Hardware Samplers - anyone still use them?

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:06 pm

If so, why? Curious - I'm having dreams of a little hardware setup again but it could just be me being discontented - but who knows

anyone?

adonis

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:10 pm

I'm hankering for an Edison wax cylinder recorder...

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:27 am

Hi Adonis,

Yep still using my Akai S3200 in my live rig - mainly cos its ZERO latency and 1000% reliable no matter how much I batter it (frustrated percussionist speaking) and the filters and FX board are someting I can't re-create on anything else.

BTW, Nice to meet you in Seattle!

p

marky · Post by **marky** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:02 am

As much as I loved my old Roland S-760, I can never go back.

But much is wrong with the softie samplers too.. I used Kontakt for 18 months before it hosed my Logic 6 OS 9 setup and i had to pull it off.

It's still not a stable program at v2.02.

I'm currently solely using simpler as my softy sampler .. and quite enjoying the limitations! (though the you can't go further than 2 semitones away from the original sample pitch as the interpolation is utter pish!)

But I'm productive, so it doesn't matter!

MarkH · Post by **MarkH** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:09 am

djadonis206 wrote:If so, why? Curious - I'm having dreams of a little hardware setup again but it could just be me being discontented - but who knows

anyone?

adonis

Here are a couple options.

1) Get an Akai MPC2500 when available. They offer the kind of hardware tweaking that us Ableton users crave. More so than the "other" type of samplers like the 19" rackmount tone modules like the Roland or Akai S series.

2) Buy an M-Audio Trigger Finger. It's mapped for Impulse and also has 10 memory slots for different kinds of configs.. It really satisfies that hardware-craving because it works great with Ableton whether you use it for Impulse, Simpler, or Clips. The 8 knobs and 4 sliders also come in handy.

Regards,
Mark

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:37 am

MPC 2000XL and Yamaha A5000 still in use in my studio (tried to sell the A5k unsuccesfully so I keep it, fantastic filters and good effects).

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:45 am

akai s2000 sitting gathering dust in a cupboard

radeon · Post by **radeon** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:09 am

I recently purchased an Akai MPC400. A few weeks later I swapped it for a Roland MV 8000. AWESOME I TELL YA. I intended to use it for drums and some keyboard samples but have ended up writing all my music on this awesome beast. It can do anythng Live can maybe even better. The best thing is the feel of the pads triggering samples without any delay I can now feel what Im programming. Its so good I might be selling my copy of live 5.
I want to keep live 4. Can I do that?

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:31 pm

radeon wrote:I recently purchased an Akai MPC400. A few weeks later I swapped it for a Roland MV 8000. AWESOME I TELL YA. I intended to use it for drums and some keyboard samples but have ended up writing all my music on this awesome beast. It can do anythng Live can maybe even better. The best thing is the feel of the pads triggering samples without any delay I can now feel what Im programming. Its so good I might be selling my copy of live 5.
I want to keep live 4. Can I do that?

no, if you sell the licence you can't keep older version of live.

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:39 pm

I atill use an Emu e6400 ultra occasionally, for certain sounds if I need them to be real phat and/or use the emu's lovely filters ... also the chorus is wicked on that thing.

My S2000 meanwhile has been sitting in its box for a few years now...

lola · Post by **lola** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:51 pm

elemental wrote:I atill use an Emu e6400 ultra occasionally, for certain sounds if I need them to be real phat and/or use the emu's lovely filters ... also the chorus is wicked on that thing.

My S2000 meanwhile has been sitting in its box for a few years now...

Hardware samplers still sound much better than any softsampler.
Period.
And its sound that counts me thinks.

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:29 pm

lola wrote:
elemental wrote:I atill use an Emu e6400 ultra occasionally, for certain sounds if I need them to be real phat and/or use the emu's lovely filters ... also the chorus is wicked on that thing.

My S2000 meanwhile has been sitting in its box for a few years now...
Hardware samplers still sound much better than any softsampler.
Period.
And its sound that counts me thinks.

W O R D

The Scientist · Post by **The Scientist** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:53 pm

mpc1k & ASR 10. These are the tools that make up the heart of my beats. Then after that I'll throw it into to live to add more effects, adn mixing. My main reason for getting Live 5 was to be ale to perform my music without having to lug around a bunch of equipment out of my studio in order to perform. plus when taking equipment out. i didn't want to have to worry about my ASR getting dropped, spilled drinks, or anything else for that matter. I love my hardware as much as my software. I want it to last as long as it can

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:21 pm

Pitch Black wrote:Hi Adonis,

Yep still using my Akai S3200 in my live rig - mainly cos its ZERO latency and 1000% reliable no matter how much I batter it (frustrated percussionist speaking) and the filters and FX board are someting I can't re-create on anything else.

BTW, Nice to meet you in Seattle!

p

Yeah, that was awesome - you guys rocked it!

Thanks for calling and hopefully you guys will roll back through when you're on this side of the planet again

Peace

Oh yeah, samplers - word...I was thinking of getting a s2800 or upgrading Kontakt to 2.0 but really I'm not doing that much stuff which isn't loop based. Phatmatik is crakin' right now except for it being pretty dodgy in Live 5

Battery 1 point whatever seems to be doing the trick for a clap, hat and a little percussion here and there

I think I'm just dying to spend (make believe) money I got saved...but I think I'm going to use that money to spoil my new dog, or put a couple bucks down on my XBOX 360 and HD tv or god forbid do something nice for my girl

word!

A

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:08 pm

Pitch Black - here's a couiple photo's I have from the night (I took with my phone so they're kinda shotty!) but you guys blew up!

Word!

come to seattle and DJ or play live and I'll take photo's of you too with my camera phone and post them all over the internet

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