Getting that 'old school' 12Bit Sound!?

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat May 06, 2006 6:43 pm

Here's another very cheap solution

http://www.wayfar.net/0xf00000_examples.php

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sat May 06, 2006 6:53 pm

that thing is dope!

lord toranaga · Post by **lord toranaga** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:36 pm

memory is nor hard to find.

soundlogic in ramona california still manufactures them, and sells them on their site.

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:28 am

Michael Tippach(asio4all) wrote:Edirol PCR-1 (I would not recommend this for audio as the audio quality of the PCR-1 is nowhere near the advertized specs of 24Bits/96kHz. Sounds more like 12Bits or so

wish I would have seen that before I bought it

no wonder it was so cheap!

jonathanpduffy · Post by **jonathanpduffy** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:43 am

So I bought the Akai s950...

...got it home, cleaned it up[...

And it bloody works! First time... YumYum.

Well, I haven't tried sampling yet (need a few more cables...) but the disks work and I can play it into my host no problem!.

Would be grateful for any setup tips and tricks..

J

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:25 am

heh...forget about tips & tricks for now, in the context of this thread lets hear some lo-fi oneshots man! ... any chance you could host an mp3 with some wet/dry examples of the s950 in action ? ...like the original wav, and the wav-post-lo-fidelity-stylee-s950

I'm really curious to hear, well some of us are I bet

I also heard the s950 has a neat timestretching/slicing effect ... supposed to sound pretty kool...

jonathanpduffy · Post by **jonathanpduffy** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:31 am

I'll certainly try and get this set up... I need to work out how to sample first!

I'll then post some vinyl drum hits sampled through the s950, and some straight into live/audacity...

The whole timestretching thing awaits... Luckily it came with the original manual....

J

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:50 am

what'd it set you back ?

jonathanpduffy · Post by **jonathanpduffy** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:12 pm

I paid £150. Apparently it's 'fully expanded' which means that it's got a MASSIVE 2.5 mb memory.... old school indeed.

It's in excellent condition and came with original boot disk, 3 sound disks and the original manual and Akai/Turnkey documentation (long since expired).

So far all works perfectly and the lcd is in great shape (often a problem).

I'm pretty happy. I tried to beat him down to £100... but no luck. He knew he could sell it.

It's bloody large though, and I'm going to have to persuade my wife that she's delusional when she sees it...

"no dear, it's not really there,.come and lie down, I think you're ill..."

J