Korg Z1
Well.. long time no see.. stuff have happend..
one of the thing is that i traded in the MC909 against a korg Z1.. why you might as!
because the sampler part (which was the main reason for getting it) was to simple for me.. i need something in the emu league... Akai mpc whould probably do it.. but the price is out of reach.. PLUSS i wanted a good keyboard to push.
Anyway.. here is a patch i dialed up while playing with the korg z1.. and i must admit that this synth is rather impressive.. you can do so much.. and it has such a big sound range!
Emu showoff..
Well.. i made this hiphop loop in like 15 min out of a loop i sampled from 5 first sec of REM - I'll take the rain. It was made to convince a friend that he should get a sampler (emu) 
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so the loop is heavy threated with peak shelf filter.
The beat is created on a mc 909, then sampled down as a loop to the emu, where all the magic happends.. bitcruch, AXiter, more stuff i dont remember.. cus it happends so fast 
A small update
Well, stuff have happend lately. I haven't been too good on updating this blog.. but then.. who is reading this blog after all .
the Roland MC-909 have arrived in house. And I must say its a fun tool and instrument to work with.. making beats goes very easy.. and the sampling part, which is miles away from the emu, have some very nice features. The sample chopping feature is just a dream to work with.. it chops your sample into as many part you like and map it up to the pads on the mc.. thats something i have been dreaming for on the emu for long time .
The synth engine is a full blown fantom engine, which can be programmed in all details. The filters is typical roland.. nothing special.. but sounds good. btw.. if you are a mc 909 owner.. sign this petrition: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/rolandjp/petition.html
The last weekend during this easter, i have been making two realy fast tracks.. one for a fast intro for TG 08 (www.gathering.org), and another one for combined demo for TG 08. The combined demo gained a third place, which is the best place our demo group have gotten in that categorty.
on psy-works.net (one of my old domains), have some people from emusonacid.co.uk forum started a sharing site for old sample cd's that arnt in marked anymore. We don't want to have a warez profile, so we try make sure its not available in any webshop/stores.
Check it out on psy-works.net
If you download, please leave a comment about the quality
A day before the arrival of MC-909
Well.. due to my bad economy, i have agreed with a nice guy to trade some gear.
he gets from me
Korg AM8000R 
Korg M1r
Line 6 FilterPro
Presonus TubePre
I gets a MC 909 from him.
I HOPE it will work as a creative sketchpad for creating fast beats and other sweet stuff. Since its also a sampler aswell as a groovebox.. it can be covering large fields. but i havent forgot my emu.. which will still be my main sampler.. i cant imagine that the mc909 will beat the sound of emu..
one idea i have is to create up the beat on the mc909.. the maybe slice it down and then recorde it over to the emu, before sequencing it into logic?
Creamware running on a old mac with os 9
I have set up my old creamware system on an old mac (G4 400mhz, 512 mb ram), and using it purly for synths.. and DANG its stable.. and i can run it on the lowest latency.
To get to the MAC for now i am using a remote control program. But i have an spare screen i want to hock up, i just don´t have the space at the moment .
My plane is to maybe get some more synths of the creamware shop, and use the system as a standalone synth-host.
a screen of the setup here -> 
In the picture you can see the miniscope (an old minimoog emulation, but miles away from the minimax which kicks ass compared) and U know 007, a Juno 106 emulation, which sounds very good 
Patches made with Softsynths and creamware
Just a pad made with NI pro-53, no effects applied.
A bass line made with the Miniscope on the creamware platform. Sounds good.. i should get the minimax, it would blow my mind!
Miniscope on Creamware
A short pad made quickly on the U Know 007 on the creamware platform. Sounds good aswell...
after playing with the creamware.. i realize that the NI plug (pro 53) just sounds lifeless .. i will continue using creamware instead.
Juno 106 on Creamware
Another pad made with the Orion by Zarg Custom 3.0 on the scope platform. very classic, but i must admit i love the sound.. sooo high quality
Zarg Orion Custom 3.0
Vandetta is amoung the finalist on musikkweb compo
http://www.musikkweb.no/html/news/894593230.html
We are in the final with two other bands.
To be honest i don't think we stand any chance. But its fun to be part of it! Wish us good luck.
Vandetta is a electro duo consisting of two members, Higen and Maria. Where Maria is doing the vocals.
Higen – Scapeland
Hey,
new track out.. this time its kind of chillout. I have been using the emu MUCH on this track.. so much that i have lost the overview!
i use the emu for:
Pads, leads, arps, "flute", drums and other stuff i dont know
to nail it i recorded the whole track to the emu and then exported the sample
I also used the rfx card on the emu for processing AU instrument from logic. (the piano, which is EXS24 with holy grail piano, converted from emu format)
Anyway.. enjoy!
Chillout up next…
Well.. after doing some breakbeat i needed to get back to the chillout style i so much love...
I am fare from finished, but i have gotten a start. I started out working up a pad patch on the emu, by layering the oscillators on my Novation Nova, then sample it down as a raw sample without filters or anything from the nova. two keys was sampled C3 and C4, then i just layered it on the emu, worked out the filters and cords to create a good lushy pad. adding a nice delay effect made it realy good.
Then i started with the drums. i have tons of singleshot drums on my computer which i am moving over to my emu... it takes a bit time with the zip, but when i have it on the hard drive, its rather easy to dial up the samples i need. Some filter works on the drums.. and layering.. i am running the kit on 3 parts using diffrent effects and filter settings.
Piano is holy grail on esx24, with filter and some modulators i worked up. then ran through the rfx for some ambience delay.
The chant voice is my own, with a slight tuning.
i am considering sample it down to the emu, then play it off like a sampler with the filter possibilities.
the cut is 2 min.. not very much.. but its a start
004 / Pad o rama - preview
M-Audio Midisport OS X 10.5 Support!!
In desperation i searched for "midisport os x 10.5" on google.. and what did i find??
http://namedfork.net/midisportloader/
I actually found support for my midi device.. its not original from m-audio, but its a working hack.. darn
why cant m-audio fix it... when private people can?! well
Enjoy the drivers
About Higen
Higen is a hobby musician who have had a big thing for synths since his first meeting with a technics keyboard back in 1996.
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