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Date: 20-Oct-99 @ 08:54 PM -
RE: EPS vs. Emax
Well, since Pongoid is busy elsewhere...here goes...
The EPS16+ allowed you to resample a sound through the internal effects bus to create a new sample which could then be used or resampled again. I don't recall if there was a limit on available polyphony for resampling on the ESP16+. The ASR-10 took resampling a step further and allowed 'direct to disk' sampling (if I'm not mistaken.)
The ASR-X & Pro models allow you to resample to your hearts content, through the internal effects bus', with no limits on polyphony, i.e., up to the maximum 32 voices can be playing simultaneously and resampled to create a new sample for further manipulation. The only other instrument I know of that does it nearly as well is the Yamaha A3000 but, it has a four voice limit on polyphony (or 2 stereo voices - again, this could be out of date and changed in the V2 model.)
I think the new Akai MPC2000XL introduces resampling but, IMO, it doesn't hold a match to the ASR-X implementation ;-)
jondl