[sdiy] Sampler or turd polisher?

[Adam Inglis]

If you're interested in how the sampler *sounds*, you could pick up an  
Akai S3000XL and an old SCSI compatible computer for a few hundred or  
less, and have loadsa fun. I am constantly amazed at how good mine  
sounds! I talk to it via Classic OS or Mac OS 9.2 ...  and a USB-to- 
SCSI adapter.

On 08/12/2011, at 7:48 PM, Batz Goodfortune wrote:

> Y-ellow Gordon 'n' all.
>        Ruffled someone's feathers already did I? :)
>
> No I agree with you. tReason is one of the biggest, shiniest turds  
> of them all. Users have been asking for it to be able to handle  
> patch changes since version 3. Now they're at version 6. So instead  
> of fixing all the fundamental flaws in it, they decided to roll in  
> all the other useless crap they couldn't sell. As if somehow, that's  
> going to make it any more shiny. I was told the other day it's still  
> not selling. The music shop I use to work for here isn't even going  
> to bother ordering it in.
>
> For the record, I'm one of THOSE linux people too. Only I don't have  
> time on my side anymore. I either make music now or give up. And  
> sands for a working sampler, I'd be making music again now. I loath  
> the idea of having to resort to using Micro$oft products but if this  
> Yamaha box is a boat anchor, what choice to I have?
>
> Using linux for everything was the original goal by the way. I just  
> don't have the time to fight with it these days. And whatever  
> solution I can muster now, will, unfortunately, and in all  
> likelihood, be the solution I get locked into.
>
> So if you do happen to find the lump of code that will allow linux  
> to talk to the A4K, I would be ever so grateful. Or even what it's  
> called so that I might at least try hunting it down myself. That  
> would kill 2 birds right there.
>
> Or if anyone finds a copy of A3Kdisky in the bottom of their sock  
> draw for that matter.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Be absolutely icebox.
>
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