Your Sampler History

Clint so the emu e4xt is a pretty recent acquisition, how r u liking it, I ask bcuz I'm nu to the e series as well, to emu samplers in general, oh yah and I'm bored.

At the moment, not much.

The internal SCSI HD sounds like an aeroplane taking off.

So before I use it seriously I need to upgrade to IDE HD and .WAV compatibility.

Plan is to upgrade it in several ways, play with it for a bit, and sell it on.

^lol, yah looks like u got a lot of different gear go thru ure hands, would love to b able to acquire that much experience unfortunately I've had several hiatus from music in general for different reasons ( not that u care or anything). Anyways good luck with it.

jibber wrote:

jibber wrote:- MPC500 (2008)
- MPC2500 SE (2010, sold 2012)
- MPC2000XL (2011, sold 2013)
- MPC2000XL SE3 (2011, sold 2012)
- MPC60 (2011)
- S950 (2011, sold 2014)

Looks like 2011 was my best year so far...

2011/2012...

- E-mu E4X (2011, sold 2013)
- Ensoniq ASR-10R (2012)
- E-mu SP1200 (2012)

So to sum it up for the moment: Everything sold except the 500, 60, ASR-10 and SP1200.

dr4track wrote:looks like u got a lot of different gear go thru ure hands, would love to b able to acquire that much experience

Yes, but sometimes you have to buy gear, just to try it out or to end up with the upgrades you need from multiple machines. I've had two TR-808's, but I absolutely hated programming that machine (although the sound was glorious amped up). Sold them both without looking back. Conversely, I've had to cut my losses on certain deals. The aim is to make sure my wins, more than cover any losses over the course of a year. I haven't had a loss for a few years now. Buying gear is a risky business, I suppose I get some sort of pleasure it.

And it is tax-free income after all...

Hmm, trying to remember the samplers I had.

Boss SP202 - phrase sampler, to little and not a lot possible - sold
Akai S2000 - really nice sampler, rack sampler just isn't very ergonomic - still got it
Akai S3000xl - not sure why, like the s2k better - sold
Akai S900 - sampler overkill - sold
Akai S01 - again sampler overkill - sold
NI Machine 1.0 - liked it, but wanted hardware only. - swaped it for a mpc1000
MPC1000 JJOS2xl - fast workflow, sound not so great, missed the numeric buttons - sold
E-mu E5000 - too complicated (used to akai way) and wasn't very impressed by "the fantastic z-plane filters" - sold it
MPC2000xl - nice, it is what it is - sold it
MPC2500 JJOS2xl - nice workflow, same as 1k, better/bigger feel, sound not so great - still got it
ASR-10 bought it recently, still learning, very nice machine, I like the sound and the options, but also that its a all in one machine - still got it

It's funny that out of all these samplers I like the cheapest ones the most. S2000 and ASR10.

bought a 2kxl. didnt put enough time in it the first few days, left it untouched. sold it; got a maschine. started working with it alright but it made me regret not putting the work into the mpc. stopped using it after a while and I sold it, and got a mpc2000 classic instead, figured it out real fast this time around and I love love love it. /

Been getting some very good results from my yammy RS7000 recently.That thing can seriously kick!!!!Very underatedxxxxplus the roland sp404,lovely sound and fx are good.And of course,the wonderful MPC4000.Very complex beasty!!!!!!!

W. Steele wrote:- MPC 2000 classic
- SP-12
- SP-1200
- S-950 (a couple of 'em)
- ASR10
- MPC 2KXL
- Casio FZ-10M
- MPC 1000 (it wasn't really mine though, a homie just left it at my crib for about a year)
- MPC 3000
- SP-202

That was over 5 years ago .

Went back to the 2KXL after that 3K & 202 combo .

Then NI dropped Maschine version 1.5 w/ the MPC 60 & SP-1200 emulation and I bought one about 3 or 4 years ago and I haven't used anything else since . I am perfectly content and it's been a long time since I've been able to say that .

New album dropping next month made exclusively on Maschine (shameless plug ) .

Casio SK10 (broke it... I was a kid)
Gemini DS 1224 (Idk what happened to it)
MPC2000 (first REAL sampler)
1000HD
S3000XL
S900
MPC2000xl (sold)
MPC60
MPC4000
MPC60II

Id still buy an ASR-10 and a MPC3000 if I run into them.

Borrowed a Roland MS-1 while I had a Roland DR-5 waaaaaayyyyy back 1995/6
So I started workin workin & savin savin

From there

ASR-X (sold)
Yamaha EX5 (Came before the Motiff) (sold)
Roland JS-30 (sold)
MPC5000
S950
Ensoniq Mirage
MPC60II


Damn, I guess its not as much as I thought..
Really alot if you count the workstations, grooveboxes, & synths tho.
Roland MC-303
Roland MC-307
Roland XP-80
Roland Juno-106
Some effects racks all sold.

I had mad money awhile back..
Now I have half as much in Negative dollars haha!
Life happened..

electra ep-501 -- weird ancient 8-bit digital delay/sampler with cv/gate control, fun to arpeggiate with the mono/poly on the days it wants to work
boss sp-202 -- more of an effects unit than a sampler i felt, especially without any memory cards. dont miss it.
roland s10 -- lol quickdisks. still, its nice to have a midi keyboard and it was rolands first sampler so that counts for, not that much, really
roland sp-404sx -- holy shit this thing eats the 202 for breakfast. lots of fun. sdhc compatibility for recording hours of nonsense at a time.
akai mpc2000xl -- the grey whale. i have updated to os 1.2, put a cold boot sd drive and the 1gb roland card that came in the 404sx inside and started sampling, and replaced the tact switches, only to have the top row of pads go out on me. still in pieces in the closet, gonna go ahead and replace the wheel encoder while im getting new bits, and a new sensor sheet. and i hope the connector to the pad sensor will work o k.
akai s612 -- mmm knobs, buttons, sliders. i make more noise than beats and wow this thing is amazing at cranking out some crazy sounds really quick
akai md280 -- lol quickdisks

man i really wanna get the 2kxl working. i think ill be able to actually make music other people would want to listen to then!

s2000
s3000xl
s950
s20

then sold
s2000 and s3000xl

s1100
s2000 re bought!
2nd s950 (then sold)
emu esi32
emu emax1 (sold)
roland s330
roland w30
mpc 2000
casio fz10m
akai s2800
akai s3000
akai s2000 another re buy!

yeah lol, basically I'm the king of samplers.

phineus wrote:yeah lol, basically I'm the king of samplers.

Without classics like an ASR10, MPC60, MPC3000 or SP1200 this is not possible.

Maybe when you reach the premier league of samplers, come back...

Nice history though, some interesting pieces which may well be sleepers...

dont know if i posted already

started FL / MPD 2011

mpc1000 (current) 2012

S900 (current) 2013

Ensoniq EPS classic (current) 2014

used / borrowed
2500
5000
sp202
sp303
mv8800


if i could get a 2500 and another rack sampler (either a emu or akai) id be gear happy.

What do you reckon of the Yamaha TX16W ?