My s3000xl just arrived..I'm amazed first that Ive already plugged it in and sampled a synth note from my Juno Alpha 1 and then triggered it from the Juno in less than 5 minutes without reading any manual. It automatically keymapped the sample across the midi control. Such an easy to use machine. Then second, not sure if it's just me or this unit but I can't believe how good and punchy the sound is coming out of it! Simply amazing
I love the Akai products from this era. They were so well built and designed. The front panel looked similar to something you might find in the scientific or medical field, very professional and very functional.
Not one bit...the MPC is a completly different kind of fish to the S series except the MPC-4000 which is 99% the same as a Z8. The MPC is a drummachine/phrase sampler it cant do half the suff the S/Z series can do, the "S" series are more like synths and also have a completly different OS/way of working to the MPC's.
@@dan_rtype yea after 3 years I’ve realized that there are many more samples that are good at finding zero crossing loop points/auto-loop. I have an Emax 1 and even the auto-loop on that is pretty great. However, I think the S1000 is still somehow easier to make basic multisample keygroups than the new MPCs!
@@Ancaja123 Yes, the auto-loop is a godsend. EMU had that on lock. I have an Akai s3000xl as well but prefer it for one shots, drum hits, rather than complex multisamples, although I know it's capable.
Those things always seem so awesome to me, but they look like such a pain in the ass in a world where modern computers exist. Everytime I think of getting one i'm reminded that I own the most powerful digital sampler imaginable,i.e. any DAW. I'm sure if I got one their beauty would be immediately clear, though. :)
@Tommy Badman this comment was 9 years ago and I got the s3000xl since and could NEVER get rid of it🤣🤣 I saw my original and was like, "wow, I was wrong as hell🤔"lol
Would be great if you could do a video on loading S1000 samples from floppy into the 32mb ram on the s3000xl and choosing the ones you want, then sticking another floppy in and loading those then choosing the ones you want from that without deleting the first lot from ram. It seems pointless having upgraded the Ram to 32 mb and only being able to load less than 2MB of samples to have to delete them from ram to load more from floppy. I've read through the manual countless times and still can't figure this out. I just want to load samples then choose the ones I want, load another floppy contents and choose the samples I want to use but I have to erase all from memory before loading the next lot from floppy to choose from. Do I need to save the first lot to a newly formatted floppy as key groups in a single or multi program? I'm loading them from S1000 floppies with 909, Linn Drum and 808 samples on them. I'm so confused. It just seems pointless having all that RAm and not being able to load and save the samples I want from each floppy without deleting the first lot I want to use. Please help.
@@Komodo1312 yes. I installed two Flash ROM cards. Took me a while to find them. Set up a saved search on eBay and found an original and an after market one from Mutec. Then had to figure out the pin configuration of each with the help of a few kind people on ebay, forums and Brian (Bizzy B Scoence on youtube) where I was directed to documents. Those were a mission to decipher and in the end I just fitted each one and figured it out. It was completely opposite to what the documents said and thankfully nothing shorted while doing that. It was then a mission to figure out how to get work with them from the Flash. You can save them to the Flash ROM but if you want to change anything in each, you need to copy them from the Flash ROM to the RAM and then change what you need to and save them back into the flash ROM again. Think of it like listening to a tape recording, you can't do anything to that recording unless you record it to a DAW and change what you want, then record (save it) back to the tape. The S3000XL OS reads the sample and program data from the ROM. You can change a limited amount of things without copying it to RAM but if you want to do anything permanent, you need to take it out and do what you want then save it back in again. Which is what you would do with a floppy except with the Flash ROM you can designate a few samples and programs to open automatically without chucking in a disc. You can also save the Akai OS and Sine, SAW, Square & Triangle samples to the Flash ROM instead of putting in a chip. I copied the OS and sample to the Flash ROM to do just that. It's all convoluted but if that's what you enjoy spending your time doing then like me, you're happy. The Flash ROM cards took around a year to become available. In the end I found a guy in Poland on ebay who had similar items for sale who took the Mutec one out of his MPC or something. Good luck with it all. If you need any help just pop me a message.
@@garethmillers5453 Oh man, that is a mouthful! I just got my unit and haven't played around with it too much yet, but I just wanted to hear what I should do if i wanted to load a program from a floppy and wanted to keep it in memory while loading another program from a floppy! I have many hours of learning this machine ahead of me, but today I got it working with my MPC2000 and Yamaha 02R recording over ADAT to Ableton and that all seems to work, so I'm happy for today :)
@@Komodo1312 That sounds awesome. Old school sounds at the ready. if you are looking for tutorials on how to operate them then go to @TheBizzyBScience on UA-cam. He now has step by step guides on how to set up key groups, time stretch and loads of other bits and bobs. Hope you have fun. Enjoy. GM
But you can use the mpc as a sampler too, no? So what you do in this video (which is relatively easy for you, as your comments says....) you cannot do with the mpc?
My s3000xl just arrived..I'm amazed first that Ive already plugged it in and sampled a synth note from my Juno Alpha 1 and then triggered it from the Juno in less than 5 minutes without reading any manual. It automatically keymapped the sample across the midi control. Such an easy to use machine. Then second, not sure if it's just me or this unit but I can't believe how good and punchy the sound is coming out of it! Simply amazing
I love the Akai products from this era. They were so well built and designed. The front panel looked similar to something you might find in the scientific or medical field, very professional and very functional.
Not one bit...the MPC is a completly different kind of fish to the S series except the MPC-4000 which is 99% the same as a Z8.
