KVR Audio

selfconstruct · Post by **selfconstruct** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:16 am

Thanks. It seems the Boss SP-202 has evolved into the Roland SP-404. I guess that is my best bet as far as new products go.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:39 am

Roughly in the same price range as the SP404 is the Korg Electribe ESX-1. It'll sample, but also has built in sounds I think. The 404 is probably your best bet for a fun new portable thing to have around.

A lot more choices if you look at used gear, although newer gear tends to be a bit more portable.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:51 pm

And Yamaha made some impressive looking mini-sampler desktop unit a few years back (can't remember the model name, sorry) that was mainly designed for DJs etc. I'll check around see if I can find the name of it - was quite cheap with limited sampling time from what I can remember and didn't sell that well, so may well be very cheap 2nd hand.

I vaguely remember it had some very impressive features and gadgets on it for a real budget unit.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:58 pm

I think it might have been one of these I was thinking about...

and here's one for sale on eScam...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-SU200-Port ... dZViewItem

Dunno how much they go for 2nd hand but I'm sure I remember them going for only a few hundred when new? And looks like they have more memory than I thought too...

fac · Post by **fac** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:52 pm

I have a Yamaha SU-10. Nice, fun little unit. Cost me around $80 bucks.

I also used to have a Zoom Sampletrack which I regret I sold. It was great for making beats and stuff, although its sequencer sucked. Might replace it someday with one of those Korg Electribes.

However, if you want it more for melodic sounds, not just beats, you should try something like an old Akai S3000.

selfconstruct · Post by **selfconstruct** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:37 am

Thanks for these. I'm fairly hardware ignorant so this has been quite useful.

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:41 am

sample pleasure, i think if you have someone willing to be sampled, any sampler wil do

sriusly,
boss sp202 or any other
kp3(limited)
yamaha su10 (old)
korg esx (sequencer)

damn, me and my bad joke, dodnt read the thread, it's already all mentionned

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:03 am

Roland s670 s770... Might be a pair of the best samplers ever. If you get one with the mouse and video card it's a lot like working on your computer.. Only you can disconnect the monitor and mouse leaving you with a midi module.

With one of these you can build your own sound canvas. I remember hearing something about them having the JV1080 engine with a sampler front end. No matter what they are, they sound great.

If you watch you can get one with 32mb ram for less than
$150 bucks.

ROLAND S770 SAMPLER on evilbay $100 with 18 hours left.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLAND-S770-SAMPLER ... dZViewItem

E-mu samplers are also cheap these days. I've seen ESI-32's go for under $75 bucks. (watch out for faded displays on the esi32)

E-MU E4X Emulator Rack Mount Sampler
http://cgi.ebay.com/E-MU-E4X-Emulater-R ... dZViewItem

EMU E-MU E6400 Sampler
http://cgi.ebay.com/EMU-E-MU-E6400-Samp ... dZViewItem

Hardware sampler for pleasure