The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 8/21/2008 5:32:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
i_am_zontar@yahoo.com writes:

Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Samplers

> I could also recommend the  Akai Z4 or Z8. You can expand it up to 512 meg 
>which means you have a lot  of sounds to play around with before you have >to 
load again from the hard  disk. I find the architecture very easy for me >to 
use. You would have to  connect an external CD drive or load sounds >directly 
from the computer via  usb. The Akai interface software has been >easy for me 
to use  also.

i second the akai suggestion.
the newer ones have:
usb  available for direct connection to a computer

software [free] that  utilizes that interface

allows direct importing of .wav files for EASY  importing of just about any 
audio file you might want to put in it

i  have an ensoniq asr-10 and an emu esi4000.
they both have serious  limitations that cannot be overcome.
they are, in some ways, complimentary,  and i use them both all the time.
but... the recent akais have, to put it  simply, removed all the limitations 
that make these others cumbersome  difficult and restrictive. if i recall the 
s5000 and s6000 are both  usb-capable as are the z-* series, but do verify 
this before purchasing. they  are all available on ebay all the time.

some people find the akai  operating system unfriendly, but i think it's one 
of those things that the  more you use it the easier it becomes, and just a 
small investment in time  makes it all worthwhile..s

>I am thinking of buying a sampler,  but I do not know much about them. I 
>would be buying second hand in New  Zealand so it would probably be be 4-5 
>years old and would be a very  popular model. Being a small country there >is a 
very limited choice of  musical equipment anything even slightly >unusual is not 
likely to be  imported.
>
>It would need to be simple and load from CD rom and  connect via usb to a 
>midi keyboard.

can you please clarify this  statement?
midi and usb are, obviously, not the same, and not for the same  purposes.

>If anyone can help with advice and has the time to answer  some questions, 
>please contact me off  list.

>Thanks
>Mark






I thought the other guy was Zontar. 



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