (possibly quite stoopid one) that I have.

I understand that when you buy a sound bank for Rhino, say the Oberheim package, you get a bunch of typical Oberheim waveforms and various patches based on these. I'm wondering, is it realistic to think you'll be able to program your own Oberheim sounding pathes with Rhino based on these waveforms? I mean, are the waveforms/patches in the sound banks especially made to resemble original Oberheim factory presets and if you try programming your own sounds it's not going to sound much Oberheim, but Rhino? (if you know what I mean...)

[daniel]

Good question. The Oberheim and Moog banks are based upon samples of those instruments. Therefore, an Oberheim filter sweep is actually an Oberheim filter sweep and not Rhino trying to emulate that.

Does it sound the same as the factory patches? Yes and no. Rhino can do far more tricks than the origional and the patches here take advantage of that. Imagine two Matrix 12's MIDIed together and run thru an effects rack and you'll get the picture.

Is this a viritual Oberheim? No. Since it is sample based there is a finite set of waveforms/filter sweeps available. In contrast, a virtual instrument would allow any settings you desired but at the price of higher CPU drain. The Classic Oberheim bundle is also far less expensive than a virtual Oberhiem (if one ever comes available) would be.

Feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

[pekadan]

Thanks daniel!