akai s20

Anyone have an opinion on the s20, in terms of lo-fi sampling.. would it be anything close to a s950? Also wondering if either of these(s20, s950) would translate their sound very well into the mpc2500? Just would like to play around with that type of sound..

The S20 is strictly 16 bit, the 950 is 12 so a big difference there. While the S20 sounds good in its own right, it is a budget sampler so it's bound to have cheaper converters etc.

The big 'lo-fi' appeal to the S20 is that it can convert your samples down to a 4k sampling rate!

Thanks, I'm looking to get something like that instead of an mpc 60 or sp1200.. too much $$ for those! maybe even a good software(if there is such a thing) I heard of something called 'bit cruncher'??

i used to have one of these and i remember it sounding real good, it was my first sampler though so maybe it was just that, I actually just bought one again of ebay, i got a bunch of old floppy disks for it, im waiten on it to come in the mail this week, so i let you know how it sounds but for under 100 dollars its already worth it to me. And yea i remember that resampling feature it was pretty dope.

Look for a Casio RZ-1. I love mine (I own two -- one as a spare). Finding one that's not thrashed is hard though since they were cheaply made. Personally I think the SP-12 and MPC-60 sound too good and not dirty enough, yet the RZ-1 walks the fine line between clearly bitcrushed and aggressive and clean. This is a beat I did in Reason, while the drums were programmed on the RZ-1:

http://homepage.mac.com/alqahtani/.Publ ... -dream.mp3

At one time Casio did have a professional line, and the RZ-1 was one of the products.

Ralph which are you talking, the s20? and definitely letme know how you like it!

Is that RZ-1 8 bit or something??

you can get tha s20 for low money and its cool to play with it.
it has midi so you can use that also with a synthie
the sound is different, but cant be compared to tha s950.
try it....
but dont expect too much

wizardsmoke wrote:Ralph which are you talking, the s20? and definitely letme know how you like it!

Is that RZ-1 8 bit or something??

Yep, it's 8-bit. It could be something weird like 10 or 12 though, but I doubt it given the year it was made and how inexpensive it was.

winz wrote:you can get tha s20 for low money and its cool to play with it.
it has midi so you can use that also with a synthie
the sound is different, but cant be compared to tha s950.
try it....
but dont expect too much

yea im talking bout the akai s20 ive never heard what the s950 or 900 sound like.

it sounded a little thinner than the 950.
but still interesting for some kind of beats...
give it a try!
my homeboy had one for some time.
i know it could read my s950 disks, although they needed to be pitched down in the s20.

Thanks for the info guys, I will be going to E-bay or craigslist and see which one of these I can get my hands on for cheap hopefully!

im hopefully gettin one of these, will know by sunday. its a bargain.

I had an S20. I loved it. Super easy to use and gets the job done.

Been looking on ebay and craigslist and still cant find a good deal on any of these

you will, trust me.
in the meantime, check out some youtube clips what can be done with this machine...
theres plenty of clips....