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 A 16-bit sampler with some nice features and filters. Like most old samplers the main drawback is getting sounds off and onto the thing. A 16-bit sampler with some nice features and filters. Like most old samplers the main drawback is getting sounds off and onto the thing.
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 +The whole ESI series are pretty similar, so stuff in guides you find online is all pretty transferable.
  
 ===== Cool Things ===== ===== Cool Things =====
  
-  * You can faded from one sample to another on the same note. +  * You can fade from one sample to another on the same note. 
-  * You can assign any CC to any parameter(?). These guys used it to get a granular sythesis type thing going with a bit of one-off menu diving :O+  * You can assign any CC to any parameter(?). These guys used it to get a granular synthesis type thing going with a bit of one-off menu diving :O
     * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMffscu_jY     * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMffscu_jY
     * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oJdkPMNhC8     * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oJdkPMNhC8
-  * +  * [[yt>uSQVSC5XzJM|E-MU ESI 4000 Sounds Like a 12bit Sampler]]
  
 ===== Storage ===== ===== Storage =====
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 It also has a SCSI port which you can use to attach HDDs, CD drives etc. There are some SCSI SD card readers like [[https://zuluscsi.com/|ZuluSCSI]] and SCSI2SD that are a bit of a cheaper option than the Gotek. Zulu seems the best of these two, as it uses a standard FAT32/ExFAT file system so can be read on a computer. It also has a SCSI port which you can use to attach HDDs, CD drives etc. There are some SCSI SD card readers like [[https://zuluscsi.com/|ZuluSCSI]] and SCSI2SD that are a bit of a cheaper option than the Gotek. Zulu seems the best of these two, as it uses a standard FAT32/ExFAT file system so can be read on a computer.
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 +===== Guides =====
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 +  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140915052004/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec01/articles/emuesi.asp|Emu ESI Samplers Masterclass]] - Wayback archive of Sound On Sound article.
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
  
 +  * [[https://www.njohnson.co.uk/index.php?menu=2&submenu=4&subsubmenu=3|ESI Sampler Resources Page]] on neil's webbly world.
  
  
 {{tag>E-mu-Systems musical-instrument sampler}} {{tag>E-mu-Systems musical-instrument sampler}}
e-mu_esi_4000.txt · Last modified: 2025/08/25 23:39 by rjt