#one stop soundshop
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Does anyone use the One Stop Sound Shop from Blue Ribbon? I would like
to know how you like it and which set of Proteus sounds it has inside. I
am particularly interested in the sound editing software and sounds from
the Proteus World.
dBrown
dBrown,
Hi. I own the One-Stop Music Shop. I like it very much. There is a file
in the Libs here that lists all the sounds contained in the E-Mu sound
engine on the board. Check the file and then let me know if you have any
further questions.
Dom Fontana
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That is very amazing because I heard it and found it was horrible and I had it
compare to a SC155 from Roland and this OSMS was null compare to the 55 . I
have called Blue Ribbon service to explain that maybe there was something wrong
with the unit I had but they said there were suprise and thd that this was the
sound so my conclusion is that it is not very good sound for serious midi
player . Marcel Jacques from North Quebec City .
Marcel,
Thanks for your comments, but I disagree with you. I'm sure Blue Ribbon
couldn't tell over the phone if your board was defective or if it was set
up improperly. It sounds like your board is not performing properly. The
One-Stop Music Shop from Blue Ribbon has excellent 16-bit audio quality.
It uses the E-MU sound engine chip which is manufactured my E-MU and used
in many other sound boards, with universal acclaim. The sound quality is
comparable to the Proteus line of sample players.
For those reading this thread, the One-Stop Music Shop sounds fabulous.
Not only isn't it the case that it doesn't have good sound, it is actually
the quintessential sound board for the serious and professional MIDI
player due to its outstanding 16-bit sound quality.
Dom Fontana
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Even if you try to hide it the sound of the board I had was like the amiga one
and when I called Blue Ribbon nobody offered me to try another one . This I
don't understand well . They have lost a couple of sell here because of that .
Imagine that nobody here (Quebec city) will take the chance that you are rig
this board souns good for that price . So without hearing a good board on their
machine , nobody will buy this one.
Maiby they are to busy .
Marcel,
My experience has been that Blue Ribbon has great customer service.
There may have been a misunderstanding between you and Blue Ribbon, since
they are never too busy to help a customer.
Did you buy the OSMS directly from Blue Ribbon or from a dealer? If you
bought it from a dealer and you think it's defective, then you should ask
the dealer to replace it for you. However, if you're having problems with
your dealer, I'm sure Blue Ribbon will take care of you.
Have you ever heard the E-MU Proteus/1 sample playback module? It's a
rack mount 16-bit MIDI sound module. I have the Proteus/1 XR and the
Proteus/2 and Proteus/3 are also available. These are standard modules
used in professional recording studios around the world. It's generally
acknowledged that they sound great.
Now E-MU themselves manufactures the E-MU Proteus sound engine board
that they make available to other companies. If you look at Blue Ribbon's
One-Stop Music Shop board you will see that there is a smaller board (that
says E-MU on it) that is connected to the OSMS board. The point is that
the OSMS board is just a vehicle to allow the E-MU Proteus sound engine to
be used with the Amiga. The sound engine itself produces the sound. This
same sound engine is available in many other products and it's generally
acknowledged that it sounds great. My OSMS has virtually the same sound
quality as my Proteus/1 XR rack mount unit. There is the difference
between night and day between that sound and the Amiga's built-in 8-bit
sound.
I don't think you are actually hearing the OSMS's 16-bit sound and not
liking it. You are probably still hearing the Amiga's internal 8-bit
sounds and that's why you are not satisfied. That is, the OSMS is not
performing properly with your computer. The issue is to found out why it's
not working and then to correct the problem. I don't believe you are not
happy with the sound of the OSMS; for some reason you are not listening to
the sound of the OSMS. When you get it to work properly, I believe you
will be very satisfied with the sound quality.
I'll ask Melissa to respond to you here or you can call her on Monday
yourself. She'll make sure that you get what you paid for, even if it
means sending you a new OSMS board. Believe me, the board sounds great.
After the problem is resolved, please let me know what you think of the
OSMS board.
Good luck.
Dom Fontana
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Don't missunderstand me and don't think I am not knowing wath I am doing . I
heard the sound of this board and it was bad . How can you believe that I could
misjudge this fact ? The sound comming out og that plug on that board was
incorrect . That is all . I have always believed that this board was to be a
good piece of hardware for midi purpose and was very surprised of the inverse
so I am trying to know the truth . Marcel Jacques
The sound was BAD? I find it hard to believe that the sound of the
One-Stop was bad, unless it was defective or your audio output
device(s) were not hi fidelity. As was previously stated by Mr.
