I go through gear faster than most people change their Underoos. I used to be a lot worse when I had mad casheesh. Those days are gone.
And so are my choices of hardware samplers these days. If it's not stupid easy than I usually just nuke it. Not to say that I can't handle it, but it slows a person down. And the A5000 is a real boat anchor. They sure don't tell you that the sine wave LFO is only available on the Program LFO, not at the sample level. Come on. Why? The navigation is twisted and wrong. Korg and Yamaha have never been friends of mine. I'll take Emu and legacy Roland stuff any day over those guys. After this ASR-X, I think I'm done. (besides more effects and filters). I think it will fit the bill for old school Berlin/Detroit inspired minimal with what I have.
Anyone use the Command Station with the ASR-X? I found a midi CC chart online for the ASR-X. I'm already getting stoked.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Ian Lamb <ianblamb@...> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:13 AM, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:I got the A5000 sampler today. It's the most absolute biggest pain to use. And whoever said it was thin... you were right, and I was flat wrong. It is thin. And this would a major pain to use everyday. It's huge and heavy and a real pain, and I can't see having fun with this pain in the butt. The SU700 was a little easier and actually taught me a couple things about sampling but Yamaha samplers aren't for me. They say Yamaha effects are just so darn good. I disagree. They use the same effect engine in everything, just as they did way back with CS1X which was the most plastic sounding thing ever.
I majorly did not like this machine and the navigation is just weird and wrong.
Now I'm thinking about an Ultra.
I've got an A5K, and an Ultra too. The Yamaha UI is like most Yamaha UIs, which is to say, it could be improved. That said, I don't think it is bad. I can get around on it quite fast.
As it concerns the nature of the sound, it to some degree sounds like what you put in it (duh), but I think the filter character is quite forward and present in a way that is quite different from E-mu. I like them much better for electronic-sounding timbres.
I think the effects are quite excellent - they really respond when programmed. I value Yamaha's continual evolution of a set of algorithms.
That all said, I'm not disagreeing with your experience - it is what it is, and you're not wrong (for you). On the other hand, I do question anyone who decides something is not suitable (or is suitable) on the first day of use, especially with something as broad and deep as a Yamaha A5000.
The size of it is a PITA, and the disk routines just plain suck.
I do think there is a heck of a lot to recommend it, weak aspects considered too. I say the same as it concerns my E-mu Ultra6400 w/RFX + 2 ROMs.
cheers,
Ian
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