Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Hi

I've tried a quite a few mellotron samples but I
found the "Michael Pinder Presents Mellotron" to
be the best:

http://www.mellotron.com/cdlist.htm

With the exception of the "Mk II Rhythms" I've
found it all very usable.

I did have a few problems with it on my S1000
though, due to each bank being 16mb (the samples
are 8 secs long with no looping just like the
real thing). My S1000 only had 8mb and it seems
pretty difficult to pick one up with anything
more. Might be worth taking this into
consideration if you're thinking about the S1000.
You can still get it to work with less memory by
up half of the samples.

I've since upgraded to an S3200xl with full 32mb
for a little less than my S1000 and a lot less
than it would have cost me to upgrade the memory.
Now I can stack two banks for really big
mellotron sounds.

Rob

--- mlcsixand78s <mlcsixand78s@...> wrote:

> Hello all, 
> 
> I am a new member but I don't have an Akai
> sampler, yet.
> 
> My goal is to get an S1000 or S2000 soon. 
> 
> My main reason to have sampler is to play
> Mellotron samples via
> a MIDI keyboard (I have a Studiologic/Fatar
> TMK-37).
> 
> Some questions:
> 
> - If any what Mellotron samples / discs are
> availalble for the
> S1000/S2000? Suggestions & sources?
> 
> - What file format does the S1000/S2000 use?
> 
>      - I see that that there are many Mellotron
> sample discs on the  
>      
>        market but I see they are only in the
> .wav or .aiff format. 
> 
> - If I have a collection of .wav and/or .aiff
> samples can they be
> converted to work with an S1000 or S2000? Is
> there a conversion SW for
> this? Then can these be loaded directly in the
> the sampler?
> 
>       If above is not possible then would I
> have to play these    
>       .wav files and record them with the
> S1000? Example, play .wav in 
>       my PC & output via my E-MU 1616 analog
> out into the analog in of 
>       the S1000 & record?    
> 
> - Is there enough memory expansion capability
> for S1000s & S2000s to
> have 36 samples of 5 to 8 seconds long? Each
> sample would be for each
> key on the keyboard. This would be my virtual
> Mellotron.
> 
> 
> I look forward to replies and advice! :)
> 
> Br
> Allan
> Finland
> 
> 
> 
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