All user reviews of 5/5 for the E-MU E5000 Ultra

Dj said

UTILIZATION

The general config is a bit confusing at first (menus and sub menus)
but is accessible via three buttons on the front + programmable
edition of the sounds is pretty complete but I do not like the edit mode envelopes (drawing not very representative)
fx at the rest of a classic
the manual does not go into details, no tricks, rather crude ...
The internal sequencer is much less interesting than a pc via external sequencer example with which one multiplies the comfort of work for the creation of song.
I must say that since I reconnected my computer and sequencer, sampler I found
more interest my eyes and my ears ...

31/12/2007 edit
after a little over a year of use
edition of the banks, presets and samples is rather difficult this can be daunting
but you can copy a preset "standard" to replace then the samples. This is particularly interesting To create a bank soon.

SOUNDS

Converters are more transparent than my old 4000 esi
effects are mild and without personnalitbr /> against by the filters are interesting but the digital resonator did not yet convinced.
dynamics is quite good
often lack the presets are finalized, but a gold mine of material sound
it is necessary to CRER has its own preset from the originals and use the patch coord system that transforms the modular synth or sampler in high-end expander.
edition: After a few explorations supplmentaires I find the sound possibilities are trs well made and I will add individual outputs.

OVERALL OPINION

A year and a half of use
I like 128 MB ram, 20GB internal SD (large storage banks)
the possibility to save the config and load at startup bank,
the dynamics of sound.
The true versatility of the machine, sampler, and synthtiseur expander.
I like less the sequencer, the config noon, fx

I used a esi 4000, an asr 10, a sp808
it is difficult to compare with other machines as they each have their particularitbr /> I bought used 450 euro in perfect state with 20 GB HDD, 128 ram and SCSI CD
Q / P excellent.
I think for the price I do it again this choice.

This is one serious sampler. When it comes to how you can sample and edit the sample I feel that there is nothing lacking. It makes the proces fast and easy. there are more features than I can list. But some of the non real time things that are very cool are parametric eq, compressor, DC offset corection. Where this box lacks is in the outputs lack of hard disk and the fx section is a litte less than i would like. I have mine loaded with a ten gig drive and 128 MB of ram. As well as the ten basic sample cd's from emu. I have more sounds in this box than i can count. Lets say a few thousand programs. and there is still 6 gigs left on the drive. It is huge.

Price paid: 2400.00 USD in 1998

UTILIZATION

This unit is about as easy as it could be but it is kinda like learning to use windows 3.1 or sompthing like that. It is a computer after all.

SOUNDS

The sound quality is fantastic. The filters live up to the hype. It is wide open to what ever you want to use it for. There is only two fx and they are useable but only lightly editable. When looking to my rating on this please reolize that I dont expect the fx to sound as good as the ones i get in dedicated units.

OVERALL OPINION

The construction is very solid. But the buttons are lacking. I have problems with a few of them now and getting new parts is not easy. As for the costomer support for this unit, EMU are very good.

I love this unit. It is something that i will own till i die. I dont think we will see a more powerfull line of hardware samplers since the world is going to the computer for this. I look forward to the day that i can get all the expansions for this thing cheap. I will continue to load this thing up. If I could only afford the RFX card, then this thing would be set. It in my opinion negates the need for all the outputs that can be added as it could do evrything other than master it's self.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 4-, 2003)