| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 2702.1 | Whatcha want? | TLE::ALIVE::ASHFORTH | Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace | Fri Aug 23 1991 08:45 | 21 |
| Re basenote:
You say "module;" you mean you don't want another keyboard, right? When you
say "confused," *how* confused? IOW, does it have to be a sampler, as opposed
to a different kind of SGU (i.e., based on synthesis)? You can connect *any*
type of SGU to your K1 with nothing more than MIDI cable(s)...
If the answer to the last question is no, there are so many possibilities and
prices that it's ridiculous- let's say $200-$2000 as a reasonable range. If the
answer is that you definitely *do* want a sampler, that's a bit different.
Most of what I've seen aren't rack-mount units, but then I haven't looked real
hard at samplers per se. I think I did see some stuff on sale at Daddy's Junky
Music (Nashua, NH) yesterday- Ensoniq Mirage or EPS, I believe, I'm not certain.
If you're local to that or another MIDIporium, my suggestion would be to go
have a look and a listen, and see what your bucks can get- then shop around.
I'm sure some COMMUSICer who's more into samplers can give you an idea of
current price ranges.
Bob (who has a K1-II as well, though that doesn't matter here...)
|
| 2702.2 | Lots Of Stuff To Consider | RGB::ROST | Fart Fig Newton | Fri Aug 23 1991 10:00 | 27 |
| Most samplers are pretty pricey. In brand new (and still in
manufacture) gear in the under $2000 range, there are really only two
things around, the Ensoniq EPS-16+ and the Roland W-30 sampling
"workstation". Roland's new S-7XX series is really big $$ as are the
Akai units.
As far as used, you can go from the cheesy Akai S-612 for a little over
$200 to a Mirage rack mount in the $5-600 range to various oddball
machines from Roland (MKS-100 and MKS-220), Casio (FZ-10M) or a used
EPS-M at a little over $1000.
There are far fewer sampler manufacturers than synth manufacturers.
Kawai, Korg and Yamaha make none (although the latter two used to).
Samplers in general are more complex to program and prepare for live
performance. Most are disk-based, so until you boot a disk, they won't
make a peep. That's why the low-end market has shifted to sample
*players* which trade off a limited pallette of samples for ease of use
and lower cost (no disk drive or editing software needed). As a
result, the sampler makers have shifted more to address studio users
who typically have bigger budgets and are willing to pay for lots of
gee-whiz features like hard drives and visual editors.
To pick a good unit depends on what your final application is. If you
want hyper-realistic acoustic instruments you may want a different
unit than if you want to create rap tunes or industrial music.
Brian
|
| 2702.3 | Akai S-612 at Daddy's: $299.99 | TLE::ALIVE::ASHFORTH | Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace | Fri Aug 23 1991 13:30 | 1 |
| That was the price (new) when I dropped in today at luchtime... (Nashua)
|
| 2702.4 | first in the hearts of their countrymen | SALSA::MOELLER | Just paint a bullseye around it | Fri Aug 23 1991 18:33 | 3 |
| E-Mu Systems of California still exists, I believe...
karl
|
| 2702.5 | ? | FASDER::AHERB | Al is the *first* name | Sun Aug 25 1991 02:20 | 2 |
| Why is the Akai cheezy?
|
| 2702.6 | Save yo' money... | MANTHN::EDD | He's an artist, a pioneer.. | Sun Aug 25 1991 12:02 | 11 |
| > Why is the Akai cheezy?
Firstly, it's 6 year old technology. And sounds it.
The biggest booger is that it doesn't support multisampling, invariably
causing munchkins and trolls. I believe it's only 8 bits.
How bad is it? I considered one, but bought a Mirage instead...
(actually, the Mirage was the only game in town at the time.)
Edd
|