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Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 23 Dec 2021, 15:18
by WannitBBBad
monsterjazzlicks wrote:...Anyway, here's one of the brass-sample demos I just made. What I am doing here is playing the layered brass sound I built yesterday on the NE6, and layering again with my Roland XV50/50 module. . .
Nice progress! Sampling can be time consuming, but it will definitely get easier as you get used to working with the Nord Sample Editor.
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 23 Dec 2021, 17:37
by Schorsch
monsterjazzlicks wrote:Hi,
I was wondering, please: does anyone here have a Roland D50 keyboard with the original factory sounds on? I was going to ask, have you sampled any of the Brass Section patches as yet? I remember these sounding particularly good back in the day, and I'm sure they can still add a touch of dynamism if layered with a modern-day synth.
I'm not sure if the D70 offered a completely different library, or was similar? I think it was more sampler-based (whereas the D50 was pretty much a ROMpler).
Many thanks in advance,
Paul
Hi Paul, I have created 2 brass samples which are close to D50 preset wave files, see attached. There were also some more basic brass sounds in teh D-50 called Flutish Brass, Slap Brass and Horn Section. I don't know though which of the basic samples had been used on the D50 for the patches Spit Brass and Synth Trumpets, but I can also try to create Nord samples close to the original sounds if you like so you can check.
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 24 Dec 2021, 04:49
by monsterjazzlicks
Schorsch,
Thanks very much indeed for taking the time and trouble to upload those D50 files. That was a very kind gesture.
I'll reply in full tomorrow as today has been a bit manic - for obvious reasons!
Paul
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 24 Dec 2021, 22:10
by monsterjazzlicks
WannitBBBad wrote:monsterjazzlicks wrote:...Anyway, here's one of the brass-sample demos I just made. What I am doing here is playing the layered brass sound I built yesterday on the NE6, and layering again with my Roland XV50/50 module. . .
Nice progress! Sampling can be time consuming, but it will definitely get easier as you get used to working with the Nord Sample Editor.
WannitBBBad,
Thanks for the encouragement!
I do have a few ideas actually regarding other aspects of sampling with the Nord. I'll probably have to post a few more questions after Xmas . . .
Paul
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 24 Dec 2021, 22:13
by monsterjazzlicks
Schorsch wrote:Hi Paul, I have created 2 brass samples from D50 preset wave files, see attached. There are also some more basic brass wave files called Flutish Brass, Slap Brass and Horn Section. I don't know though which of the basic samples had been used on the D50 for the patches Spit Brass and Synth Trumpets, but I can also create Nord samples from the three other wave files I mentioned if you like so you can check.
Roland D50 Velo Brass.nsmp3
Roland D50 Rich Brass.nsmp3
Schorsch,
I'm going to d/l them now, thanks.
The one's I seem to remember are: Flutist Brass, Slap Brass, and Trumpet Section (or something like that - I'm going back 25 years!).
I'll see if I can get a chance to import them later this evening . . .
Much appreciated.

Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 25 Dec 2021, 11:44
by Schorsch
Hi Paul,
I will check if I can find the wave files of the three sounds you mentioned - keep you posted
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 25 Dec 2021, 14:12
by Schorsch
Here you go with some others - haven't found anything close to Trumpet yet ....
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 26 Dec 2021, 00:05
by monsterjazzlicks
Schorsch wrote:Here you go with some others - haven't found Trumpet yet ....
Hi Schorsch,
I just d/l your D50 brass samples, thanks. I really do appreciate your effort and contribution here.
If it's any help, if you follow the below link there is a list of the D50 presets (I assume they are?), plus a few quick audio demos:
Horn Section, Rich Brass, Flutish Brass, Slap Bass & Brass, JX Horns & Strings, Velo Brass - I think that's all of them?
I think Horn Section and Slap Bass & Brass sound closest towards what I can remember hearing from the early 1990s.
Cheers,
Paul
https://www.synthmania.com/d-50.htm
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 26 Dec 2021, 00:47
by Schorsch
monsterjazzlicks wrote:
I think Horn Section and Slap Bass & Brass sound closest towards what I can remember from the early 1990s.
So the latest samples which I posted today in my post above should then match what you are looking for
Re: RE: (Brass Sample Packs?) Electro 6D
Posted: 26 Dec 2021, 01:37
by monsterjazzlicks
Schorsch wrote:So the latest samples which I posted today in my post above should then match what you are looking for
Yes, I'm fairly certain, thanks.
They still sound very good to me, actually!
I think I was mistaken with the name being 'Trumpets'. More likely it was 'Horn Section'.
I'm thinking of layering it with the Roland XV50/50 module - if I can find a complimentary timbre.
With the preset 'Slap Bass & Brass', are you able to change the split-point? Do you actually have an original D50 synth?!