emusonacid!

I noticed that after i sampled it via the inputs, that it didnt sound the same as if it came straight out of my virus,this is the first time ive noticed and can only think its due to the dithering process maybe as the virus output is above 16 bit quality -i think.....does anyone actually know exactly why and if at all my emu is 'faulty'
The difference is mainly in the higher end of the audio spectrum but i'm sure it probably applies to all frequencies equally,just the high end is more noticable to my ears. cheers for any replies in advance.

What does other stuff sound like coming through the inputs? I don't think the bit-rate of the virus should make any difference but you could try sampling at analog 48khz and see if that makes any difference.

yeah... i have had this happen too... every once in awhile. i was sampling a cymbal off of a fleetwood mac choon and i could have swore it sounded different in my sampler. i kind of wonder if perhaps the emu picks stuff up that isn't noticeable in the actual recording. you know kind of how you have a sound comin through a consumer speaker will sound different from ones coming through monitors. resample it at 48.. the c is 48 i beleive, and see if that makes a difference. you might find that simply resampling the sample may actually make it come out different too.

so no... you emu is not defected. i think it is fine. just give it a go again.

at least, you are not alone :)

The timbre of sounds that come out the EMU is slightly different than out of a synth. I can't really say why. I don't think that it's because of the converters (which would be bad). I think its because of the way that Emu encodes data. Some people like this colouration, some don't. Personally I love it and run every sound through the EMU even if its eventually going on an audio track and I'm not even effecting it (though I usually do). Anyweah I'm rambling but FYI Rob F once told me that he never runs samples straight out the Virus - always goes through the EMU cos he like the sound better. Not that this should make you want to do it but it always makes one feel better to know that established artists are dealing with the same matter.

Thankyou peeps!, so i'm not hearing things wrong nor do i have a dodgy emu,shall play around with this a bit more to get a feel of what is goin on,but i agreee with you madmax-your comment- emus certainly have their own sound and my last two tunes have sounded so much more like dnb tunes it gives me inspiration to do new things personally i'm lovin the ampxfade feature at the mo,anyway cheers for your comments, big up all crews!

If you dont want the emu to do the things it does to the sounds you could always record it directly into the computer and send it to the emu via scsi
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yeah i've done this and found an improvement in quality, i will be exploring this phenomenon a bit more and will post back when done, if anyone else wants to share their findings please input.

I sample off my virus b all the time and have never had this problem. try running the virus through your desk first, this would be one way round it. I know a lot of producers sample there viruses, somtimes the sounds they produce can be a bit to random, still got to be one of the sickest synths around though. hope you've sorted it.

blaze wrote:I noticed that after i sampled it via the inputs, that it didnt sound the same as if it came straight out of my virus,this is the first time ive noticed and can only think its due to the dithering process maybe as the virus output is above 16 bit quality -i think.....does anyone actually know exactly why and if at all my emu is 'faulty'
The difference is mainly in the higher end of the audio spectrum but i'm sure it probably applies to all frequencies equally,just the high end is more noticable to my ears. cheers for any replies in advance.