Re: Akai S20 Phrase Sampler

[jimarnt@interlog.com (Jim Arnott)]

Hi,
About the S20:I've, never actually used it, but I was interested in it too.
I was disapointed to find out there is no scsi interface and there is also
no sys ex implementation. This means you're stuck with floppies as the only
means of loading and dumping samples. The sales guy I talked to guessed
that even with no memory expansion, It would take at least 2 disks to fully
dump or load the entire contents of sample memory (although he didn'y seem
to really know a lot about the unit). If any of this info is incorrect, I'd
appreciate knowing about it.
Thanks. -j

>Hello loopers,
>
>I'm considering buying an affordable sampler (with drum machine
>sequencer) in the somewhat distant future. How is the S20 from Akai? I'd
>love to hear from anyone whose used this or another product in the same
>price range. How flexible is the drum programming? Does the 32 kHz max.
>sampling rate cut it? Is it reliable live?
>
>Important: How do you prepare samples for it - i.e. how difficult is it
>to convert sound files from a PC format to the Akai 'S' format?
>
>Thanks in advance for any input,
>Rob