in 1986 one second of sampling power

[bill]

cost you a grand... wow
today i picked up one of these for fifty five bucks http://www.synthmuseum.com/akai/akas61201.html
its a super limited sampler but back in the day it was considered pretty cool. i didnt get the drive with it but i am going to use it for some stuff anyways.
its hard to imagine this unit being useful i mean at the full sampling rate you got one seconds worth of twelve bit glory.
my early experimentations with it have revealed the real fun is in how the really low rates sound.
this is from the time where samplers were really really exotic for most musicians. i mean a grand for a sampler was peanuts. my big emax i think clocked in at about five grand when it was new.
i screwed around sampling some vinyl with it today and well it sounds pretty good actually it sounds amazing.
this box was used by a lot of artists and i am pretty sure this was the future sound of londons fave sampler during there heyday.

 

[Fatdog]

At first I thought you were gonna mention the Casio SK-1. One second is about all it had too.

I'm still looking for an unbelievable deal on a Sequential Circuits Studio 440. Keep you eyes open for one those, Bill.

 

[bill]

http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/studio440.php

there you go man.
sequential stuff is hard to come by man. i think wine county still services that stuff. i think they also have sequential stuff for sale from time to time.
i have made so much money off of sk1s in the last few years.
find them for three bucks sell them for fifty bucks.
i kept it.
that akai sampler i picked up yesterday is massive and the other wild thing about it is how well it is made. i mean just really well put together.
i have a few other vintage samplers.
i think that a whole ton of people give credit to the 808 soley but really it was the emax and sp1200 and mpc60 and well a whole lot of other samplers in that scene as well.
its also amazing how many of these old pieces of technology are being given new life again.