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By blkyankee Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:37 pm
First off thanks for all the help you guys have given. I've learned a lot just from reading others posts. I recently aquired a s950 and paired it with my 1k I wanted to add a keyboard and i figured these two are ones I'd be interested in. I was wondering what you guys thought of adding one of these to my set-up. What kind of sound should i expect to get?
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By bhunt Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:54 pm
those are both good boards, but I would suggest something like a moudle or rack, THe ASR-10 and EPS has sounds, but you have to load them and this becomes a pain when you are just dialing sounds in your keyboard. you already got 2 samplers, no need for a 3rd

By blkyankee Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:12 am
So u think something like a fantom xr or Motif ES would better suit me?
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By bhunt Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:44 am
yeah, but I wouldnt even get anything that expensive unless you really use the moudle a lot. I sample 95 perecent of my songs, so for me it doesn't make since to spend that much when all I use my modue for is fill ins' and stuff to fill out the beat. so you have to see what your needs are. If you play a lot then yes, but if not you might want to look into something like a XV-3080, JV-1080, proteous 2000 or korg TR rack.

By blkyankee Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:00 am
I'm gonna look into the models u suggested but I was interested in the fantom xr because of the sampler the rack has so i could make my own kits on there and keep them on my rack, and with the usb i could keep trakc of shit from my computer and only load up the samples i want. I do mostly sample but am teaching my self to play so the motif interests me for the strings and keys.