By TreCipher617
Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:20 pm
i just dont get how the 500 is still over $500 new, there the tiniest pieces of shit...
By Clint
Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:41 pm
Akai set the wholesale price which the retailer pays, retailer sets the retail price which you pay. Retailer will keep the price as high as possible as long as possible to protect their profit margin. The bigger retailers get better terms on stock because they sell more.
By S.I.C.K THE DRUMGOD
Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:50 pm
I'm happy with my purchase. If it was under $500 new I wouldn't consider it"professional "gear. You're getting the AKAI name with 48 tracks and effects and MIDI and portability. All the free drumkits and samples I found online alone paid for it sevenfold.I love this lil joint. Perfect compliment to my SU700 my MO PHATT my JV 1010 and MY RS 5.Once I get my multitrack I'm murking EVERYTHING. MOVING!!!!!
soundcloud.com/sick-the-drumgod
By inflict3
Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:23 am
i am totally happy with my 500, i use it way more then my1000jjos2xl.. i got mine off ebay though.. wish akai would do regular updates on it though, akai is a take ur money and run kinda company...
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And, no that is not a dude. Its my sister.
By S.I.C.K THE DRUMGOD
Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:49 am
I'm dead serious. I wish I had this 500 earlier. The timing and sound quality is crazy! .The workflow is much faster than THE SU700. I love how you can audition samples and perform different functions while the sequencer rolls. I think people expected to get a "one box solution .But as a.veteran dude who's bought mad gear since 92, you will never get everything in one piece of gear.This is the best hardware option under 600bucks new.IMHO
soundcloud.com/sick-the-drumgod
By Ill-Green
Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:22 pm
S.I.C.K THE DRUMGOD wrote:I'm dead serious. I wish I had this 500 earlier. The timing and sound quality is crazy! .The workflow is much faster than THE SU700. I love how you can audition samples and perform different functions while the sequencer rolls. I think people expected to get a "one box solution .But as a.veteran dude who's bought mad gear since 92, you will never get everything in one piece of gear.This is the best hardware option under 600bucks new.IMHO
Well, I do it all in the box. The 500 is very capable to be a sampler/multitrack. You just have to forget its a sampler and record like a multitracker. It was my sketchpad for Gasmask Tortures and I had the 128 RAM already filled with just 5 songs of beats and vocals. I would put a verse on pad 3 and verse 2 pad 6 etc. And because of wav file capabilities I can send to my laptop and from my laptop to the MV and really get serious.
By TreCipher617
Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:52 pm
99% of it is software which i never used so i dunno how it is, but i feel its too cheap, seems like its fragile and weiths 1 lb
ill green:
You said you record verses into your 500. If I use a condenser mic hooked up to a phantom powered mixer or whatever.. and send it to the MPC and record. Does it sound good, you know, does it sound muggy at all? Could you tell it is a big ass sample?
Just thinking it's a good idea for me to try.
You said you record verses into your 500. If I use a condenser mic hooked up to a phantom powered mixer or whatever.. and send it to the MPC and record. Does it sound good, you know, does it sound muggy at all? Could you tell it is a big ass sample?
Just thinking it's a good idea for me to try.
By Ill-Green
Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:55 pm
SILIS101 wrote:ill green:
You said you record verses into your 500. If I use a condenser mic hooked up to a phantom powered mixer or whatever.. and send it to the MPC and record. Does it sound good, you know, does it sound muggy at all? Could you tell it is a big ass sample?
Just thinking it's a good idea for me to try.
It'll sound very nice with a preamp indeed or phantom powered mixers. The 500 can sample while playing a sequence so you can sing or rap over a beat and it'll end up as its own sample without the beat, like an acapella. Extract quotes to create an echo effect with velocity, possibilities are endless when you use your imagination
500 can do long or short samples it doesn't matter as long you don't exceed the memory.
By inflict3
Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:37 am
Wow Mr green!! That's sum shit!! U really put that 500 to work!!
Tapuno wrote:No, its not the fat **** I was supposed to **** but never did.
And, no that is not a dude. Its my sister.
By Lampdog
Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:02 am
Ill-Green wrote:The ASR-10 can sample while playing a sequence so you can sing or rap over a beat and it'll end up as its own sample without the beat, like an acapella. Extract quotes to create an echo effect with velocity, possibilities are endless when you use your imagination
ASR-10 can do long or short samples it doesn't matter as long you don't exceed the memory.
I used to do this exact same thing on the ASR-10. And if the 500 can do it, I'm sure it will be fine, just use that imagination.
Stop getting automatically offended when you see gold letters!
By Ill-Green
Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:10 pm
The red ASR-X was the first sampler I saw and I wanted it but when the merchant showed me the price I backed off. I only had a hundred fifty on me that day, I knew I had to clean more backyards and move peoples furniture to get it.
By Lampdog
Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:28 pm
I sold my ASR x Pro to get the less powerful but more fun to use 2kxlse2. Glad I did but now I find myself wanting another red beast.
Stop getting automatically offended when you see gold letters!