New EP7 Tines Amped & Electric Grand Amped

[Cute James]

Awesome! Many thanks to Clavia (and Sampletekk, presumably?) for these great new sounds!

Also, I posted this over on another forum, but it's perhaps worth pasting to hear other folk's experiences:

I hate to complain, but as someone who uses a tube amp and outboard gear, I'd rather have some higher res raw samples than samples with the amp & outboard gear built in. I know I'm in the minority though...

I've yet to try the new samples, however I'm inclined to agree, somewhat. If recording directly out of the Nord or listening through heaphones these amped samples surely sound terrific. However, at band practise and the occasionally live gig, I typically plug into a Fender Twin. When I tried the new amped Wurly at practise a few weeks ago, I felt the sound was too 'boomy', and ended-up returning to the original Wurly for its more neutral character.

Of course, my comments should obviously be taken with a grain of salt - this is just one person's limited experience with one sample - but I hope the same the new amped Mk1 doesn't have the same boomy character at band practise tomorrow.

Cheers,
James
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[zephonic]

Heard about these sounds in the morning, downloaded the EP7 into my NP88, and had a little fun with it.

Did a rec session this afternoon, just called up the sound as is and ran with it. No need to dial in amp sim or FX.

It sounded great, everbody was happy.


I am decidedly non-purist, though. i don't care whether it was recorded dry or thru an amp. I just have to vibe with it, and the EP7 lets me do just that.

[stiiiiiiive]

Thanks Clavia

[sudkcoce]

Yeah, thanks A LOT, Clavia! The new Rhodes is great.

[Arti99]

Thank a lot Clavia it's great.

And fully agree with ...

Analogika
Now, all we need is a clav with note-off samples and aftertouch "wobbling"

[shark]

Tossed out all the old Rhodes and Wurlies.

All I need are the new amped models.

Well done Clavia.

[Frantz]

Ooops I'm late ! Already 3 pages on the forum ...

Sometimes, pushing the settings (dynamics, eq), on the EPs, I have too much unwanted background noise.
I'll see if I can get a better ratio with that new EP !

[jazzystu]

By the way, my comment was before the title was re-jigged to add EP7.

It sounds nice. We'll have to see how it shapes up. It could be what the doctor ordered. The demo sounds very good.

My old suitcase piano had a "bigness" to it that this amped piano appears to have.

Well done Nord, it's been a long time coming. This sounds like it will keep me busy for a while.

[iaorana]

Thanks a lot, Clavia!

[maurus]

The new EP7 is a great addition. Much richer tone than in the earlier versions of the Rhodes Mk I. Very dynamic.
I actually don't think the 'amped' new sample will interfere a lot more with external amps than the earlier samples of the Mk I (except perhaps the cleanest of them all, EP1).