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ASR-X At a Glance |
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 Released: 1997
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User rating: 4.0/5 |
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| Richard Knijnenburg (r.f.j.knijnenburg@nbrw.rotterdam.nl) writes: |
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The only competitor to Akai's MPC-series, the ASR-X has superior filters (low, high and bandpass with resonant modes), dead-easy and quick resampling with effects and filters (of sequenced or played parts even) and totally kick-ass effects as standard, 2MB more max RAM (no big deal). It's 24MB soundblocks (Dance, World) are said to be KICK-ASS. Not nice: standard 2-line display (which IS extremely readable however), lack of extensive sequence editing (use a PC or Mac), slow diskdrive. OS version 2.0 (which I have) has a few problems: slow and sometimes unreliable SCSI (using an IOmega Zip), no timestretching, no pattern chaining, no sample-dump via MIDI. BUT...I've been told that these are exactly the problems solved by version 2.5!! Apart from the SCSI-problems, I like this box. The resampling is way cool, the filters are phat, the effects are phatter even...check the OS version before buying: 2.0 is a no no...must have 2.5!
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and Xyvind Xyen for the pic
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