The quantity of northstar seems a little disappointing... the selection of instruments sounds pretty boring, too..
then the price!
I'd really like to have something like the EII-OMI library, which is sooo big and excellent...
Any other ideas for resources?
greetz,
Elm.
Hi folks - I just bought an EIII keyboard w/8 megs. I have in the past been an original owner (along with Fairlights and this is one heck of a great instrument). I do have Northstar and the prices are ridiculous for the sounds they provide. Sample you favorite VST instruments in EIII and use those --- much better with the analog circuitry. You can do better by designing and sampling sounds using a VST instrument (like the Arp 2600 by Way Out Ware) and then applying the EIII Filters for that reall fat analog sound. Paying 250$ or whatever is a waste. On the other hand, if the price came down to 25-50$, given the age of these libraries, then some of them are quite worthwhile. I have the original CDROMS and some of them have deteriorated (perhaps use, perhaps other causes) to the point of no longer being readable (by anything, even MOTU's Mach 5 which can read Emu disks!).
FYI - here's my old analog CS80 :
http://www.youtube.com/v/guzvcHNwJOI&rel=1 If there's enough interest I could sample my CS80 and provide the samples for a minimum cost (small labor and materials). Or you could sample the Arturia CS80V. Let me know if you like. I have not seen a CS80 sample set for the EIII.