The MPC is a drummachine/phrase sampler it cant do half the suff the S/Z series can do, the "S" series are more like synths and also have a completly different OS/way of working to the MPC's.
Can't seem to wrap my head around why The S Series samplers are so much better at looping samples seamlessly than any other sampler.
Actually, looping on the EMU E4XT is much easier.
@@dan_rtype yea after 3 years I’ve realized that there are many more samples that are good at finding zero crossing loop points/auto-loop. I have an Emax 1 and even the auto-loop on that is pretty great.
However, I think the S1000 is still somehow easier to make basic multisample keygroups than the new MPCs!
@@Ancaja123 Yes, the auto-loop is a godsend. EMU had that on lock. I have an Akai s3000xl as well but prefer it for one shots, drum hits, rather than complex multisamples, although I know it's capable.
one of the best instructional videos on the web today for these superb machines. 5 stars *****
Nice one mate, thanks for uploading this !!
Ok mate, just did a video on how to chop a sample in the 3000 series and assign the chops to a key group. It's uploading as we speak, check back later
vinyljunkie whats up? nice video is any of this possible in the s900 sampler? or the s1000? thanks for your help
Will the s3000 only accept 512mb scsi drives or can I use a 2 gb jazz?
yes you can, I use a jazz drive on my S3000XL, you patition it as follows, 17 partitions each one 58mb.
Those things always seem so awesome to me, but they look like such a pain in the ass in a world where modern computers exist. Everytime I think of getting one i'm reminded that I own the most powerful digital sampler imaginable,i.e. any DAW. I'm sure if I got one their beauty would be immediately clear, though. :)
@Tommy Badman this comment was 9 years ago and I got the s3000xl since and could NEVER get rid of it🤣🤣 I saw my original and was like, "wow, I was wrong as hell🤔"lol
@backtothelab86 Sup, it's almost the same in the S-1000 and simmilar on the 900 just imagine you are doing it looking through a letter box though lol
Thanks, what would you like me to cover on the S series? I dont mind doing these kind of vids
Would be great if you could do a video on loading S1000 samples from floppy into the 32mb ram on the s3000xl and choosing the ones you want, then sticking another floppy in and loading those then choosing the ones you want from that without deleting the first lot from ram. It seems pointless having upgraded the Ram to 32 mb and only being able to load less than 2MB of samples to have to delete them from ram to load more from floppy. I've read through the manual countless times and still can't figure this out. I just want to load samples then choose the ones I want, load another floppy contents and choose the samples I want to use but I have to erase all from memory before loading the next lot from floppy to choose from. Do I need to save the first lot to a newly formatted floppy as key groups in a single or multi program? I'm loading them from S1000 floppies with 909, Linn Drum and 808 samples on them. I'm so confused. It just seems pointless having all that RAm and not being able to load and save the samples I want from each floppy without deleting the first lot I want to use. Please help.
@@garethmillers5453 Ever figured it out?
@@Komodo1312 yes. I installed two Flash ROM cards. Took me a while to find them. Set up a saved search on eBay and found an original and an after market one from Mutec. Then had to figure out the pin configuration of each with the help of a few kind people on ebay, forums and Brian (Bizzy B Scoence on youtube) where I was directed to documents. Those were a mission to decipher and in the end I just fitted each one and figured it out. It was completely opposite to what the documents said and thankfully nothing shorted while doing that. It was then a mission to figure out how to get work with them from the Flash. You can save them to the Flash ROM but if you want to change anything in each, you need to copy them from the Flash ROM to the RAM and then change what you need to and save them back into the flash ROM again. Think of it like listening to a tape recording, you can't do anything to that recording unless you record it to a DAW and change what you want, then record (save it) back to the tape. The S3000XL OS reads the sample and program data from the ROM. You can change a limited amount of things without copying it to RAM but if you want to do anything permanent, you need to take it out and do what you want then save it back in again. Which is what you would do with a floppy except with the Flash ROM you can designate a few samples and programs to open automatically without chucking in a disc. You can also save the Akai OS and Sine, SAW, Square & Triangle samples to the Flash ROM instead of putting in a chip. I copied the OS and sample to the Flash ROM to do just that. It's all convoluted but if that's what you enjoy spending your time doing then like me, you're happy. The Flash ROM cards took around a year to become available. In the end I found a guy in Poland on ebay who had similar items for sale who took the Mutec one out of his MPC or something. Good luck with it all. If you need any help just pop me a message.
@@garethmillers5453 Oh man, that is a mouthful! I just got my unit and haven't played around with it too much yet, but I just wanted to hear what I should do if i wanted to load a program from a floppy and wanted to keep it in memory while loading another program from a floppy! I have many hours of learning this machine ahead of me, but today I got it working with my MPC2000 and Yamaha 02R recording over ADAT to Ableton and that all seems to work, so I'm happy for today :)
@@Komodo1312 That sounds awesome. Old school sounds at the ready. if you are looking for tutorials on how to operate them then go to @TheBizzyBScience on UA-cam. He now has step by step guides on how to set up key groups, time stretch and loads of other bits and bobs. Hope you have fun. Enjoy. GM
Who the hell has a 2800...? I need a manual
did you find it? i have a S3200 manual
Can't you do the same with your mpc-2000xl?
But you can use the mpc as a sampler too, no? So what you do in this video (which is relatively easy for you, as your comments says....) you cannot do with the mpc?
zeker111 you can not do key mapping on the mpc
4 YEARS AGO?
10 years ago?! ;-)
@@astralbraintentacles1212 11years ago ^^
A lot has happened since your comment bet you didn’t expect it😝