Hardware samplers

[Andrew Tarpinian]

I still find $500 too much :) 


> On Sep 19, 2021, at 1:28 AM, James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
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> I meant the Akai samplers. The Emu that are not the e4 Ultra are reasonable. The ESI series are cheap and even e5000 and e6400 have been going for $500. The e4 Turbo is also really cheap. The Akai stuff is even cheaper and quiet frankly I think they are better samplers. The Z series in particular was fantastic.  And, I have been on ebay and Reverb a lot because I have also been tempted to get a hardware sampler again.
> 
> That said, the workflow really doesn't make much sense any longer. I ultimately decided against it. Things like Kontakt, Maschine, etc really make much more sense. Maschine in particular is incredibly fast and immediate to work in. Ultimately, as much as I think I would like to have a sampler again, I suspect the reality would be that I would hate it.
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>> On Sep 18, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You have have not been on ebay in a while, have you…
>> 
>>>> On Sep 18, 2021, at 5:56 PM, James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
>>>> 
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>>> Anything Emu and the later Akai series are amazing and super cheap. The later Akai also used IDE drives.
>>> 
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>>>> On Sep 18, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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