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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I used to do a LOT of sampling. My first sampler was an Ensoniq Mirage rack mount I found for $200 in a guitar shop's junk pile. It sounded great, but it was maddeningly hard to use (all programmed using HEX codes). It had, I think, 256kb of RAM and could store, at most, 8 samples? Loading from floppy disks was HELL. <div><br></div><div>Eventually I replaced it with an EMU Emax II. This had 2mb of RAM and I thought I had gone to heaven! It could store up to 128 samples and had an LCD (2x16) for editing. It was amazing. </div><div>I had that sampler for about 3 or 4 years before moving up to an Emu E64 that had 64mb of Ram in it. I've actually got an E6400 in my rack to this day, though I don't use it much (the whir of the fan and SCSI drive inside means I keep it turned off most of the time). I've also got a Kurzweil K2500RS in the same rack. I really should do a study on their use, as they were the pinacles (in my opinion) of sampling. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two samplers I do use all the time are the Elektron Octatrack and my Akai MPC1000. I don't actually sample much with the MPC, but the Octatrack is in constant use. Probably the greatest 'fuck shit up' sampler ever made. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In a lot of ways, the modern DAW has made the hardware sampler redundant. 99% of what you could do in one can be done in a computer with a significantly better UI. The first album I was a part of recording was done before DAWs using a Roland VS880 for vocals and then a Kurzweil K2000R and Akai MPC2000. We used a Yamaha Promix 01 so we could automate our mix. We orchestrated everything using Logic (before it was Logic Audio - it could only do MIDI). It worked, but it was terribly, terribly inconvenient. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Still...I should dust off the old hardware boxes in the closet and see what use they could be. At the lease, i am sure they both have sounds on their hard drives I haven't heard in 5 or 10 years. That alone could be worth the look. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Tony <br><div><br><div>From: ibisum@gmail.com<br>Subject: Early documentary about Sampling ..<br>Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 11:17:48 +0200<br>To: music-bar@lists.music-bar.org<br><br><pre> <br>Wow, this is really inspiring:<br> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu38AL4E7I4&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu38AL4E7I4&feature=youtu.be</a><br> <br> <br>;<br>--<br>Jay Vaughan<br>ibisum@gmail.com<br> <br></pre><br>_______________________________________________
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