I really want this in the 1k

I really want the ability to change the bit rate of samples in the 1k. I know there is a thread on most wanted features...I just don't have the time to read it, but I'm sure it's been mentioned already.

That would be awesome!!!!! If we could get the bit-rate all the way down to 8 bit.........Please JJ give us a bit rate converter!!!!!

Yeah, that would be hot!


crunchy 12 bit and filthy 8 bit. great for those drums and baselines that weve all grown to love!!!!

Well not all but still,

A ruler or timeline in the trim page so you can see it playing - if you know what i mean

its not bad at the minute with short samples cus you can read the waves but it does my head in when trying to chop long samples

Costley wrote:Well not all but still,

A ruler or timeline in the trim page so you can see it playing - if you know what i mean

its not bad at the minute with short samples cus you can read the waves but it does my head in when trying to chop long samples

100% yes we need a marker while trimming etc etc i did ask this as well before but no response

and if possible an implementation as coffe machine!!

well my bests should be:

- aiff compatibility (and hope no problem with file name long more than x letters)

- (this a miracle) that sequences keep the data of position of program... so i just to save the sequence and in the sequence there's the data of the program and their location

- coffe machine

use the bitgrunger effect

The bit grunger sounds nothing like bit reduction. Its more like a digital distortion.

co sign.


the bit grunger effect is WACK!

not to sound scientific but it needs a better alogorithm than that!


i mean,



why does the effect increase in volume/ distortion?



lo-fi shouldn't sound like SH!T!

downsampling would have to be applied, like timestretch. i wouldn't want it as an effect hogging valuable cpu. i would looove that though.

In the manual, the bit grunger effect is described as a distortion effect. it states nothing about effecting the bit rate (just to let you all know).

however, i agree that it's definitely not a good distortion at all. sometimes it can sound good on some samples for an overdrive/distortion effect, but not always. i'd rather use a distortion pedal or a vst distortion effect using wavelab in most cases, as all the missing parameters i need can be applied to suit my needs.

i'd like to know how the bit grunger in the 1k compares to the distortion effect in the eb-16 card for the 2kxl (or other compatible models). i'm curious if theres any difference (other than the name). i gotta look into this. if the eb-16 distortion is more flexible, than we know it may be possible to improve in the 1k.

Antonym wrote:
downsampling would have to be applied, like timestretch. i wouldn't want it as an effect hogging valuable cpu. i would looove that though.

It would only hog the CPU while you are editing the sample like other sample editing tools. Older Akai products have this function.

yeah that's what i mean, i'd want it in the EDIT screen in trim rather than the EFFECT screen, so that it's a destructive application rather than something like REVERB which is applied overtop the original.

Yeah - bit gruncher is in fact mad whack. Sounds more like a cheap distortion to me... - oh somebody already said that. That's why I copped me a Akai S950 just a few moments ago

I think its a digital style clipping distortion. Like a hard limiter. The reason it gets louder is because it just ups the gain and hard limits (clips) the top. That is simplified I think, but basically what is happening. But also, I do remeber reading in the manual that it is meant to 'replicate' the sound of old lower bitrate machines (but it doesn't).

And yeah, bit reduction should definately be implemnted as Antonym suggested.