Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

On 12/12/2014 2:17 πμ, ccherot@... [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] wrote:
> Oh I should have clarified.  What I meant about 'acquiring floppies' was about actually getting samples that were made for the S1100.  I can record anything into my S1100 just fine and I read hte manual and know how to do that.  That's all good.  At the moment I am just trying to get a decent sized sample library onto my zip drive so I can start making beats with a sequencer (which is a whole other thread I would like to start).  I definitely want to use the %^#@ out of my sampler but I am just stuck without samples right now. 
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>  I am a bit new to samplers in general so forgive my ignorance.  It sounds like maybe I don't need samples that are on floppies made for the S1100 and I could find other sample libraries and convert them to S1000 format with Chicken Translator and save them to my zip drive with the Tranlator as well.  Or just play record them directly onto the S1100 as you suggest.  It would be faster to find a large samnple library though and just load up the zip disk.
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>  I do intend to do a lot of direct recording of samples to though...probably not drums as much as syths and odd instruments that would be fun to sample....fax machines...powertools, pets...etc.  
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> As a long term solution to storage I am definitely going to get either a card reader or floppy emulator and thanks for the advice on the razinmonster.
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>  Cheers,
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>  C
All samplers work like a tape machine.You can record stuff and save
stuff and use these stuff as you see fit.No need for specific formats.So
no need for S1000 format except if you're trying what you're trying.It's
not just a sample playback machine don't treat it this way.SAMPLE!!Just
record each individual sound you want to use from your
DAW/mics/vinyl/vhs-dvd whatever straight to the AKAI.
Normally you'd want to record from your DAW.
Connect your audio interface's output(s) to L (or L and R if you want
stereo ) and get to work.
If you insist you want to load samples as-is you could also use Extreme
Sampler Converter or CD Xtract if you're on Windows.I found it far
easier to work with than Translator..Use EMXP to burn them to
floppies.Watch a youtube video of some guy doing that for a S950  i think.
But really don't!.It's a pain in the ass and sounds dull.
The whole point of having a hardware sampler is the little artifacts and
the so called character these units have.This is rarely related to playback.
Your S1100 is 16 bit.No so gritty or papery as the mighty S900/950 so
for playback it's *almost* the same as using a computer.
The solution : RECORD EVERYTHING INTO IT .
For drums use high gain ,just below the clip limit.For everything else
your ears will tell you.

Name each sample and trim it.Now it's yours to use/save/whatever.

Learn how to chop samples. When i got a S1100 I was just clueless on how
to do that!

The process is this : Just copy/rename the original as many times as
your chops you want and trim each one of the copies,assign them to
programs/keygroups etc.
These things are not in the manual.
There are many creative ways to use a hardware sampler in 2014 and just
stacking samples or even libraries of samples (as you said) inside isn't
one.
Record and treat each sample with care and in time you'll have a nice
sample library you will be using instead of various folders with
millions of unused samples eating up space.
Quality over quantity.
Sequencing a sampler is as straightforward as sequencing anything.Once
you've got your samples in keygroups of their corresponding programs
just assign each program into a midi channel and create a midi track for
each program in your DAW.
The ideal way of doing this is each program into its own output but if
you don't have a multi-in interface or mixer and you're using both
midi+audio into the same track (In ableton live this is called external
instrument) leave the first track monitoring the L R outputs of the
S1100 and all the other tracks muted to prevent a feedback loop.So you
can send your midi data from each track but hear only the sum of audio
coming from the stereo outputs.I really recommend a multi input audio
interface so you can process your sounds individually within your DAW.
Don't worry ,once you try all these they will automaticaly make sense.
Have fun!