Hardware samplers

[Matt Picone]

Yeah, I was biting my tongue, but I'm with Tony. Huge time sinks.

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On 9/18/21 5:35 PM, Tony Scharf wrote:
> I’ve always moved hardware samplers.  It really depends on what you 
> want it for, and you’re willing to deal with the fact they were 
> convenient before computers mainly took over the job, but now the 
> workflow can be cumbersome.
>
> Tony
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> *From:* music-bar <music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org> on behalf of 
> Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 18, 2021 4:29:43 PM
> *To:* Music Bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
> *Subject:* Hardware samplers
> So I just watched a video by Espen Kraft about his Akai S700 sampler
> that he bought when Reagan was still president. Sampling at a
> ridiculously low sampling rate of like 6.3 kHz, it sounded remarkably
> good. Also, Paolo "SynthMania" had a video about sampling CDs that I
> found enlightening.
>
> Now I've always been dismissive of samplers, associating them with "ah
> yeah!" and orchestra hit samples, in the worst of 1990s dance music, but
> when you think about it, they're just synths with very flexible
> oscillators – provided, of course, that the rest of the synthesis engine
> is up to snuff.
>
> Now Jay is going to say Yamaha A4000/A5000, and those have the advantage
> of using IDE drives. But what hardware samplers would you say are
> musically interesting?
>
> Hey, the 20 year anniversary is coming up, as is my birthday, and
> Christmas... 🙂
>
> - Peter
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