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The SU700 was the first peice of hardware I got (well actually the DJ-X keyboard was, but i'd rather not talk about that ;-)) To stubborn to read the manual I spend one week trying to figure this thing out and I didn't get much farther than scratching samples and messing around with the FX's. After a few quick glances at the manual (it's not a difficult piece of gear, really good lay-out,hands on machine) a lot of things became clear and from that moment it was a blast to use!! You should really get the 2 expansion boards and get 64 MB memory (EDO-ram from Compaq works nicely!) Then get a SCSII hard disc. The floppy's are a pain in the ....
I use this machine pure for live performance, and the ribbon-controller linked to Cut-off is a succes every time! The FX are great, you can route the FX busses to each other (make the reverb go thru the amp-sim, crazy things possible)
The roll function is great. The only thing that can be a bit difficult to do live is a roll, and then try to switch pads, because you have to press the [mute on/off] button right after you let go of the [roll] button, and the machine doesn't react fast enough then.
It also can make strange ticking/clicking noize when you use a lot of echo and the machine is slaved. Usually raising or lowering the BPM by .1 solves the problem. But on the other hand, it has it's charms, I use the clicking sounds on purpose in some songs (sounds like a vinyl record)
I wil never sell this machine, and would love to get a second one. It's perfect! The limitations on this thing are a good thing, they give a unique sound to it!
I'll give it a 4, because nothing is perfect, but for me this thing is.
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