Emulator IV with E-Synth or Juno-G?

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Emulator IV with E-Synth or Juno-G?

Postby nomadic_sun » Sat May 31, 2008 9:33 pm

Hello,
I've purchased an E-mu Emulator IV rack module, 128MB of RAM, and the E-Synth card. My wish is to create multi-sampled drum kits and synthesize some thick analog-sounding bass sounds. The unit will be arriving on June 2nd. I have not found the Flash RAM needed to bring the EIV to the latest available EOS, which I've been told would allow for me to transfer WAV/AIF files via a SCSI Compactflash. I've also heard it is quite expensive.

In the meantime, I have been tempted to resell the EIV and purchase the Juno-G as it has a CompactFlash drive, voice editor software for my Mac, sample-playback, is more self-contained, would have a warranty, and has Juno synth-bass patches. :???:

The only argument I can come up with for keeping the Emulator is that I've heard the E-Synth Orbit/Phatt Sessions ROM is really impressive and that sample playback for the Emulators is second-to-none. This is why I want to ask current E-mu sampler users...could anyone give me their take on this debate of mine? Thank you. :mrgreen:
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Postby ehasting » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:47 am

I cant speak for the ROM card, but a roland rompler can't beat a emu SAMPLER when it comes to sampling :)
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Postby nomadic_sun » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:13 am

ehasting wrote:I cant speak for the ROM card, but a roland rompler can't beat a emu SAMPLER when it comes to sampling :)


Thanks for the response.

In the case that I keep the sampler, does anybody know how I can connect a Macbook Pro (which has two USB 2.0 ports, 6-pin Firewire 400, Firewire 800, and Ethernet) to my EIV rack sampler? The EIV has SCSI, but I don't have the CPU Flash RAM/EOS to enable AIF/WAV file transfer via SCSI. I was told I could connect both of them to a SCSI CompactFlash drive, but I believe I'd have to format the drive to DOS- I'm not sure how that will work with my Mac.
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COMPACT FLASH

Postby dariusmidi » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:32 am

The easyest method to connect your EIV to Mac is the SCSI cable. You need SCSI controller card to embeded in your Mac (only if scsi connector don't exists already on Mac), and apropriate SCSI cable to connect two machines.
You need adequate software to, Awave or similar programs to manage file transfer.
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