I would probably say yes, because a fully expanded S3000 cost as much as a small second hand car back in the day! Now you can get thousands of free, multi gigabyte samples and play them on a cheap laptop with stuff like Labs, Decent Sampler or free Kontakt player. Has that improved creativity or the music? That's a separate debate 😉
It would be amazing if someone uploaded these to internet archive or something like that so us mere mortals that were broke teens in the 90's could get ahold of these sample CD's today.
Ma sono suoni bellissimi !!!! Meglio di qualsiasi expander moderno di Roland e Yamaha , il campionatore Akai aveva librerie fantastiche per ogni esigenza . Suoni realizzati da Veri sound designer e campionati con tutti gli inviluppi corretti. Adesso un Akai s3000 te lo tirano addosso a 300 , 400 euro, i musicisti moderni spendono almeno 2000 euro per un expander di nuova generazione , ma non ottengono lo stesso risultato. Campionatori vs expander , io preferivo i campionatori.
Hey Paolo, I wonder what you used for Rlangpad and Expound, they're good sounds just like others, but the Matrix 12 choir and Jupiter 8 are my faves here.
I was talking to a guy a lng time ago and he said he got samples into the s3000xl with data i was confused by this then i got one with a cdrom reader and it has digital connextors 9n the back. I assumed i have to get samples off an akai sample disk with scsi but can i seem to remember he told me he could get samples off any cd???
Hello Paolo, just a curiosity: what's the purpose of that bench power supply on top of the S3000XL (at the top left corner of the video)? Beside this video (where it look like it's just a weight for stability purposes), what do you use it for (in the studio)? Grazie mille e saluti dall'Italia! 🙂
Yes, that was just there for stability purpose! I had the sampler on an Apex type stand (two relatively thin arms), and I was afraid it would fall forward, since it's a deep unit. That's why the bench power supply is at the back, to counterbalance it ... I usually use it in my amateur electronics bench, when I build small circuits / synth / noise generators and guitar pedals. Grazie a te, e tanti saluti alla patria!
I have a microbrute and I’m wondering if it’s possible to stack multiple loops on top of eachother or what equipment I would need to do so. For example im trying to play the song temptation by new order. It had a few different synth parts on top of eachother but im not sure how to go about it. Any tips?
Why do these old samples sound so good? any additional treatment? Or do they only sound that good on hardware? And if I read those CDs with those samples on other hardware? roland, kurzweil, or convert them to kontakt? i'm surprised how good they really sound
No additional treatments (not even eq, compression, I just normalized the files) other than small bit of reverb in some of the sounds. The source samples were good, and also the AKAI converters were great - but you should be able to get similar results on other hardware
music has gone backwards since 1993.... 80s to early 90s was when music creativity pushed the envelope.. then people just got lazy with copy and paste sounds, music became a cliche of itself with the same format being over used
They are from a bunch of sample CDs I bought back in the days, check out these other videos of mine for more info: ua-cam.com/video/9y4OZyQn6YY/v-deo.html --- ua-cam.com/video/nSZUlLv6aKc/v-deo.html --- ua-cam.com/video/5oyAD5CBTpM/v-deo.html
Can't believe how clean these samples sound. Insane
crystal clear for a hs
I just got my CD 3000XL and I'm gonna get some cds for that thing
Just got an S2000 and I am just loving it.
I love the gregorian chant examples. wow. Also like hearing your ecclesiastic chops in general.
Samplers will never be replaced. These sounds should be in soundtracks made today!
I agree , analogue is always needed
Are we REALLY that much better off in 2023?
Maybe not.
I would probably say yes, because a fully expanded S3000 cost as much as a small second hand car back in the day! Now you can get thousands of free, multi gigabyte samples and play them on a cheap laptop with stuff like Labs, Decent Sampler or free Kontakt player. Has that improved creativity or the music? That's a separate debate 😉
Still great sound quality for a piece of kit from the 90's. Awesome samples too!
Да! VST далеко до такого звучания!
I am hearing parts of so many songs here !!!
I got my S3200XL yesterday and I'm blown away how good it is. I mean it's from 1996 and sounds awesome :)
Those choir samples were so angelic
Never knew, that there was a CDROM for the AKAI with the Crumar BitOne. Nice.
Jazz combo 1 at 8:42:is a lot of fun. Nice playing!
I need that as a MPC Key Group pack!!!
The samples themselves are still very high quality.
they were intelligently looped......so the lack of RAM wasnt a problem then
Wow some of these choir sounds are really nice
1:11
That Kyrie Eleison sample is used in main menu for total war medieval 2 ost("Time and again")
Many videogame OSTs from 90s and early 00s were composed using this samples libraries.
These sounds like Roland expansion Cards (SRX keys and so on)
Great Playing man...
would love to buy you a coffee sometime at the very least... thank you for this and all you do
OK, that Ah-Eh-EE is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Moar, please!!!! 🔥
There is a very similar sound available on GarageBand. It’s called Alchemists Choir.
