It's finally here! (And I bet you didn't even know that you were waiting on it!) "Mick's 16" is a great collection of samples and voices from the SY85 for your EX5, including:

· 16 EX Waves (54 Samples!)
· 16 SY85 Voices
· 16 Bonus Voices

Requirements: A SCSI equipped EX5/7/R with at least 4 mb of DRAM or Flash memory.

You'll find some outstanding and unique sounds in this release, especially the Strings, Choirs, and Pads. I had a great time tweaking Mick's samples and putting together this collection of his work for everyone. I've already admitted to Mick that I didn't get that excited when I first heard "SY85", but you need to try out these sounds, because you're going to be surprised. This one turned out to be a real "keeper"!

Pick up your copy of "Mick's 16" from the EX5Tech Exclusive Downloads page.

Many many thanks to Mick for sharing this with the EX5Tech community! (And thanks again, Mick for being so incredibly patient, waiting on me *so* long to get this finished.)

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Thanks Mick for the food for the EX5. I'll bet she will be happy to load them.

Kudos Mick.

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Thanks a lot mick. I've never played any SY, so this will be ny first experience!

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Beautiful work you guys. Thanks a ton.

OD - NO SCSI?!!! And all this time I've been thinking, "That OD, he's a smart guy!" You simply have NO idea what you're missing. Your EX5 will seem like a new synth. "Micks 16" alone is worth the price of admission. Then there's that little MEL-LABS set (which I can't BELIEVE you haven't heard yet), the Chinese Orchestral thingie, etc. etc. And as if that weren't enough... before long, you'll really be feeling "left out".

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I've got Flash, but hey, what good is a warehouse if the loading door is too small to fit anything in? The killer is that I'll have to buy a SCSI card for the PC and a Jaz/Zip drive. I'm saving up though and once I do, look out. I'll be EXing the night away.

OD

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I download this last night and there's some nice pads in there.

I'm quite intrigued about what was on the SY series now (I've never played with one before), as those strings sound a little like Mellotron samples.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your work.

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But all credit must go to Ski,s excellent proggraming on the basic samples that i sent him,he proggramed all of the controller/scene assignments etc. Thanks again,Ski!

Hope you find them usefull

Syex

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Many, not all, files here and elsewhere for the EX are too big to fit on a floppy.

The SCSI connection can connect a disk to the EX without any computer directly connected to either.

Most EX data files S1V, S1Y, S1P, S1R, S1S fit on a single floppy so you won't have trouble with these.

The problem comes with S1A and S1M files that have a collection of custom sounds and waves which may make the files too big to fit on a floppy disk.

If you haven't expanded the EX memory above the 1MB custom RAM it comes with then you can live without SCSI as you have nowhere to load these large custom waves.

Having said that a SCSI mass storage drive is a good way of storing all your EX files in one place. Whilst the EX SCSI is not a terribly fast implementation, it is faster than loading files by floppy.

Now then, some sound sets out there use custom samples that need to be loaded in otherwise the voices will not sound as they should (including not sounding at all!) and you will not be able to enjoy those without SCSI and more RAM. E.g. our Mel-labs Mellotron project has a 16MB custom wave file full of Mellotron samples topped and tailed by Ski.

For an idea of how custom waves can expand the EX beyond the stock waves, get the Halloween Ghoul 3 download. This was designed by Ski to fit into a stock EX (and thus will fit on a floppy disk).

On this you'll find some spooky voices in bank C that utilise custom samples for the Mellotron choirs.

BTW: Just because a zip archive is larger than 1.44MB, don't assume it's not worth downloading as quite often the documentations and graphics than some people supply to complete their package will naturally increase the size of the file.

HTH.

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Although, as you say, it is possible to replace the FDD with a zip drive, internal SCSI zips are a little hard to find these days, and most people go for an external drive as it's the path of least resistance and it's also quite easy to share with your computer (assuming you have a SCSI interface in your computer as well).

I replaced my FDD a few years ago as it went faulty and you wouldn't believe the amount I had to disassemble to get to it! I was most amazed when it all came back together with no spare screws!

Having said that, if you want an internal zip drive then it can be done.

Ski and others are huge fans of Jazz drives as they can store a lot more than zips, so they're well worth looking out for as well.

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