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Well...after reading the reviews of EA-1, I was surprised that there was such passion regarding reviewer's love or hate of this device. Let me just say that I own an EMU ESI, and while I am happy with the Emu, I was still looking for a simple realtime-analog synth-style addition to the studio to further warp and decimate my soundbank of nontraditional sounds.
I can report that this little machine really packs a punch and that I've actually been able to create a miriad of sounds and effects only dreamed of before.
By linking my sequencer through the EA-1 and then into the Emu, I feed back the output of the sampler into the input source of the EA-1. When I sequence, I can edit patterns for the EA-1 and it will remember the analogous patterns and knob positions while it records! You can create really blissed out panning effects in rhythm with the sample sequence, or further morph and tweak your existing parameters until you have created something entirely new and never before heard.
The EA-1 certainly is not the end-all product for your studio...but as an addition to your other MIDI-based equipment, you can only go where your imagination draws the line...for some, it is unfortunatley not very far...for others...they will embrace the tool and continue to shout out its praise.
So there you have it! A positive review from someone who owns both high-end and lo-end gear. Who cares what the cost is? If it helps the musician to create and write music, then it's all A+, be it a $2000.00 condensor mic or a toy xylophone played with a violin bow. It's not how much you spend, it's what you can do with it. And the little thing does quite a lot for your money's worth...
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