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i would really like to get an Akai S6000 if i can get hold of the funds....i'd also love to get an Akai S950 to go along with it for true 12bit crunch the reason i choose the S6000 is because of the ease of use no-fuss waveform editing, and the expandability. not to mention the polyphony and multiple outs (16 individual outputs if i remember correctly). it would be my main sampler, so the fact that it can be expanded to 256MB RAM is a nice option, and i think it can have a hard drive inside it so you can store the samples on the sampler. i don't wanna have to arse around with floppy disks or ZIP drives. |
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i noticed a few emu ultra samplers on ebay a while back . so cheap i nearly puked, cause i paid full whack. i think one fully expanded went for 200 pounds. or sumthing!? emu filters rule! |
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I got an s2000 that I may have to part with cause I`m moving. I really don`t want too but make me an offer... |
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I would suggest going for one of the newer samplers of you can afford it. Trying to find a z4 or z8 might be worth your while, or the roland vp3000 or yamaha a4000 or a5000. They should all be going for extremely cheap (between 200 - 500). They are fast, reliable, and should support things like compact flash and secure data cards, as well as hard drives. Generally, all of the latest generation studio samplers had very some impressive technology, and got all but overlooked due to computers that were becoming useful as all in one solutions, so they ended up not selling very well. Thus, the prices on the used market generally are crazy cheap. I wouldn't suggest an akai s950, because its one of those things that sound like an awesome idea until you have it, and then you never end up using it because its more fuss than its worth. I had one. Used it to sample two sounds over 6 months and then ended up selling it (made a profit tho). Like freqy said, emu is also a very good choice for used samplers. They really made an effort to push the technology ahead at the time, and had very nice sounding filters. |
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thanks for your suggestions Taxidermist, i appreciate you taking an interest in my gear choices :) with regards to features, i'm not too fussed about the sampler's ability to interface with a Mac or PC (for editing facilities or something like that) since i don't own one, and will probably continue using my Atari for sequencing. my one irk about using something more modern is the filters...do you know if any of the samplers you've suggested have analogue filters? i really don't want a sampler that has digital filters, and as far as i know all of the Akai S- series have analogue filters. i still wanna get an S950, and i would take the time to arse around with it. admittedly i'm gonna get pissed off with having to use floppies to store the samples on, but i'm planning on sampling breakbeats with it anyways, so it shouldn't be a problem. although my recent output is veering away from sample based stuff is is going more ambient-ish, so i dunno. :) |
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None of the s series samplers have analogue filters. The earlier models have an interface that plugs into the ax60 & ax80 synthesizers so that you can use the analogue filters on those with the samplers. I don't even think the filters on anything below the s3000 have resonance. You will find analogue filters on a lot of the earlier emu samplers though. It sounds like those are probably the samplers for you, as the various different options for those make them more like synthesizers than samplers. Give me a bit and I will put together a list of suggestions for you, as I haven't done too much research into the emu samplers. Another suggestion would be a k2000 with sampling option. I actually have a bout of GAS for a k2000 right now. Its all digital, but not in a cheap sounding digital kind of way, more in that it gives you so many different options you will be willing to overlook the entire digital signal path because it sounds awesome. |
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by K2000 i assume you mean it's a Kurzweil? i've heard good things about them :) thanks for putting me straight on the S series Akai's - i could've swore the S2000 and S1000 we had in college were analogue filters though...then again that was 6 years ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be. i'd LOVE an Emu Emulator III ;) |
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just a little note if you do go for an emulator . check that the software version allows you to automate resonance in real time....on the older emus you could only alter the resonance each time a note was struck. and not during the full length of the note. the emu e6400 ultra has a large display and is really user friendly with internal hard drive. I have kept mine for the filters. i find a nice sample on my pc then transfer it over to the emu via digital then back again. im still waiting for an emualtor X torrent to try it out ....its an emu software sampler ...not sure if you need the emu cards to make it work tho?? should be real cool . peace:) |
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I think you do need the cards. All the DSP happens there, the software is just the interface |
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