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13th June 2006
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| Gear Head Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 61
Thread Starter |  Question For People With Akai S-950.
do any of you use it with computer based software? im thinking about purchasing one (because theyre really cheap now) but i dont want to have to buy an sp-1200 or mpc to use it with.. so im just curious if anybody here who has one, uses it with FLstudio or reason or something else? please get back to me... |
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13th June 2006
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle, WA
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Well, the S-950 is so old that the only way you can communicate with it on a computer is through SCSI transfer with something like Wavelab, Soundforge, or Cool Edit Pro. Even then, I'm not sure if the 950 had the option for a SCSI port. The S-950 has a really unique sound though. The crappy timestretching algorithm is perfect for grimey drum sounds. |
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14th June 2006
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| Gear Head Joined: Jun 2006
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anyone else?
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14th June 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Mar 2006
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there's no reason you couldn't control it from your daw sequencer using midi
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14th June 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco
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cubase drives mine with midi.... electric |
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14th June 2006
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| Gear nut  Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Castle Rock, CO for now.
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As long as you have a midi-out port on your computer, there should be no problem sequencing it with any software sequencer. Future Music and Sound on Sound always seemed to feature dance music producers who still sequenced thier 900's, 950's, and S1000's with cubase on old Atari computers.
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14th June 2006
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| Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle, WA
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I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. Of course you can sequence it with midi. Just about everything made after '85 (whenever the SCI prophet 600 and Roland Juno-106 debuted) has a midi port on it. |
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15th June 2006
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s 950's were great. good for drums as they are so basic and the timeing was good. Midi is good and the sound is punchy. I kind of miss the simple life! one floppy for a songs kit! Little memory makes for clear choices. yeahh...nothing wrong with these for beats. By the time of the s950 ..Akai were the king of samplers... how time flies! |
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15th June 2006
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| Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle, WA
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Yeah, I still have a three ring binder with about 150 protective sleeves, holding 3.5" floppy disks filled with drum samples I made years ago.
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