Emax Collectors Edition Sample Library

Just thought I'd share this one with you. I treated myself yesterday to a new sample library from Digital Sound Factory. As you may well know, I'm a sucker for any early sampler like an Emulator or Fairlight and I am always on the look out for good sample libraries. So when I found this one, I was VERY interested. However, the $149.99 price put me off rushing out to get this. So, when I got a mail the other day telling me they were offering 30% off all their libraries till July 31st, and with the current exchange rate between the £ and $, it was an opportunity too good to miss. In total, it cost me a shade over £50 :o)

Not bad for 872 Programs !

These are really cool too. Ok, so there are some average staples in here, but there are some classic E-MU library sounds all over the place. And E-MU's tendency to exploit the colourisation that their early samplers gave to sounds gives us some cracking stuff to play around with.

Only one problem however. These are all in Soundfont format. Now, I have nothing against this, and I can easily accomodate them within a number of environments, but I really wanted these in my Fusion, and there is a known bug in the free Fusion Converter that doesn't translate the velocity setting. So each of these 872 programs plays at full velocity and I now face the prospect of manually tweaking each one :o( Apparently, the upcoming update to Fusion Converter addresses this issue. I hope it arrives soon.

Anyway, here are some links for you if you want to check them out, and don't forget, the 30% off offer finishes at the end of July.

Emax Collectors Edition Bundle (the 6 volumes that make up the bundle are also available seperately @ $34.95 each)

There are also audio demo's all over the site, so check them out...

Digital Sound Factory