Mellotronists

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, lil_guapo11 wrote:

> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, jeffc@n... wrote:
>
> > you would probably want a sampler that can read/import AKAI format
> CDROMs.
> > ensoniq ASR, roland S7xx series, EMU [?], or even, i think, Kurzweil are
> > all capable of reading/importing these.
> >
> > oh, or an actual AKAI sampler [duh!].
>
> So if I had an Akai sampler, and the cdrom, I could just simply
> connect my midi keyboard to the sampler and I'd be good to go?



yes -and the "duh!" was directed at myself for not initially realizing
that an AKAI CDROM is meant for... an AKAI sampler...


and same goes for ensoniq or emu samplers that can read the disc.
[akai uses a proprietary disc format using partitions to sort data]

...jeff