Re: looping sampler with midi capability

[tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Michael,

On Aug 15, 2006, at 12:13 PM, michael sintros wrote:

> from my research it seems like the akai s20 might be my best bet.

I would not count on the S20 to be a good live looper. It was a decent little phrase sampler
for its day and price point. I still have mine collecting dust out in the garage somewhere.
I used it on my CD too (if that matters) back  in 2001. But it is rather s-l-o-w to save and/or 
load files (my gosh it uses "floppy" diskettes fer cryin' out loud) ancient technology.

And, yes you need to push a few buttons before any live input would be saved and ready 
to loop. It has very little onboard memory as well. I don't know why I hang on to mine. I've 
long since replaced it functionally with a Boss SP-303 (which is almost obsolete as well). 

The one thing the Akai S20 had that I wish more groove/phrase samplers had was the ability 
to have the loop fade out over time . . . just like on a digital delay. All Boss products (to my 
knowledge) only have static loops that play until you turn 'em off . . .  very disappointing.

If you have your heart set on owning one still . . . pay my postage and I'll hunt up mine from
the garage and send it to you free. I've long since lost the manual (I'm pretty sure) but I'd
bet there's someplace on the net to download one in PDF form. The thing isn' very useful 
to me any more.

Peace,

tEd ® kiLLiAn

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