Akai Remix 88(Akai s20) File type help

I have tried but so far without success.
I started a Gotek thread a while back. I would welcome other people to experiment and post findings in there.

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A suitable model of Gotek might be all it needs.
I'd like to try an HXC in it but the S20 has too limited use for me these days to justify the expense.

I remember that thread now. I forgot you tried it with the s20. Hopefully another model would work, as you mentioned. I've thought about buying an s20 for a while. So I might end up with one eventually and see what works. I'm just not sure how bad the sequencer is. I've read it was a hassle trying to make a beat without it sounding off time. That's all I know. But nothing in great detail.

I always found the sequencer a little clunky but all was not lost. It has MIDI in.
I should really connect it up to my (*Gotek equipped*) ASQ10 sequencer. Think I will get on that and get some use out of it again.

Also,... will try to resurrect the Gotek thread and try to garner further interest and experimentation.

Cool. For what they cost on ebay, the s20 seems like it's worth messing around with. I might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303. I'm always looking to do something different with old gear. I'd probably circuit-bend it too.

distortedtekno wrote:Cool. For what they cost on ebay, the s20 seems like it's worth messing around with. I might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303. I'm always looking to do something different with old gear. I'd probably circuit-bend it too.

when looking for one.. keep your eyes peeled for the remix 16.. it's the big brother to those units and the same sampler.

distortedtekno wrote:Cool. might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303..

Just to side track from the topic a little... Don't sleep on the Boss SP202.
It's been a bit looked down on by a lot of people as a poor relation to the SP303 etc. but I love mine and still using it. It has some great functions including a simple version of the real-time time-stretch found on the VP9000. It's really easy to use (unlike the veep) and also runs on internal batteries (if you want). It's great for making on the fly field recordings.

mr_debauch wrote:

distortedtekno wrote:Cool. For what they cost on ebay, the s20 seems like it's worth messing around with. I might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303. I'm always looking to do something different with old gear. I'd probably circuit-bend it too.

when looking for one.. keep your eyes peeled for the remix 16.. it's the big brother to those units and the same sampler.

An old friend of mine had one. I never really got to play around with it. But I'll keep my eye out whenever I decide to grab another sampler.

*Pilchard* wrote:

distortedtekno wrote:Cool. might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303..

Just to side track from the topic a little... Don't sleep on the Boss SP202.
It's been a bit looked down on by a lot of people as a poor relation to the SP303 etc. but I love mine and still using it. It has some great functions including a simple version of the real-time time-stretch found on the VP9000. It's really easy to use (unlike the veep) and also runs on internal batteries (if you want). It's great for making on the fly field recordings.

I slept on that sampler since they were on the market. I never took the SP series too seriously since I had more of a preference to MPCs. I bought a 404SX last year and gained more interest in the SP range again. The 202s are selling cheap. Between the time stretch and the lo-fi being more grittier than the rest, I might wanna snatch one up sometime.

Juat to show what it can do, This demo makes extensive use of the SP202





I will try to find something that uses the S20

Here's a track I like, apparently made using the S20

*Pilchard* wrote:

distortedtekno wrote:Cool. might want to try it out with a rechargable battery pack too. I was reading about people doing that on th SP- Forums with the SP-303..

Just to side track from the topic a little... Don't sleep on the Boss SP202.
It's been a bit looked down on by a lot of people as a poor relation to the SP303 etc. but I love mine and still using it. It has some great functions including a simple version of the real-time time-stretch found on the VP9000. It's really easy to use (unlike the veep) and also runs on internal batteries (if you want). It's great for making on the fly field recordings.

The SP202 was the first sampler i ever had.I would stay up all night just sampling,mixing samples together,and hitting the reverse button as if i was a DJ.I would take it everywhere i went.My only problem was that if you didn't start the sample at the right time it wouldn't loop correctly and there was no way of trimming.

I sold mine back in December of last year.I think it's a great sampler for a beginner.I wish i would have kept mine.

Ratty Dee wrote:
The SP202 was the first sampler i ever had...... if you didn't start the sample at the right time it wouldn't loop correctly and there was no way of trimming.
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Not sure what you mean there. You certainly can trim both the start and end points. It needs some practice and at first seems a bit hit or miss but you get a feel for it and to me, once you have the knack, the sampler seems to place the trim point in the exact place necessary. Once trimmed to your desire you can also truncate to make it permanent.
It's a little crude I guess but very easy.

Those tracks sound really good!

the s20 has a lot in common with the S01.
they use the same floppy format as the S1000

S1000 floppies are a bit of a pain. you need a real floppy drive(no USB) and some software that might not run under modern operating systems.(AKAIDISK)