Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I started collecting sample CDs in 1990 and now I have a fairly flexible library for many genres. Which ones do you have? These are my audio/wav/akai: Big Fish Audio Rich Mendelson Freaky Jazzy Funky Masterbits Salsa Picante The Museum of Synthesizer Technology Astral Ambience Green Sound Chinese Percussion Green Sound Pipa & Liuqin Zero-G Cuckooland Vol. 1 'Unhinged' Zero-G Cuckooland Vol. 2 'Ghost in the machine' eLAB X-Static Goldmine 1 Universal Sound Bank Electric & Acoustic Bass Spectrasonics Bass Legends Vol. 1 AMG 160dB - The Drum & Bass Interface AMG Full Phat Ilio Analog Meltdown Sounds Good New World Order - Journey # 2 Best Service Dance MegaDrums Best Service Dance Mega Jungle/Rave Best Service Hallelujah Big Fish Audio Voltage Ueberschall Easy Listening Sonic Foundry New York Dance Stand By Music Pro. B-3 Organ - The Legend Universal Sound Bank Def House Wink Music Group, Inc. World Sounds Vol. 1 Universal Sound Bank Raricussions Universal Sound Bank Church Organs Zero-G Ethnic eLAB X-Files of Techno Q Up Arts The Denny Jaeger Private Collection Vol. 1 Zero-G Datafile One Zero-G Datafile Two Zero-G Datafile Three Universal Sound Bank Twisted Special FX Universal Sound Bank Old School Keyboards Best Service World Colours Midi Mark MPC Hip Hop to R&B Waves Midi Mark Vocal Bytes 2 Keyfax Bill Bruford - Packet of 3 Sampleheads New York City Percussionworks Sonic Reality Interactive String Section Big Fish Audio Roots of South America Sound + Vision Gigapack Sound + Vision Gigapack 2 Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices eLAB Smokers Delight Midi Mark Funky Ass Guitars Sonic Reality Concert Grand Pianos Zero-G Junk Percussion Zero-G Phantom Horns Best Service Orchestral Colours Q Up Arts Street Beats AMG Guitarras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I may be in the minority or just plain unlucky here, but pretty much every sample CD I have bought has been terrible... jazz drum loops that all sound the same, funky drum loops that you can't loop properly because of some stupid fill and horn riffs that are out of key... I remember getting one of the Uberschall Sample CDs with the Ensoniq VFX, M1, D50 and so on on it and I couldn't even get one sample to sound even half decent because I think they compressed/limited the whole CD when mastering... The Reason refills I have bought don't seem to be very musical, like they've been put together by someone who doesn't know that rhodes/piano/organ doesn't have a long release... and they are HUGE samples too... Am I alone on this...? Most of my samples tend to be home grown.... that is I sample them from my own keyboards.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinHines Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I looks like you have 2 copies of Spectrasonics Bass Legends (top left and bottom center). Is that on purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted February 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I looks like you have 2 copies of Spectrasonics Bass Legends (top left and bottom center). Is that on purpose? No.. the second copy came together with a bunch of other sample CDs, it's a double.. but V2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keyman_sam v3.5 Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 Here's one which I really love : http://kara-moon.com/index.php?modid=mod04&l_submenu_id=m001_04_10 Others : "Public Enemy 2 CDs" "Ultimate Strings Collection" "EWQL Brass" "SR Acoustic drums" "SR Eclectic drums" "Wavelore American Zither" and others that came with the softwares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 I looks like you have 2 copies of Spectrasonics Bass Legends (top left and bottom center). Is that on purpose? You scare me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinHines Posted February 17, 2008 Members Share Posted February 17, 2008 You scare me . Sadly enough I could recognize about one-quarter of those CDs just by their covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keyman_sam v3.5 Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Does someone here have a "Gigabox". I.e. basically gigastudio sampler with a sh*t load of sample libraries?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 I started collecting sample CDs in 1990 and now I have a fairly flexible library for many genres. Fantastic collection! My first sample cd i bought was Poke In The Ear. I think the year was 1995. I sometime borrow cd's from a friend who has a studio - just to hear what's on them, but i don't use them. IMHO, sample cd's were much better in the early 90's. All the sounds were better back then, and there was much more experimenting. Today it is all about who will have a bigger Steinway or who will make larger Symphonic orchestra samples. Due to aging of the media, i've put all my sample cd's on the hard drive. My advice is you do the same, asap. Buy a fast SATA2 disk, name it "Sample CD's" and put everything on it. If some disk is hardly readable, just let the Nero read it slowly - this can take 2 hours, but it works in many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Offtopic (for Paolo): Hey man, haven't seen you around here for quite a while. Just wanted to let you know i've found this great vintage movie. Inspired by your previous avatar from Vampiros Lesbos, i though this would interest you. When i saw it first time, i've said "LOL! This is a movie for Paolo!". I took first 90 seconds to give you idea of the "content": AVI file, along with the title so that you can pick it up. If you can't find it, let me know, i'll send you a dvd copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mook Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 I don't have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Scharf Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Ive gota couple that came with my Emulator X2, but I dont really ever use them. I am looking, however, for some better reason refills. Its kinda become my 'rompler without a rompler' lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 the only sample cd's i have are stuff for the memotron. so far just the standard 'vintage' and 'berlin school', and the M-Tron CD #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stikygum Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 I have a buttload, but a lot were bought off ebay. I like weird samples for unusual sound fx hits and textures and drum sample cds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted February 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Fantastic collection! My first sample cd i bought was Poke In The Ear. I think the year was 1995. I sometime borrow cd's from a friend who has a studio - just to hear what's on them, but i don't use them. IMHO, sample cd's were much better in the early 90's. All the sounds were better back then, and there was much more experimenting. Today it is all about who will have a bigger Steinway or who will make larger Symphonic orchestra samples. Due to aging of the media, i've put all my sample cd's on the hard drive. My advice is you do the same, asap. Buy a fast SATA2 disk, name it "Sample CD's" and put everything on it. If some disk is hardly readable, just let the Nero read it slowly - this can take 2 hours, but it works in many cases. Hi Don, I've been here, just not posting much... good suggestion about saving all the CDs in the hard drive - I actually started doing that a few years ago - I have the ones I used the most always available on the HD. Thank you also for the clip, ha - Faster pussycat kill kill is a classic but like I told you in the past, I like the music from the '60s, not necessarily the cinematography! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members atthehelm Posted February 19, 2008 Members Share Posted February 19, 2008 I use a reel to reel field recorder or a minidisc recorder and run actual found sounds through pro tools 7.4 or just tinker at home with the flute or violin or guitar and do the same thing ,gets great results and I know where they came from, I also just purchased a function generator for edgy synth sounds, that thing is GREAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members croscoe Posted April 8, 2020 Members Share Posted April 8, 2020 hi i need a copy of roots of south america can you help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted April 13, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/8/2020 at 11:41 AM, croscoe said: hi i need a copy of roots of south america can you help? Big Fish Audio still sells them in various formats https://www.bigfishaudio.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zwbuckley Posted June 10, 2020 Members Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hi Paulo, Do you still have the best service hallelujah sample cd and, if so, would you be willing to sell it? I’ve been hunting for it for some time now and I’ve been unable to find it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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