Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gordon JC Pearce
To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: New Member (Interested inMellotron 
Samples for S1000 or S2000) Advice Neede


>Better *technically* is not the same as better *sonically* - witness the
>vinyl versus CD debate that has gone on for two-and-a-half decades now.

Yep, - that\ufffds true ! But S-1100 sounds very musical IMO.

>The most accurate, cleanest-sounding sampled strings I've ever heard on
>their own were off an S6000, ...

I don\ufffdt like these S-5000/6000 samplers, - the only real advantage was the 
larger memory.

>but they sounded terrible in a mix.

:-D

In that particular case, we took them off and used the gritty-but-gorgeous
strings off an Ensoniq Mirage...

He, he, - yes, - there are great sounds for the Mirage, but it has only one 
meg of RAM, - so ...
I had the very 1st Mirage in europe, I performed it on Frankfurt fair in the 
80th when it came out.
Before, I had one at home for a week, no manual and very 1st software and 
only 2 discs.
I arrived at the fair and I got a new one immediatedly, - w/ new OS and 
software. All my preparations were gone in a second, - it was a desaster and 
I could only play 1 Piano-disc which sounded terrible.
After the fair, - I got one item by Ensoniq, but there weren\ufffdt enough sounds 
actually and so I sold it after a week by frustration.
It wasn\ufffdt a pleasure to sample w/ this toy.

Years later, - I got some Mirage discs I have up to now and I use these w/ 
my 2 Oberheim DPX 1s for the old school stuff as also I use EMU Emulator II 
discs, Prophet 2000/2002+ and Akai S-900 discs w/ the DPX.


>Gordon

PeWe