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Used E-MU Systems ESI-32 Rackmount 32-Voice Sampler Workstation
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Listed 1 year ago
Works great, just not got the time to invest into it these days following a recent scary-yet-sobering medical diagnosis.
A few scuffs and scratches here and there. To be expected at this age! And that's the sampler, too - not just me!
The side photos are there to show some of the cosmetic scratches, and also to show that 1) the rack ears are included and 2) the rack ears are removable if that floats your boat. Either way it'll make for a slightly smaller package, and easier to pack for me :-)
One of the clicky-clicky things on the SCSI connector has grown legs and disappeared, but as long as you don't have your kids hanging off the back I can't see it being be an issue. Back in my day (sigh) we had printers connected using those Centronics connectors and those clicky-clicky things were always the first things to break and go missing and we could still print all day long blah blah etc.
I've hooked it up to my mixer and a MIDI controller, the preloaded waveforms are there and sound just fine.
Sampled one of those Roland mini synth things into it and everything sounded pretty awesome. Did manage to get the low pass filter to respond over MIDI without too much bother and it was a lot of fun.
The operating system is built into the unit so there's no waiting at boot time like there is on the S2000 (which I'm also selling, hence the pair of them in some of the photos).
The Digidesign Digi 002R 8-channel interface is also up for grabs. It's FireWire only, but works great with my ancient Mac Pro. I'll be listing that in the near future.
I also have a box of various SCSI drives (Zip, Castlewood Orb) and PCI cards and cables and whatnot that I never got 'round to trying out. They may or may not work. You're welcome to that stuff for free if we do an in-person exchange. Otherwise I'll have to rethink because of the additional packaging and shipping, etc.
Found some leaflet bumf online:
The ESI-32 comes with 2 MB of RAM (about 11 seconds at 44.1kHz stereo), 32 voices polyphony, 16 MIDI multitimbral parts, built-in 3.5" disk drive, extensive editing features and an easy to use interface.
Sampling can be in any combination of Left, Right or Stereo in, at 44,100 or 22,050 Hz. Auto looping, truncating, triggered sampling and auto key placement functions make sampling fun and easy.
Editing features include truncating, loop editing, gain, reverse, taper, DC filter, stereo/mono, tuning, compressing, Para-EQ, time comp/exp, pitch shift, Doppler, exciter and transform multiply (harmonic sample morphing) as well as a host of envelope, filter, velocity and MIDI effects.
The E-MU ESI-32 is a versatile and affordable digital sampling instrument that boasts professional-grade functionality and exceptional audio resolution. With up to 32 megabytes of RAM, it can store a vast library of sounds, including those from popular Emulator IIIx, Emax II, and Akai S1000/1100 libraries. Its two channels of 128x oversampling sigma/delta analog-to-digital conversion and 32 4-pole digital resonant filters ensure high-quality sound output. Additionally, the ESI-32 offers time compression / expansion and distortionless pitch transposition over a 10-octave range.
You can easily expand the ESI-32 with various upgrade options, including an internal 3.5" Syquest removable media drive, RAM memory, SCSI 50 pin port, and S/PDIF digital I/O. Whether you're a beginner or a professional musician, the ESI-32 provides all the essential sampler features and capabilities you need to produce great music.
Asking for a not-unreasonable amount of $25 for shipping. Obviously no shipping if we can meet up. I've had good experiences using the parking by the fuel-filling area of a local Ingles, so let's shoot for that. Cleveland or Clarkesville, GA.
Many thanks for looking and have a smashing day.
A few scuffs and scratches here and there. To be expected at this age! And that's the sampler, too - not just me!
The side photos are there to show some of the cosmetic scratches, and also to show that 1) the rack ears are included and 2) the rack ears are removable if that floats your boat. Either way it'll make for a slightly smaller package, and easier to pack for me :-)
One of the clicky-clicky things on the SCSI connector has grown legs and disappeared, but as long as you don't have your kids hanging off the back I can't see it being be an issue. Back in my day (sigh) we had printers connected using those Centronics connectors and those clicky-clicky things were always the first things to break and go missing and we could still print all day long blah blah etc.
I've hooked it up to my mixer and a MIDI controller, the preloaded waveforms are there and sound just fine.
Sampled one of those Roland mini synth things into it and everything sounded pretty awesome. Did manage to get the low pass filter to respond over MIDI without too much bother and it was a lot of fun.
The operating system is built into the unit so there's no waiting at boot time like there is on the S2000 (which I'm also selling, hence the pair of them in some of the photos).
The Digidesign Digi 002R 8-channel interface is also up for grabs. It's FireWire only, but works great with my ancient Mac Pro. I'll be listing that in the near future.
I also have a box of various SCSI drives (Zip, Castlewood Orb) and PCI cards and cables and whatnot that I never got 'round to trying out. They may or may not work. You're welcome to that stuff for free if we do an in-person exchange. Otherwise I'll have to rethink because of the additional packaging and shipping, etc.
Found some leaflet bumf online:
The ESI-32 comes with 2 MB of RAM (about 11 seconds at 44.1kHz stereo), 32 voices polyphony, 16 MIDI multitimbral parts, built-in 3.5" disk drive, extensive editing features and an easy to use interface.
Sampling can be in any combination of Left, Right or Stereo in, at 44,100 or 22,050 Hz. Auto looping, truncating, triggered sampling and auto key placement functions make sampling fun and easy.
Editing features include truncating, loop editing, gain, reverse, taper, DC filter, stereo/mono, tuning, compressing, Para-EQ, time comp/exp, pitch shift, Doppler, exciter and transform multiply (harmonic sample morphing) as well as a host of envelope, filter, velocity and MIDI effects.
The E-MU ESI-32 is a versatile and affordable digital sampling instrument that boasts professional-grade functionality and exceptional audio resolution. With up to 32 megabytes of RAM, it can store a vast library of sounds, including those from popular Emulator IIIx, Emax II, and Akai S1000/1100 libraries. Its two channels of 128x oversampling sigma/delta analog-to-digital conversion and 32 4-pole digital resonant filters ensure high-quality sound output. Additionally, the ESI-32 offers time compression / expansion and distortionless pitch transposition over a 10-octave range.
You can easily expand the ESI-32 with various upgrade options, including an internal 3.5" Syquest removable media drive, RAM memory, SCSI 50 pin port, and S/PDIF digital I/O. Whether you're a beginner or a professional musician, the ESI-32 provides all the essential sampler features and capabilities you need to produce great music.
Asking for a not-unreasonable amount of $25 for shipping. Obviously no shipping if we can meet up. I've had good experiences using the parking by the fuel-filling area of a local Ingles, so let's shoot for that. Cleveland or Clarkesville, GA.
Many thanks for looking and have a smashing day.
