What's the best sampler?

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DJ SKY

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Has anyone used the Roland SP-808 groovesampler with the D-Beam controller? Is it reliable? I mean, it would suck if you're performing (DJ'ing for example) and the sample that's supposed to come on next doesn't come up.

DJ SKY

[Edited by DJ SKY on 08-22-2000 at 01:27 PM]
 
The best sampler? what kind do you mean... The SP808 is mainly a dj oriented tool / realitme for stage performance... However in the studio it is a whole other story.

How do you want to use your sampler exactly?
 
i am looking for an sp12 type sampler

i am looking for an sp12 type sampler
any tips on what to buy?
(the sp-808ex is WAY outta my price range.. but is kick a$$)

Derek
 
Maybe you could get the Roland MC-303 Groove box. IIts pretty cool. It has 40 synth basses, 35 synth leads, and 33 synth pads onboard.

12 rhythm kits, built-in vintage synth sounds and arpeggios. It has an 8 track sequencer, and a whole lot of other stuff. Check it out!
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DJ SKY :)

P.S. There's also a MC-505 groovebox that I heard was hot.
 
thanks

actually i was thinking an analouge sampler.
my friend has a MC505 groovebox. it kicks ass!
but i think yamaha has a good small sampler with a ribbon controler
 
Let's read the topic again my friends :) "sampler"

But you know what... unless you are a "scene guy" or 100% performance DJ, I would stay away from these types of "boxes" if you are a studio man.

For realtime fun, these machines are good though..
 
Take a look at the Akai MPC2000XL : sampler + sequencer...
you got pads on it to play samples, time-stretching, function Slice sound (to cut your loops in many samples),....
I have a sampler Akai (CD3000) and never had any kind of problems with it...
 
I think the MPC2000 is a good compromise between studio and live...you got the reliability, the big sound library of akai, and many famous people used it on scene (underworld, bjork,...)...I don't know if the MPC can be linked to MESA (akai soft editing)...but if it's the case...it becomes very easy to edit your samples and prepare your live set...
I also saw a band using the SP808 live and it seemed to work fine...they were playing a lot with the D-Beam for filtering,etc...
 
Thanks for the info nook. Compromizing Studio / live is a tough thing to do when buying equipment.
 
Well mano I don't have much friends in music...and I'm a bit lost with the new hardwares and softs...I've spent the lasts months playing with flash and now it's time to go back to the Music ! hehehe
In fact I needed a break to find inspiration again...;)
 
And the best sampler of all the times is definitively the Fairlight CMI III ! :D :D :D
My dream is to have one, put it in my living-room, and when some friends would come for a drink, I'd switch it and play "Sonate au clair de lune" with a very weird sound !
 
and a synclavier in the kitchen, and play like Stevie Wonder while waiting for my coffee to be hot ! :cool:
 
and finally an Akai S612 to sample very strange sounds when I'd be in the toilets ! :eek:
 
hehehe well it was a bomb !
It was like a big workstation, sampler, sequencer, FM, DTD,...
The price was a bomb too !
well synths were very expensive and this kind of machines (also the fairlight)...it was just a dream for all keyboards players....
just have a look to the specs :
http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/synclav.html
http://www.synthony.com/vintage/synclavierII.html

and the best > Fairlight CMI III (I'll buy one in my life, just to realise an old child's dream !) :
http://www.geocities.com/~prohm/SynthLab/GreatSyn9.html
http://www.ghservices.com/gregh/fairligh/default.html
 
Actually... If you have 4600 USD, you can get a Creamware SCOPE/SP, which is a thousand times more powerful than the fairlight III and works on PC or MAC... It has just been released on september 1stDon't get me wrong... The Fairlight was awesome when it came out.. But this is the year 2000 :)
 
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