Sampletekk NEW - STFM EP-1 Deep Sampled FM Electric Piano (inc SFZ)

Here is a new product from Sampletekk. Its a deep sampled DX7 electric piano.

• Kontakt, HALion, EXS24 and SFZ formats included. (Full Kontakt needed).

The inclusion of SFZ will appeal to those who do not have the full version of Kontakt.
 
The demos sound pretty good and its cheap enough, as its included in the current Sampletekk summer sale, and there is an extra discount for existing customers.
 
But do I need a sampled DX7 ePiano when I have FM8?
 
 
 
 

Thanks, It was a rehtorical question really. This is probably a very nice product (Sampletekk's stuff is invarably good) but its goining to be limited compared to a good emulation of a DX7. Something it will have in common with most (all?) sampled synths.

Glyn Barnes
But do I need a DX7 ePiano?

I think this version of the question might be more appropriate.
 
Of course, my dislike of this sound has to do with it being used on every single terrible ballad made between 83 and 90 (or so).  I'd be open to hearing any examples of that sound being used for good and not evil, though.

IMO, nobody needs a DX7 piano emulation.
 
I hated that instrument back when every Top 40 tune had to have one in it, and the pianos were particularly annoying. 
 
That Wurly, OTOH...now there's a classic sound I'll never tire of. Twenty bucks for returning customers.

Gee Dave...you are a curmudgeon, aren't you?  Welcome to the club:-)
 

Hi guys!
 
First of all, it's not a DX7 we've used, it's a SY77.
Yes, the FM EP's was a bit, shall we say, overused in the 80's, but I do think that these are great sounding, very expressive instruments, and you don't have to play cheesy 80's music with it!
Ok, the reason why I wanted to try this is that these kind of sounds are starting to get populare again in modern pruductions, (like it or not...).
IMHO, emulators doesn't work in a mix. It sounds very similar to the real thing if you solo it, but together with the rest, it doesn't cut it.
This is why I decided to take the hardware, and treat it like any other piano, that is use massive number of velocity layers (22) and sample all the notes.
So, now I have a deep samples FM EP that I can do work in a mix without having to get the hardware.
 
Ok, some people will still hate the sound and some will think that an emulator does the job great, and then this library is not for you..
 

Don't take it personally, Per. You're among fans here. 
 
Note that in the list mumpcake listed, the DX7 piano is #7, and "DX Anything" is #8. Why is the DX so universally despised? There are many older and more ubiquitous instruments that remain extremely popular (Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Hammond B-3, everything Moog) despite being more sonically limited than the DX7. Could it be more about the sappy 80's pop ballads the DX is associated with, than the instrument itself?

Well, I thought I had dodged a bullet but Bit's comments on the wurley made me look at it again and I bought it. While its not as versatile as the Scarbee one it really sounds good.

I had a couple DX synths but they were the 4 operator variety. They served me well at the time but FM8 is one of my least used VSTis

Hey Per,

Got mine downloaded and tried it out and it is very nice indeed. And I'm not surprised you used an SY over a DX. I had both and much prefer the SY although I have a special place in my burned out cinder of a heart for the DX9...which was my first "proper" synth. Plus stacked with a fat warm Rhodes it's just loverly!