Just don't use the note-assign mode for sequencing - because you can't use velocity or pitch and the response speed is very bad. But set each sample up with a channel & note number (& use 'constant pitch' if you don't want it to pitch up or down.) & it works great.

Sound quality is excellent - you get out what you put in.

Clicks ARE a problem - but can be edited out - I couldn't trust it with live sampling for this reason. The tap is always off by a few beats (I triggered it over midi to test it).

Not the best live sampling machine but excellent for sequencing samples on a budget.

this thing kicks but. i used to have (2) sp-202's sold them becuase smart media sucks. floppies are the way forward for my sound library.

at first i really liked the funky shit that the sp-202's did. but it got really old. all those effects are cheese, and they are not really worth it (as your bulk of samplers.) i desided to sell them to get an upraded akai s20 and a s01.

this thing sounds so good, i cant even begin. its built like a tank, it doest click, the editing kicks butt. and it does a bunch off stuff i know nothing about (more fun for later.)

this thing is great. if you want a sampler, to reproduce exsactly what you put into it, get this. its does what i want it to. iv been changing what i got a lot lately, but i feel the s20 is here to stay.

i can see why they discontinued this. it was in a wierd price range. kindove like "well if i save a couple hundred more i can get a pro rackmount" well now it kicks but on the used market. i hate peoples reaction as this as a first sampler, just becuase its a tabletop item. i bet if they made it rackmount, and put a little screen on it, the people that think they need super pro stuff would eat this up.

all in all i really like it.

did i mention the s01, s1000, s1100 play samples created on the s20. seems like the s01 ($200) and the s20 are a match made it deal heaven.