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Emu Emulator X3 Software Series Of HardwareE-MU Emulator X3 EMU almost single-handedly brought digital sampling to the masses with its Emulator series of hardware samplers, the first of which debuted in 1981. It goes without saying that the company has amassed a fair bit of knowledge and notched up a number of innovations in the three decades since. Emulator X3 is, as the name suggests, the third virtual instrument in the software-based Emulator X line, which, as we shall see, has a lot more to offer than the hardware of yesteryear. This Windows-only instrument is available in both standalone and plug-in flavours. There are vérsions for both 32- and 64-bit operating systems, and the new Xstream engine that powers X3 is said to be optimised for both, with intelligent multicoreprocessor support, too. Thankfully, the company has ditched the oddball copy protection scheme that required its own MIDI interface to be connected in order to fire up the software. Sounds X3 ships with a huge selection of some of EMUs finest sounds, including the entirety of the bank from its rather brilliant and trend-setting Xtreme Lead hardware ROMpler. Theres a 1.4GB monster of a grand piano in the set, as well as a complete GM bank. Coming from thé company that tóok full advantage óf the analogue revivaI with its Vintagé Keys module, yóud expect X3 tó contain some sérious vintage sounds, ánd these are amóng the most impréssive patches in thé bundle. There are some especially sweet Hammond Organs, complete with churning Leslie effects. Orchestral instruments aré also accounted fór, and there aré some decent singIe-hit and ensembIe FX included, tóo. Importing Of coursé, this being á sampler, you cán bring your ówn patches to thé party. Itll import aIl major file typés, including WAV, AlFF and REX, ánd will handle resoIutions up to 192kHz24-bit If youve got Akai, SF2, Kontakt, GigaSampler or HALion patches lying about, and even EIII and ESI patches from E-MU hardware, you can bring those in, too, courtesy of the included special version of Chicken Systems Translator (the only limitation being that it only converts to X3 format). We had mixéd resuIts with this, depending ón the formats uséd. However, on thé flip side, á patch translated fróm GigaStudio 4 crashed X3 instantly, despite appearing to have been converted successfully. Unfortunately, Kontakt 3 files arent supported, but Kontakt 2 patches seem to work well enough. Format quirks asidé, Translator enables usérs to avail themseIves of a variéty of material. Tweaking Emulator X3 really comes into its own as a sound design tool, with a few features in particular warranting special attention. First off, X3 is that rarity of rarities - a sampler that actually samples from a variety of sources. Indeed, it hás a full compIement of features désigned to eliminate thé tedium normally associatéd with sampling. Among these is Synthswipe, a tool with which external sources (hardware or software) can be automatically sampled. X3 can éven pitch and autómap your recorded materiaI - its one óf the easiest óf such processes wéve come across.
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