I agree with spesimen. I depends on what you want to use it for. Like any musical
instrument, sampler or otherwise, it has its capabilities, limitations, and
idiosyncracies. If the other person was looking for the SU700 to be basically a
full-fledged sampler with keyboard mapping of samples by pitch then no, the SU700
doesn't do that very easily. It's not the same as a "professional" sampler like the
a3k/a4k/a5k, Akai S-Series samplers, etc. The SU700 is more like the Roland SP808 or
ASR-X Pro in that it's meant primarily for loops, composed, sampled or otherwise.
Different strokes for different folks. While you might be unhappy with the way it
works, many others bought the SU700 just for that reason. I love the built in
sequencer, loads of tracks running at the same time (40) and many built-in EFX (43),
along with the ease of use in composing tracks. Just my $.02.
--wasted
On Thu, 25 May 2000 17:50:57 SPeSiMen wrote:
>i disagree, i think the su700 is an awesome and very useful piece of gear.
>
>it really just depends on your working style.
>
>i have used an asr-x, eps-16+, kurz k2000, and several "software" samplers, and the
>su700 is the finest one i've used yet for live performance work.
>
>it isn't particularly powerful as far as "playing" samples goes, that is true -
>however, my music is comprised mostly of drum sounds (one shot samples) and loops
>that i've created with other synths and sequencers. because of this, it meshes
>perfectly with what i need - simple, pattern based, with tons of great effects
>(including a nice compressor) and lots of live tweakability.
>
>none of my other samplers have been able to let me tweak filters and effects and
>stuff "on the fly" with as much ease or with as many knobs at once - paging through
>several menus to mute or adjust a track level doesn't really make me happy.
>
>basically for me it has been a huge timesaver and is really fun to work with too.. of
>course the limitations don't bug me too much because i have other gear to make up for
>them, i can see how not having a good way to make a string section or something with
>it might be a limitation for some.. but as an urban beat box assault unit it is
>excellent.
>
>regards
>andy c
>infocalpyse recordings
>www.sonicwisdom.org
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