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I make sample based, dark, moody pieces. DNB and Dubstep mostly. Sampler in question would be used as an all-around tool, for drums and melodic stuff also. Sound of s900, that grittines you mentioned is what apeal to me the most. But you're right - all the capabilities of s2000 - the LFOs, polyphony, memory and modulation will come in handy. But yet again, the sound of s900 is something that i really want to incoroporate in my music. The thing is I'm not sure if is it worth sacrifising all the s2000 capabilities. My samples anyways are often proccessed by tape machines, so in the end 12 bit resolution may not be the best way to go. But I feel that it could be a blast, combining the both 12 bits and a tape.GameChanger wrote:i think this all depends on what your using it for. If you are trying to add some thump and grit to your drums, then definitely get the S900. But if you are trying to sample keyboards, vinyl, your girlfiend yelling, etc... then I would grab the s2000, since it has more memory, fx, modulation capabilities. One thing I would check if you can on both these units are the backlights. Kinda a pain in the neck to replace, but if one of these units has a nice bright one, it may be a deal breaker. Both are good pieces though
i haven't tried the s2000 but i have some experience with the esi4000. i dumped it because i could hear noise in the output that was coming from the midi input. effects are nice but nothing that thrown me away. i didn't go for the s2000 because of the display, it's so small! i would go for the s900 or maybe a mpc500. same small display but at least in the s900 you have sound character. the big advantage of the mpc500 is that it can communicate without any frills with modern computer. with the s900 you will need scsi.roon wrote:So if You got any thoughts on comparision between s2000 and ESI4000 I'll be very gratefull for sharing
or go cheaper and find a s612 for the grit? it's very usefull also as a preamp for guitar.Hair wrote:If you're working with a computer, I'd say you can do the full quality sampling stuff using a software sampler or similar, no? What software do you use? You might not get much more out of a hardware unit unless it's got mojo like the s900 (also worth mentioning that if you can find one, the s950 has the same sound but adds some other stuff I believe)
Sadly, MPC500 is well out of my price range at the moment (I'm from Poland, a place where used MPC500 cost $500 minimum, and the new one about $800-$900. As a matter of fact, s2000, s900 and ESI4000 cost $250 each, which is like 2-3 times more than in the US, as far as I know.) And if I would have that sort of money on me, I would get s900 *and* s2000. The other thing speaking against MPC is that I've just bought KORG EMX1 and adding MPC to the mix seems to me a little, I don't know, wrong somehow. Plus, all the bad things I heard about MPC500... Nah.novielo wrote: i didn't go for the s2000 because of the display, it's so small! i would go for the s900 or maybe a mpc500. same small display but at least in the s900 you have sound character. the big advantage of the mpc500 is that it can communicate without any frills with modern computer. with the s900 you will need scsi.
i went for a s6000 and i don't regret it. but i'm thinking of changing it and my mpc1000 for a mpc5000, to have device in the same machine.
The thing is, I want to get out from software sampling - I am bored to death with it. And also that sampler in question will be put to work with EMX1 in a computerless environment to the some extend. Those are the two reasons why I want to get a hardware sampler. Originaly, I was looking specifically for the s950, but it's quite rare piece in Poland (in which I do live), practically unavilable. And ordering from the states it's not an option unfortunatelly, cause shipping will cost me close or even more than hardware itself (over $120) plus customs etc...:/Hair wrote:If you're working with a computer, I'd say you can do the full quality sampling stuff using a software sampler or similar, no? What software do you use? You might not get much more out of a hardware unit unless it's got mojo like the s900 (also worth mentioning that if you can find one, the s950 has the same sound but adds some other stuff I believe)
If you're bored to death of computer sampling, get ready to be cremated by the S2000... I can see no reason to pick one of these up if you have even a vaguely decent computer nearby. But if you're determined to be computerless, I would go for the s900. Much easier to use, and it makes more sense if you're just going to be triggering stuff from the emx1. Also sounds better! Having a memory limitation just makes you make better use of your samples.roon wrote:The thing is, I want to get out from software sampling - I am bored to death with it. And also that sampler in question will be put to work with EMX1 in a computerless environment to the some extend. Those are the two reasons why I want to get a hardware sampler. Originaly, I was looking specifically for the s950, but it's quite rare piece in Poland (in which I do live), practically unavilable. And ordering from the states it's not an option unfortunatelly, cause shipping will cost me close or even more than hardware itself (over $120) plus customs etc...:/
Is it *that* bad really? After additional research and your replies here I was fairly decided to get s900/950 anyways, but that seems to be a deal breaker...tallowwaters wrote:Yeah, if I wanted an easy, intuitive sampler, I wouldn't be looking at the Sx000 series.