ASR-10

drunkmonkey5556 wrote:yeah what they said^


it comes with 2mb (i think), which is 31 seconds mono. and half of that stereo.
but you can get the expansion for like 30 bucks or less, and it gives you something insane like 250 seconds or something, i forget

damn 31 seconds? i expected a lot less lol.. i wont need any expansion at all then lol.. swing isnt a problem, lately i havent even been using swing.. im thinkin about the sequencer.. is it THAT bad? lol

@grublet, dont have money to keep both so i cant keep both

if anyone here wants to trade, im down!

its not that bad. you just gotta get used to it. especially if you're using FL studio. you can sequence your song in the asr then put it in FL and make edits, add things, etc. i use pro tools, and i sequence mostly in the asr

drunkmonkey5556 wrote:its not that bad. you just gotta get used to it. especially if you're using FL studio. you can sequence your song in the asr then put it in FL and make edits, add things, etc. i use pro tools, and i sequence mostly in the asr

i was just thinking that.. i wont even need floppies or anything

What's up watupange

I use the ASR-10 almost on a daily..mine happens to have the SCSI and was lucky enough to find the original 16 disks that came out from Ensoniq full of drums/synths/ and sounds, and also found the SCSI CD drive to load em!..

There are a few differences that are pretty critical..like someone mentioned, there is no swing, and the quantize must be implemented AFTER you record your pattern..but one thing thats dope is you have 1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32 and 1/64 in both regular and trips..or you can just leave it off as i do!

another thing is of course, pads vs keys..the chopping on this bad boy is priceless!! i love it..

another is ASR-10's cant do 89.6 BPMs , it only does whole BPMs (89)

i can go on for days and days, but i use both and simply love both, but the ASR is my weapon of choice..if you wanna check out the "workflow" check out this video of me rockin it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dQphNJFcc

if you can find one as i clean is did, with the SCSI and the output expander etc, you won't regret it! Hit me up if you have any additional questions..

primemusic wrote:What's up watupange

I use the ASR-10 almost on a daily..mine happens to have the SCSI and was lucky enough to find the original 16 disks that came out from Ensoniq full of drums/synths/ and sounds, and also found the SCSI CD drive to load em!..

There are a few differences that are pretty critical..like someone mentioned, there is no swing, and the quantize must be implemented AFTER you record your pattern..but one thing thats dope is you have 1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32 and 1/64 in both regular and trips..or you can just leave it off as i do!

another thing is of course, pads vs keys..the chopping on this bad boy is priceless!! i love it..

another is ASR-10's cant do 89.6 BPMs , it only does whole BPMs (89)

i can go on for days and days, but i use both and simply love both, but the ASR is my weapon of choice..if you wanna check out the "workflow" check out this video of me rockin it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dQphNJFcc

if you can find one as i clean is did, with the SCSI and the output expander etc, you won't regret it! Hit me up if you have any additional questions..

hmm all of those arent big problems at all.. i think im gonna go and try one

also, at first it's extremely hard to learn, it was for me at least. i thought i wouldn't be able to use it for like 6 months but it wasnt as bad as it seemed. so keep that in mind when you get it and first use it.

good luck!

drunkmonkey5556 wrote:also, at first it's extremely hard to learn, it was for me at least. i thought i wouldn't be able to use it for like 6 months but it wasnt as bad as it seemed. so keep that in mind when you get it and first use it.

good luck!

Word, my first Asr-10 I was overwhelmed and didn't learn it. The second time around, it was a breeze. I just paid attention to how everything is setup. I love the Asr-10 now.

Got my ASR-10 for about a month now, still figuring it out. I will tame this beast eventually!!

Got my first asr10 back in '94. Kept it for a couple of years then got rid of it. Landed my second and current asr with the lcd display back in '97.

I love this board dispite any shortfalls it might have, but I think it makes up for that through it's efx.

I loved my ASR-10. The floppy drive died on me, so I got rid of it a few years ago. Honestly, I always liked programming with the ASR's sequencer over the MPC's. If you want to get a feel for how the ASR's sequencer is, turn your MPC's "swing" off. What you play into the ASR's sequencer is literally what you will hear, when you press play. So if your timing is horribly off, the ASR will play your horrible timing as you played it. There is step editing, though. People forget that the "swing" feature on the MPC is really just time correction: meaning it places your pad hits to the closest on beat slot in the sequence according to your swing settings. My limited experience with the ASR's quantize feature is that's more or less like the MPC's swing... I personally never used it after trying it a few times. If you're not sure of your ability to keep time constantly, don't hesitate to use the ASR's step editing, until you improve on your playing skills. Swing/quantize cannot and will never replace good playing.

The only thing I ever liked about the MPC would be the pads. Playing pads rather than keys is more natural for me. I can't stand much else about the MPC, which is why I really only use it to control an S-950. One of these days I hope to get an ASR-10 rack to add to the S-950. S-950's sound and sample editing literally kills my 2000's, though the 2000 has an insane amount of sample time. My original setup was an ASR-10(2MB, 2 outputs, no scsi) controlling an S-950. I picked up the S-950 only because I couldn't get the 8 output expander for the ASR, so I just did my drums on the S-950. Once my ASR-10's floppy drive died and I couldn't find a replacement, I picked up the MPC 2000 and found out I like pads better than keys... but I love the ASR's sample engine, editing, and effects so damn much better than the MPC's. All the extra midi tracks on the MPC I've found to be lost on my use for it. I don't really use more than 8 midi tracks, if at all.