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by Six One Cynic
Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:42 pm
Forum: Other Gear
Topic: Akai s-900 - worth it?
Replies: 4
Views: 5343

Akai s-900 - worth it?

Next week I'll have an opportunity to finally own my uncle's vintage, near-mint condition s900.

With 750KB of ram and a cumbersome build, this thing looks like it firmly belongs in another era and should stay there, but my uncle can get the craziest sounds out of it, even after 20mins of ...
by Six One Cynic
Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:07 am
Forum: SP-404(SX) Tips 'n Tricks
Topic: quantize is off time?
Replies: 5
Views: 2970

Re: quantize is off time?

The sp-404 quantize is below-average in its capabilities, best just to resample/resample/resample, with the 1 gig card you could feasibly create minute-long patterns and chain them together manually, this is my preferred method and a much better one, all of the classics were created this way.
by Six One Cynic
Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: Production Techniques
Topic: part you hate most about beat making?
Replies: 164
Views: 76264

Re: part you hate most about beat making?

When it's time to commit the sounds in my head to the SP, and give them the most definitive reading I can, I avoid all my favourite artists, especially records that have seriously affected me, because It's hard to escape the influence of people like Momus or Tricky, and they know it.

IMO ...