sk1y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Shuntaro Kawakami) (04/06/91)
Does anyone know what the cheaperest sampler is? If you do, what is the price?
zerobeat@intacc.uucp (Ferenc Szabo) (04/10/91)
In article <UbzAmHu00UhBE3b40I@andrew.cmu.edu> sk1y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Shuntaro Kawakami) writes: > >Does anyone know what the cheaperest sampler is? If you do, what is the price? The cheapest sampler is the Casio SK-1 for maybe $200. Radio Shack also sells virtually the same machine but with their name on it. Maybe the American price is a lot lower. This sampler is very,very limited and unless you really like the novelty of that 'piece of sh@@' sound (it has it's place for sure) you might want something a bit more expensive but way more versatile and better sounding. The Mirage sampler came can be had for probabl y $600 at the most and is way more versatile. However, it pales in comparison to samplers like the Roland S50,S330, Akai S900,S950 or even Yamaha and Korg's samplers (# unknown, but they only make 1). These machines can be had for $900 probably and are way, way better than the Mirage. Contrast this with the Emulator 1. It came out in 1982 for $8,000. The Mirage even at the original 1986 price of $2000? was in many ways a better machine. ferenc
knid%midiline.uucp@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Vermicious Knid) (04/11/91)
You might also check out used 12-bit samplers, such as the Akai S612, the Mirage (as previously mentioned), the S-10 and the S-50. I see these for sale all the time (I also have an Akai S612) for around $350-600.
ah2e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Aaron Noel Hughes) (04/11/91)
>Contrast this with the Emulator 1. It came out in 1982 for $8,000. The >Mirage even at the original 1986 price of $2000? was in many ways a >better >machine. > ferenc Let's not forget here that there is a *4* year technology difference between the two machines. Just like comparing the Mirage to almost any sampler today makes the Mirage look like a toy. =>B^) Aaron
lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog) (04/12/91)
In article <UbzAmHu00UhBE3b40I@andrew.cmu.edu> sk1y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Shuntaro Kawakami) writes: > >Does anyone know what the cheaperest sampler is? If you do, what is the price? Meridian Data in San Jose (USA: 408-555-1212 for phone # information) sells something called the SoundByte. This is a $499 sound sampler that talks to a PC via a parallel port. I can't remember if it's 12- or 16-bit sound. So, if you already have a computer rig and a large hard disk, this might be a nice sampling module for your system. I don't know if it samples in real-time. It also plays back. Again, I don't know if it's real-time. It has some sort of DSP chip on-board, but I don't know if you can download your own software. Lance Norskog
copley-devon@cs.yale.edu (Devon M. Copley) (04/15/91)
Unfortunately, the Akai S-612, and the Roland S-10 both use those ABYSMAL 2.8 inch "Quick Disks"; I would strongly recommend against buying into that awful non-standard format. It takes FOUR of the little suckers just to load the S-10's tiny memory! Almost makes you wish for a cassette interface... And the Mirage is 8-bit, not 12, as is (I believe) the S-612. Personally I wouldn't pay more than $250 for an S-612; they're not good for much more than sound effects. Devon -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Devon M. Copley P.O. Box 435 Yale Station copley-devon@cs.yale.edu New Haven, CT 06520 "The only A that matters is the one between the Y and the L."
scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) (04/16/91)
In article <30060@cs.yale.edu> copley-devon@cs.yale.edu (Devon M. Copley) writes: >And the Mirage is 8-bit, not 12, as is (I believe) the S-612. > >Personally I wouldn't pay more than $250 for an S-612; they're >not good for much more than sound effects. The S-612 is a 6-voice, 12-bit sampler. It is extremely limited. It only holds one sample which is loaded from those awful quick-disks. Some of the samples available for it are neverless fine samples and you can make good use of a S-612 in a studio. I wouldn't bother purchasing one today though since the technology has come a ways since then. -- Scott Amspoker | Touch the peripheral convex of every Basis International, Albuquerque, NM | kind, then various kinds of blaming (505) 345-5232 | sound can be sent forth. unmvax.cs.unm.edu!bbx!bbxsda!scott | - Instructions for a little box that | blurts out obscenities.
cwilson@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chris Wilson) (04/16/91)
In article <30060@cs.yale.edu> copley-devon@cs.yale.edu (Devon M. Copley) writes: >Unfortunately, the Akai S-612, and the Roland S-10 both use those >ABYSMAL 2.8 inch "Quick Disks"; I would strongly recommend against >buying into that awful non-standard format. It takes FOUR of the >little suckers just to load the S-10's tiny memory! Almost makes I believe it takes four SIDES to fill the S-10's memory- i.e., TWO disks. >And the Mirage is 8-bit, not 12, as is (I believe) the S-612. The Akai S-612 is 12-bit. -Chris Wilson cwilson@uiuc.edu