E-mu • Vintage Keys

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The Vintage Keys is a digital rackmount synthesizer that emulates the sounds of classic vintage synths. It is also one of the first cool sound modules with good samples of vintage synth sounds. Just like the classics it has portamento, a VCF filter and a chorus effect. It has a lot of modulation capabilities which are all real-time and MIDI controllable. It has the typical brittle digital sound module sound qualities, but it makes nice pads, punchy bass and cool filter swept leads and works great for background synth sounds. It is used by Hardfloor, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Meat Beat Manifesto, Goldie, Olive, Faithless, LTJ Bukem, Roni Size, Future Sound of London, Depeche Mode, Laurent Garnier, Yesterdays and The Shamen.


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wwjd
Posted 5 days ago
Found a great Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enp5 I_dy-QI
Bill C.
Posted 27 days ago
There is a reason that these units don't show up on eBay very often. Most folks who own a Vintage Keys know their continuing value and usefulness. The organ samples alone rival even the best "stand alone" boxes.....IMHO. I own mostly Kurzweil Samplers, and I've always found the Proteous sounds to be weak in comparison, but this thing is a whole different deal. I use it often to supplement my Voyager and SE-1, and the" Wurly" Samples are excellent. My MOTIF beats the Rhodes samples, but that's about it. Paul Schaffer has 2 Vintage Keys in his rack, on Letterman, and I'm sure that he can have anything he wants, (There's a JV-1080 in there, too.) As new technology leaps forward, I believe this unit will continue to be a useful tool for any studio, and it's a 1 space powerhouse for gigs. If you see one pop up on eBay, GET IT!
Jim
Posted 266 days ago
This is my favorite module in my rack. Had it for 15years now. Used it live hundreds of times. It has traveled all over the US with me. Never had a single problem with it. Keyboard players have approached me countless times after a gig and asked how I got the B3 sound. I have a Classic Keys installed in my rack right under it just in case the Vintage goes down on me live, but I've never had to use it. There's a photo of my rack here - http://www.myspace.com/sonicinsanitycolo rado
- oops, thought I had one up there! I'll take a pic tommorow and add it in!
Serge
Posted 273 days ago
2 Demos at ZZSOUNDS

http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media /Vintage1-203a2b4faad635aac475735cc3369c fb.mp3

http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/V intage2-930e545f2ee99fcb8a7ed209cc8d0a20 .mp3
Jim Alciere
Posted 327 days ago
The Vintage Keys has 8 mb of samples, expandable to 16. It has 512 patches
 

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