Members Vintagekeys Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Hey anyone out there have any experience with the EMU planet Earth. I usually do not mess with EMU as I have never been a fan of their samples, so I steered clear of their rack modules (PLANET: PHATT, DANCE, ETC). I have recently heard that their Plant Earth module/rom is the best out there for world/ethnic sounds and it seems rather pricey for that module used compared to the Proteus 2000 and other EMU planet series. Can someone shed some light on this, I currently have the Roland ASIA expansion card in my XV3080 but need more depth to my ethnic sound library. I do not want to waste my time looking for an EMU planet phatt if it is not going to add depth to my current sound library. Please any suggestions on romplers with excellent ethinic sounds, or plugs for the EMU Planet Earth??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Scharf Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 well, I had the Planet Earth rom for my PX7 when I had it. the sounds werent bad, but I find I like the world rom in my fantom x6 better. when i sold the PX, I got the sample bank for the Emulator X software, and it does the job too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintagekeys Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Are you saying the Fantom series has a world library inside it's sound bank? Also what is the Emulator X? I am not familiar with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintagekeys Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Oh, how is it compared to the EMU world card have you tried both? If not how do you like you SRX world card as far as ethnic drums, etc. That is what I am really trying to capture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Scharf Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 I was referencing the SRX-09. I like it quite a bit. The emulator X is a software version of the EMU hardware series. http://www.emu.com for all the details. Its a very nice, and I think under appreciated software sampler. The Planet earth library for that costs $50. As to how the two compare....they are pretty close in my opinion. You get *more* with the EMU, but the roland SRX seems to be more useful (to me anyway). I should state that I am not really working on authentic world music, so that should be taken into account when listening to my opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShakaCthulu Posted July 4, 2006 Members Share Posted July 4, 2006 I used to own the Planet Earth, and had and have still a Roland JV1080 with the World and Asia cards (which are on the SRX, I believe)...the Planet Earth was a bit stronger on the percussion sounds, but most of the instrument sounds blew compared to the SRJVs IMO...I also found the Planet Earth's interface incredibly cumbersome, much preferred the JV's interface, so if you do get a planet earth, you might want to use an editor with it. I liked the filter options, though, the multiple channel arpeggiators, and the superbeats feature. The onboard effects sucked, they should've spared the effects and threw in an extra pair of assignable outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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