What was your first piece of hardware?

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:24 pm

word,you picked up a Sampletrak?
I understand you because I have a 404 and still learning how to use it myself.
You'll be able to work it in no time and if you have questions,just ask

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:21 am

chopping on that thing is tough man. That wheel control thing moves the start/end point too much, and those + and - keys move way too slow.

I noticed that there was no sampletrak beatmaking videos on youtube. I wanna make one once I learn the machine.

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:05 pm

yeah,chopping with the wheel can be tricky at first,but you can also chop sp style with the big loop pad which is like the mark button.You press pad 3(start point) and play the sample and when you see fit,you press loop/mark then press pad 5 (end point) and then press loop/mark and you can edit with the wheel,it's easier that way.
I started with the wheel and it did take some time to get used to it!!
A video would be a great idea man,I'd do one but I don't have a camera at the moment..
It's a pretty slept-on piece and a great companion to the sp-303/404/555:)

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:38 am

thanks man

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:23 am

No problem man,

And a cool function is that you can set the nb of seconds if you want to sample say a one shot,the usual record and then press play/stop and use the + and - to select the length of that future sample.

skeezee · Post by **skeezee** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:30 am

This was my first sampler along with this

Roland VS880

Not bad shit for my first little setup... got this in 2003.

Felix Tha Kat · Post by **Felix Tha Kat** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:40 pm

turntable/SP-606

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:07 am

soopa wrote:mpc 2000 which i should be getting rid of soon

hit me the fuck up when you sellin that beast!

ReLax · Post by **ReLax** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:29 pm

sp 303, i used it to make beats to jam with my guitar along with adding affects

Platypus Beird · Post by **Platypus Beird** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:41 pm

I got scammed on Ebay for an MPC 1000 and after I saved my money back up I ended up getting an MPC 60 mk1...overall one of the best things that has happened to me

Olby · Post by **Olby** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:26 pm

Deta!L wrote:I got scammed on Ebay for an MPC 1000 and after I saved my money back up I ended up getting an MPC 60 mk1...overall one of the best things that has happened to me

what kind of scam ? he did not send the mpc ?

PHeMoX · Post by **PHeMoX** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:31 pm

Yeah, eBay is quite full of scammers... more often than not, if a deal seems to good to be true, it usually is.

Still, there are ways to deal with this, like only handing over cash in person. I'd totally recommend not sending any money hoping they will send their gear. Let them send in their gear first.

Buttafinguz · Post by **Buttafinguz** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:01 pm

Roland w30 Keyboard sampler. Now that I think about it, it was pretty cool for back in the 90's .....if we're not counting the turntbles

5ch0k0 · Post by **5ch0k0** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:13 pm

Korg Poly 800...back in the 80´s

Buttafinguz · Post by **Buttafinguz** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:49 pm

I forgot about this. I had a friend back in the early '80's that let me keep one and then he moved away

....then he came back to visit his grandparent a got it back.

. but by then I was hooked and couldn't afford to buy one. What kind a friend was that?