I really wanna hear you do a video game soundtrack with this.
It would be amazing if someone uploaded these to internet archive or something like that so us mere mortals that were broke teens in the 90's could get ahold of these sample CD's today.
@@basscwhere?
Ma sono suoni bellissimi !!!! Meglio di qualsiasi expander moderno di Roland e Yamaha , il campionatore Akai aveva librerie fantastiche per ogni esigenza . Suoni realizzati da Veri sound designer e campionati con tutti gli inviluppi corretti. Adesso un Akai s3000 te lo tirano addosso a 300 , 400 euro, i musicisti moderni spendono almeno 2000 euro per un expander di nuova generazione , ma non ottengono lo stesso risultato.
Campionatori vs expander , io preferivo i campionatori.
its sounds very god aun pára esta epoca
Are those the Spectrasonic CDs?
Hey Paolo, I wonder what you used for Rlangpad and Expound, they're good sounds just like others, but the Matrix 12 choir and Jupiter 8 are my faves here.
Spectrasonics Vocal Planet! Features on Omnisphere!
I was talking to a guy a lng time ago and he said he got samples into the s3000xl with data i was confused by this then i got one with a cdrom reader and it has digital connextors 9n the back. I assumed i have to get samples off an akai sample disk with scsi but can i seem to remember he told me he could get samples off any cd???
Does anybody know where to download these cd-roms?
Hello Paolo, just a curiosity: what's the purpose of that bench power supply on top of the S3000XL (at the top left corner of the video)? Beside this video (where it look like it's just a weight for stability purposes), what do you use it for (in the studio)? Grazie mille e saluti dall'Italia! 🙂
Yes, that was just there for stability purpose! I had the sampler on an Apex type stand (two relatively thin arms), and I was afraid it would fall forward, since it's a deep unit. That's why the bench power supply is at the back, to counterbalance it ... I usually use it in my amateur electronics bench, when I build small circuits / synth / noise generators and guitar pedals. Grazie a te, e tanti saluti alla patria!
I have a microbrute and I’m wondering if it’s possible to stack multiple loops on top of eachother or what equipment I would need to do so. For example im trying to play the song temptation by new order. It had a few different synth parts on top of eachother but im not sure how to go about it. Any tips?
Wonderful! It remembering many Roland and Korg Trinity preset also. Or adopted them these synth? 🧐
Gary Numan loves AKAI
Gods voices
What is the name of this cd?
The intro + "Pop / Jazz Vocals" is Vocal Planet and "Choir / Vocals" is Symphony of Voices, both by Spectrasonics. Don't know about the others.
@@Thelostrune oh shyt! I got those and Sample tank can play s3000 cds
wow....
What is the maximum amount ram on the s3000? Are these presets loading directly from disk?
32 Mb max RAM. Presets are loaded from CD-Rom or any SCSI compatible storage devices.
11:38-11:47 Sounds like a preset on a Korg TR + Triton
It’s the sample from Distorted Reality
DigiPad... tziganata... ^__^
Good catch! :^)
@@SynthManiaDotCom erano i Litfiba del periodo migliore ....
Concordo
@@SynthManiaDotCom si fanno ascoltare ancora molto volentieri (ua-cam.com/video/afXWar-ufUw/v-deo.html) :-)
i am glad that i am living in 2023 now 😂😂😂😂
Can this work on the S5000?
Yes
What library CD are the Choir section from??!!
Ah found it, Symphony of Voices ?
Excellent demonstration Paolo! 😎👍🏼
Why do these old samples sound so good? any additional treatment? Or do they only sound that good on hardware? And if I read those CDs with those samples on other hardware? roland, kurzweil, or convert them to kontakt? i'm surprised how good they really sound
No additional treatments (not even eq, compression, I just normalized the files) other than small bit of reverb in some of the sounds. The source samples were good, and also the AKAI converters were great - but you should be able to get similar results on other hardware
what is your favorite sampler @synthmania ??
My first and favorite sampler is the W-30
Thanks . Your W-30 videos are dope!
music has gone backwards since 1993.... 80s to early 90s was when music creativity pushed the envelope.. then people just got lazy with copy and paste sounds, music became a cliche of itself with the same format being over used
Where can I buy those ?
What do you use for storage to avoid floppy discs?
A computer.
What disk did you use?
What are the name of the source please ?
They are from a bunch of sample CDs I bought back in the days, check out these other videos of mine for more info: ua-cam.com/video/9y4OZyQn6YY/v-deo.html --- ua-cam.com/video/nSZUlLv6aKc/v-deo.html --- ua-cam.com/video/5oyAD5CBTpM/v-deo.html
Gritty
You’ve gone backwards in 2023 with software samplers
They do not sound anything like the old hardware machines.