I love this piece, I already had an mpc2000, if you have a good controller this thing is amazing, setup keygroups map any sample however you want....plus the editing is great, I had samples on the mpc2000 and resampled them in here and damn they sound way fatter........I got mine for 100 bucks.......the floppy is broken so I can't save anything, you know where I can get this fixed or how I can save samples another way? I can't even get the disk menu loaded all the lights flash....
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Saturday-Mar-01-2003 at 19:09
yrekcirtcele
a professional user
from eengerland
writes:
Gritty,grainy,perfect for everything!deceptive beast in that 1mb goes a long way(what do people do with 128mb's?)problems?if it crashes-hit it!so good in fact that i often bring it shopping with me-if it ever died i think i'd mourn it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Sunday-Dec-15-2002 at 18:42
mr know it all
a professional user
from US
writes:
the posts below are correct. get one as soon as you can. if you are making dance music you should own a twelve bit sampler (be it a emax, mpc 60, s950, sp1200, or even an s900) it is an essential tool for making bumpin beats. the thump of kicks and crispness of the snares and cymbals is unparalled. you will NOT be able to replicate the sound of a 12 bit sampler with battery, halion, a newer sampler.....with anything! believe me i have tryed. this should not be your only sampler, but by all means you do need to have one. it is not that hard to use. the screen is small, but a pinch of patience goes a long long way.
use caution when buying. these things are old, but they are built very well. shouldn't be hard to find one in good shape. shouldn't pay more than $275 for one (mint mint condition). people will say that you have to get the 950 because so and so uses it but if you can't find a 950 get a 900 the difference is tiny and if you are just using it for some thumping ass drums who cares about the sample time, cross fade and time stretch? sample everything at low low sample rates...you want gritty don't you.
a classic piece of gear that is still vital today!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Nov-26-2002 at 10:52
u
a professional user
from ld
writes:
My advice to anybody who doesn't own one of these to save up a bit of cash and buy one as soon as you can,this machine is going to be very sought after in the future after all lets not forget it is a rackmount mpc60 without the sequencer,to anybody who hasn,t heard one of these machines they sound very hard and warm compared to newer akai's s1000/s1100 s6000's etc there is no comparison. There has been alot of hype over the years about the sound of the mpc60 well i own both one of those ans a mint akais950 i tell you the s950 sounds identical it's up to you pay silly money for the mpc60 or pennys for the 950 i will never sell mine. don't say i didn't warn you when in the future they are hard to find and exspensive on the secondhand market... PEACE.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Friday-Aug-30-2002 at 12:51
writes:
this baby kicks!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-Apr-04-2002 at 07:05
vektrx
a part-time user
from canada
writes:
Showbiz and Primo made bad ass beats with this thing. Classic hip hop sound-some bassment type gritty ish. Definitely worth looking for at a good price. This one's for the reel hedz.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-Apr-04-2002 at 02:05
Panos Chatzigeorgiadis
a professional user
from Athens/Greece
writes:
Hi
i just got mine used in excellent condition with full ram only for 170$ !!...although i am in trance it sounds great to me in order to use it for "filtered" vocal stuff...i also use it for drums...it sounds very clean compared let's say to a pc soundcard... if you can get it cheap as i did then you should go definitelly for it...and an answer to Jeff...yes mate all you have to do in order to create a drum kit is to copy the e.g. kg1 then change the sample you are using and then adjust the keyboard range you want you sample to be played...
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Feb-25-2002 at 02:23
soulboy
a part-time user
from NZ
writes:
Bought mine 4 years ago for $300. It's my main sampler. I stuck another memry board into it about 2 years. You can get heaps of sample time out of it if you use the sample rate cleverly - I never sample kiks and basses at full banwidth. Good for the money and to get that old skool 12 bit sound. Combined with my CAsio RZ1 sampler, I got crunchy slammin drums.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-Sep-27-2001 at 06:22
sjmojo
a professional user
writes:
i bought one in 87,accompanied it w/ a new-bought roland mc500mk2,i'm happy to write techno and electronic tunes at that time.old skool 12-bit sampling though not as fat as sp1200,but i sampled tr808 kits into it,and it got the punchiness.i paid new about $1500 at that time.it worths i think for the sounds.it's crystal clear like today's akai but had more dynamics,no efx,no digital i/o,but has 8 individual outs,best for drum samples,don't forget u can trigger it bthru the optional stand alone unit me35t.limited ram but ok for drums.not for loops of course.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Wednesday-Jun-06-2001 at 03:52
Saka
a part-time user
from Italy
writes:
I use the S950 for my hiphop productions... I think it's very fast and easy to use, moreover it sounds just right for hiphop, gritty and raw! Check out my stuff at www.mp3.com/saka to hear the S950 in action. Peace!
**SakA**
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Apr-24-2001 at 17:16
Semaj
a professional user
from US
writes:
The S950 has always help me out in a pinch
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Wednesday-Dec-13-2000 at 21:28
Gareth Morris
a part-time user
from England
writes:
The first 'cheap' sample with time-stretch. And IMHO its never been bettered. Really good for percussion. Shame about the 2.25Mb or RAM.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Wednesday-Oct-25-2000 at 10:51
TEKNIK
a professional user
from K.C. USA
writes:
As far as 12 bit sampling goes the S-950 is the Bomb-Ba Shit. I still use it on almost all my hip-hop tracks. 12 bits is almost always enough for real hip-hop tracks. This sampler is like the MPC60 of rack mount samplers and I use the two together more often than not, where as I use my S3000xl with my MPC3000. Even though the S-950 is slightly out dated it will never become obsolete, it just sounds too damn good!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Jun-20-2000 at 02:56
LFOdemon
a part-time user
from germany
writes:
i like the S950 for its crunchy 12bit sound; i used to to play all my drumsounds on it before i got my mpc3000 - but even now i use this lovley machine for lofiFXz ( you can adjust the sample- bandwith from 19000-3000Hz,real hardcore! ) and timestretching.Go get this machine, it`s cheap even!
posted Friday-Apr-14-2000 at 16:25
Martin
a hobbyist user
from Sweden
writes:
Easy to use? Yepp. But a bigger display or a editor would be better. Great for drumsounds. I sampled all my kitchen gears and made a song called "Kitchen massaker". Lost the disk and sold the sampler. I am going to buy a new sampler some day, preferably a 16 bit sampler.
Rating: 3 out of 5
posted Friday-Dec-24-1999 at 17:17
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