yamaha A4000 sampler - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

nrgy · #1 09.10.2003, 10:20 PM

Hello!
I was wondering if anyone have this in their studio.
Is this a good sampler if the Ram is upgraded more than 4mb(original)?
it has 4 outputs, maby not that much, but can be expanded too..

what is your opinion? is it a good buy?

thanks!

Hollowcell · #2 09.10.2003, 11:56 PM

ive heard good things about it, but ive never actually played with one...

how much is it going for?

nrgy · #3 10.10.2003, 02:31 PM

it's going for 641 us dollars

I have already told the guy I want it, so now it is on it's way

my first sampler, If I'm not happy with this I can use it to learn to use hardware samplers, and buy a better on later:P
Bought it because the vst samplers are eating too much cpu I think!

Hope it was a good buy

Hollowcell · #4 11.10.2003, 12:41 AM

congrats nrgy!! as u may have read around this forum, i really like hardware samplers....so many people seem to like the softies these days, so its good to see someone making a switch! hopefully it works out for ya!

now a small tip: get the sampler hooked up to your computer via scuzzi or something....using the analogue inputs to record your samples is time consuming and difficult to get a good quality..

let us know how it all goes....also your opinions regarding soft Vs hard.

nrgy · #5 11.10.2003, 12:45 AM

yes, I'll let you know how it goes

I think I'm getting it on monday or tuesday.
I don't think I have to connect to SCSI, because I can burn samples to a cd and put it in the cd player that comes with the sampler and save them on the 10 gb hdd on it.

So in other words, you are the man I should ask questions when I have problems with it

?

Hollowcell · #6 11.10.2003, 12:56 AM

as long as you can burn the sampler templates too...other wise i would link up thru scuzzi...

for example: just say u have a 30 second loop, but u only want to use the individual drum hits and resequence the beats the way u want, but using the sounds....

in recycle2 all u have to do is slide the slice meter so every drum sounds has an individual slice, press transmit..then automaticly each sound will be on a seperate key of your keyboard.....really fast!!

then u will find sample editing programs for your sampler too...alowing u to attach adsr envelopes and the like...of course this all can be done in the sampler itself, but its easier in my opinion to do it all in the computer....unless u have a sampler with a huge screen of course....

yep, if u do have any questions..ill try to answer as best i can...but ive never used a yamaha so sometimes it may be difficult...

Hollowcell · #7 11.10.2003, 12:59 AM

hey one question...

is the cd player that comes with it, an external scuzzi by any chance? if it is, all will have to do is buy yourself a cheap scuzzi card for ya pc and a cable and u r in business....

but thats all u would have to buy n e way...hehe

Tomer=Trance · #8 11.10.2003, 10:56 AM

you should get a cd burner via scsi
i got one,an old yamaha replaced it with a newer one (writes X52 ! 8O )
but kept the old one in chance some day i'l get me an hardware sampler

Caelum 7 · #9 15.10.2003, 09:06 AM

I've had the A5000 since it first came out. It is very nice for tweaking samples, the fx is killer, and the multi-mode filters sound good. Also, the analog outputs are very warm sounding, and I've found that this sampler sounds much fuller than any softsampler playing the exact same samples. The downside of this device is that it is notoriously slow in loading samples via SCSI. I use a Yamaha external SCSI CD drive, and it can be quite painstaking to load & save a large amount of samples at a sitting. You definately need extra RAM and an internal hard drive installed to get good use out of this sampler.