Re: sound libraries for vintage MIDI synths

"Green Xenon [Radium]" <glucegen1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > Fact, one could sample those crappy FM synth sounds and they would be
> > audibly indistinguishable,
>
>
> Yes, I know that. I've recorded it myself. I make a stereo recording to
> a wave file that is 44.1 kHz sample-rate, 16-bit and stereo. I then
> invert the left channel and then combine it with the right channel. I
> then get a mono of the sound without what used to be panned to the
> center. This is how those karaoke voice-cancellers work. I notice, after
> this processing I use, the sounds are even better than what they used to
be.
>
>
> > yet Radium claims one is audio nirvana and the
> > other is aural excrement.
>
> No. I have nothing against sampling those sounds. However, they've got
> to be sampled properly.

And from his very next post:


> Unfortunately, they've have no problem incor****ating nasty
> sample-playback MIDI synth -- such as MS GS wavetable SW synth and the
> Crystal soundfont -- into their soundcards.


You do know what a contradiction is right? You can use YOUR own FM samples
with those wavetable synths if that's the crap you prefer.


MrT.