Fontana, the One-Stop utilizes an E-MU Proteus soundengine, which has
undisputably become one of the industry standards for synthesis. To
those of you who do not know, the One-Stop has 4 MB of Soundfile
ROM. This makes for some very good acoustic instrument samples,
which is very evident in such patches as the Acoustic Grand Piano and
any of the string patches. The frequency response of the One-Stop is
a full 20Hz-20kHz, which spans the entire frequency response of the
human ear. Total Harmonic Distortion is less than 0.05%. If you
like the quality of any of the Proteus keyboards or sound modules,
then you will like the One-Stop.
Marcel, I encourage you to give technical support a call and see if
what you heard is the way the One-Stop should sound. We will be
happy to help you out!
Adam,
Hello and welcome to the Forum! It's nice to have you here. I look
forward to communicating with you. Have fun.
Dom Fontana
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That board was bad , that is what I said I beleive ! But my message
should not be here I apologize for Blue Ribbon that is a m mistake
from my part . I just mention that to get the attention of someone
from Blue Ribbon to the fact that a bad board was in circulation over
here . I had no way to compare the board with a good one so was no
shure I am trying to get back this board to send it to blue Ribbon
but the store that had it is not any more in business so It will be
hard . From my experience the was bits missing in the D/A process I
guess because it sounded like 8 or 12 bits samples . Reread my
messages and you will see that I never tried to say that all the
boards were b board were bad . I was refering to a particular board .
Marcel Jacques
Hello!
We will be glad to help you out in any way we can… Our quality
control and customer service is VERY important to us. Thank you for your
comments!
Adam Nitti
The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
We have contacted the person the have the board on hand and he does
not want me to se to give me that board to send it to you because he
is affraid I will have problems with custom which I know I won't . So
there is no hope for this solution . And that is not me that needed a
board. d . My friend will not spend that amount of money before
hearing it . I believe you when you say that sound great but again I
will not be able to convince him enough to take the chance . I will
let you know of any devellopement for that purpose . By the way have
you been thinking in designing a soft for sampling edition .? I own a
sampler and would need that sort of soft in conjonction with
Bars&Pipes Thanks Marcel Jacques
Marcel,
Please understand that I know you are trying to find out the truth
about the board and I really believe that you DO know what you are doing.
What I was saying was you may have been given a defective board,
because everyone else who has heard it has raved about the sound. And even
if for some reason you didn't think the board sounded as good as you had
hoped, it definitely sounds tremendously better than the Amiga's 8-bit
sound. Since you said that the board sounded the same as the 8-bit sound,
I figured that something is wrong with the board.
What audio system do you have the board hooked up to? Is it hooked up
to a good stereo system or to a video monitor or cheap pair of computer
speakers?
We'd all like to help you discover why your board is not working
properly.
Dom Fontana
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We have listen to it with a good sound system side to side with a
EPS16 and with headphones to verify the noise qualite of the board .
We are Blue Ribbon custommers that wanted to refere that board to
friends using 3000 and Bars&Pipes and I have always been proposing
Blue Ribbon products as the best one that is why I tried to get an
attention from them because I had talked to a person in service that
could not deal with me marketting way because I don't own this
particular Board . Anyway I talked to Todor about it and I am trying
to put my hand on this board to send them back and reestablish
confidence with the friends in process to buy such a product. Maybe
because of my poor English I have been badly explaining the situation
and I apologize for the inconveniences . Marcel Jacques Quebec City .
Good luck, Marcel and let us know what happens.
Dom Fontana
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Too busy? Goodness! We are never too busy for our customers. We are in the
process of expanding, though. Maybe you got someone who was new. In any case,
if you have issue with any of our products, please call technical support at
404-315-0212 between 1pm and 5pm EST.
/m
The problem is that we had to verify the quality of the sound of your card for
a store that did not know about music sound and midi . So that store got a
board from his dealer in Toronto I guess . Our comparaison was with a SC 55
from Roland that I own . The sound of your card look like the AMIGA internal
sound with some kind of static static a the end of the samples . There was
friend that we had to introduce in the midi world waiting for the
recommandation . And we said no way this was horrible overhall quality . This
store now is not existing anymore in Quebec City and I will never pay this
amount to verify if the previous one was broken or not . So I called Blue
Ribbon and explain that to a service person that said we never had any problem
that was all . Please understand that I am not complaining but just informing
you that here someone told people to not buy this board . There will be no way
to reverse this except earing good sounds from a good bo board to reestablish
the confidence . I personnaly own SuperJam! Triple play plus a nd syncpro and
am very please with i with it but I would never buy OSMS with what I heard . I
am just trying to inform you about what happen . I am sorry . Marcel Jacques
Hello, Marcel!
Who did you speak to here at Blue Ribbon about the One-Stop Music Shop. I;ve
heard nothing but praise for this soundcard, and as such, was surprised to hear
your opinion.
/m