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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

759.0. "Akai S700 Rackmount Sampler and X7000 Sampler" by MINDER::KENT () Tue Apr 14 1987 12:43

                                                       
    I think I may be about to buy an AKAi S700 rack sampler (same as
    X7000). From my investigations of this machine over the weekend I 
    can't find anything to convince me that 750 pounds could be better 
    spent. Does anyone out there know any better.                           
                                                       
    Basically it is a 12 bit multi tymbral sampler. Which has 6 note
    ployphony which is dynamically assignable in mode 4. IE. You don;t
    have to limit the mode 4 operation  to one note per channel you
    can let the system allocate the voices as required. I will review
    it in full after some more use, should I actually lay out the money.
         
       					Paul.

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
759.1	Review coming soon?	LOLITA::DIORIO	`Tue Sep 08 1987 11:10`	7
	I assume that you have purchased this unit Paul. How does it perform? Do you like it? I have saved enough money to buy a sampler, and was wondering how this AKAI unit compares to an Ensoniq Mirage. What do you say? Mike D.
759.2	S'okay	MINDER::KENT	`Tue Sep 08 1987 13:14`	27
	Mike. All I can say, as I seem to say a lot, is that it does the Job I bought it for quite satifactorily thanks. I think the main difference over a unit like this and the Mirage is probably the large Voice library available for the Mirage and the fact that the AKAI uses 2.8 disks not the 3.? ones. However it does have an excellent MIDI implementation which I think I mentioned in my original note and it allows you to store 6 samples (up to 16 with the upgrade) and it also has a capability of 6 seperate audio outs. I tend to do my own Sampling and this is a cinch I have sampled lots of stuff from records and various other sources and have even put together a whole song which was based on samples all taken from Phil Collins "Face Value". It works well as a drum machine add-on with My DDD for getting a little extra bite into my drum tracks which I tend to master directly in sync mode from the 8 track. Anything specific you want to know ? Paul.
759.3	seperate outputs?	BARNUM::RHODES	`Wed Sep 09 1987 09:36`	8
	> (up to 16 with the upgrade) and it also has a capability of 6 seperate > audio outs. I tend to do my own Sampling and this is a cinch I have Paul, does the unit come with 6 seperate outputs, or is that a modification option? Todd.
759.4	2.8 = "quick disks" ?	LOLITA::DIORIO	`Wed Sep 09 1987 11:07`	10
	RE.2 : Paul, What you're saying is that the Akai uses the same size disks (2.8 in.) as the Roland S-10 and MKS-100 samplers. As far as I knew, this size has been labeled (by Roland I think) as "quick disks". Right? Mike D.
759.5	Quick Quick Quo	MINDER::KENT	`Thu Sep 10 1987 09:48`	13
	RE.-1 Yep They're quick disks. I think the "quick" refers to the time it takes to manafacture them. They are the same ones as on the S10 and the MDF1. RE.-2 The 700 comes with one audio-output and a 16 pin din socket if which each of the pins is one of the sample outs. If you call building a cable a modifcation, then the answer is yes if not, no. No? Paul.
759.6		BARNUM::RHODES	`Thu Sep 10 1987 10:03`	2
	Tanks Paul...
759.7	U.S. Pricing?	LOLITA::DIORIO	`Wed Sep 23 1987 11:34`	3
	Does anyone know how much one of these units costs here in the U.S.? Mike D.