u/pimpbot666

This may sound like the most middle aged boomer question ever (although I'm Gen X), but are there any good books on samplers, how to get the most out of them, production ideas, etc?

TIA

I just got an E4x for super cheap. Plot twist, the hard drive is bad. It spins, but is unreadable. If I try to format it, it says its not ready.

I have a couple of old SCSI hard drives kicking around my studio. I could take one of those an image it to work if I had the original ISO image of the E4x hard drive.

Internet search is finding gobs of factory CDROMs, but not the OG spinny hard drive.

Also, bummer, it has the 1MB Flash RAM, so I'm stuck at EOS 3.0b, unless I can source a 2MB card.

Okay, so I already own an MC909 and a Kurzweil K2000rs (with sample option and ZuluSCSI), an XV5080 with a ZuluSCSI sample playback, as well as Cubase Artist 15 (so there's a sampler in that, too). I honestly have not dug deeply into the samplers I already have, apart from finding out that the MC909 is more about creating funky drum loops than creating sample based instruments spread across a keyboard. I'm honestly considering selling the MC909.

I've always had a nearly fetish level of love for Emu gear, samplers,ROMplers, etc. I already own a Proteus MPS Plus keyboard, but it has no filters, an d kinda feels limited for preset design. I'm interested in a Proteus 2000, or any of the other 3rd gen Emu ROMplers.

An ESI-4000 with Turbo option has grabbed my attention, because of the fantastic price. I love the Z-Plane filters, and figured I could use this sampler as a real time effect box in addition to the sampler functions.

I make a lot of pop-rock with some synthwave kinda keyboard tracks on it. I'm a huge fan of 80s, 90s, music, as well as 80s, 90s, and 2000s ROMplers.

Please, I need an intervention before I shoot more of this junk in my veins.