asr-10 keyboard

[Anthony]

A little off topic but:I play git and sax and while I have a top flight sax ...... I tend to use cheaper gits. Now I've had many it's all about what you do with it.

Just to extend OT a little further, it seems Ensoniq topic is concluded after all.

As you are visiting keys forum and being a sax player, for sake of curiosity just like to hear what do you make of wind controllers like Akai EWI controller and those from Yamaha?

Have you used them? Perhaps with likes of VL1/VL7?

For some reason never used the wind controllers with late VL gadget, and there always seems to be a shortage of real wind players when keys people discuss Wind controllers

 

[Lt. Bob]

hmmmm ..... well ..... I used to have a wind synth ..... one of the first. Can't seem to remember the name right now ..... anyway, it worked really well. Responded well .... the sounds were kinda cheesy 'cause it was back in the days of analog synths .... but it responded very good to wind variences and eveb reed pressure.
Haven't used any of the newer ones like a Yamaha though.

 

[50cal]

SSSCIENTIST IM proving you right...haha...i dont want the last word and maybe its because I have something that Ive been bottling up..First LT BOB..I agree with what you said,and the way I came off was imature on my part..and to everyone else..sorry If I made anyone upset.
In order for these forums to work there needs to be an open line of communication..so dont badger someone for making conversation....
My primary concern is that when someone asks questions about a piece of equipment,there are alot of experts who respond with no knowledge on the product,or any hands on experience with the product.I would hope we would all encourage an open dialogue,express our opinions, but also have an open ear as well.Ive noticed on this board this happen alot....someone asks a bout certain keys and the first thing someone does is say...just buy fruity loops...(just using as an example) am I scared of the big digital takeover..Not at all Im all for software,and encourage those that want to go that route..but there are forums for discusing software.So why do i get all worked up? partially because there are honest people who are using this forum to get info on buying products.Someone may have saved up some hard earned money and dont want to buy something thats not best suited for what they are doing..Im not trying to take over these threads..im just asking for some people to be a little less biased...Me including...Im just as guilty at times...If i speak on something its usually cause I worked with it before,and have first hand knowledge of it.There are some telling people not to buy things because its old and they never worked with it...I think you all know what Im getting at.hope you have the the understanding to feel what im saying

 

[50cal]

Well, said to hear that. Clearly, you gave no try playing with chord magic.

EIV is for many users unused and if you have tried t h i s , you would probably still use your EIV.




I was only working with ASR = ASR10 Rack, and these machines were decent.

Problems with keyboard were evident since TS10 then TS12 and ASR, later ASR88.

I remember talking to a Emu friend from parts dept., he told me they were not pleased about Ensoniq/Emu episode, for one of the reasons were Ensoniq parts, which at the time (ASR generation) were not what they wanted to see around them. I remember he told me that only first month after the lousy merger, he would receive numerous parts requests for Ensoniq on daily basis.

The last piece of Ensoniq gear I worked with was , I believe last Ensoniq module as such : MR-Rack.
Rather different approach for Ensoniq, because the way of accessing sounds with MR was completely modernized and not bad at all.

ASR10 user reviews 01

ASR10 user reviews 02

I got rid of my e4xt not because of its quality,i worked out a deal with someone,and that was part of it...

 

[50cal]

Just to extend OT a little further, it seems Ensoniq topic is concluded after all.

As you are visiting keys forum and being a sax player, for sake of curiosity just like to hear what do you make of wind controllers like Akai EWI controller and those from Yamaha?

Have you used them? Perhaps with likes of VL1/VL7?

For some reason never used the wind controllers with late VL gadget, and there always seems to be a shortage of real wind players when keys people discuss Wind controllers

good question cause im hoping to get one to use with the vl expansion on the motif

 

[DavidK]

50cal,

you posted a Donald Trump picture saying "Your Fired" and I guessed erased it?? I thought it was FUNNY as hell!!


Nah, nobody is mad at you, we are all passionate about SOME piece of gear. If you werent you shouldnt be here. I still have a fondness for a LOT of my old gear even though I have better stuff now, I miss my DX21.

 

[50cal]

50cal,

you posted a Donald Trump picture saying "Your Fired" and I guessed erased it?? I thought it was FUNNY as hell!!


Nah, nobody is mad at you, we are all passionate about SOME piece of gear. If you werent you shouldnt be here. I still have a fondness for a LOT of my old gear even though I have better stuff now, I miss my DX21.

Yeah i erased it..thought Id save that childish stuff for later...i still have a yamaha tx81z,use it in place of the dx100 i had...use it for talkbox

 

[Lt. Bob]

SSSCIENTIST IM proving you right...haha...i dont want the last word and maybe its because I have something that Ive been bottling up..First LT BOB..I agree with what you said,and the way I came off was imature on my part..and to everyone else..sorry If I made anyone upset.
In order for these forums to work there needs to be an open line of communication..so dont badger someone for making conversation....
My primary concern is that when someone asks questions about a piece of equipment,there are alot of experts who respond with no knowledge on the product,or any hands on experience with the product.I would hope we would all encourage an open dialogue,express our opinions, but also have an open ear as well.Ive noticed on this board this happen alot....someone asks a bout certain keys and the first thing someone does is say...just buy fruity loops...(just using as an example) am I scared of the big digital takeover..Not at all Im all for software,and encourage those that want to go that route..but there are forums for discusing software.So why do i get all worked up? partially because there are honest people who are using this forum to get info on buying products.Someone may have saved up some hard earned money and dont want to buy something thats not best suited for what they are doing..Im not trying to take over these threads..im just asking for some people to be a little less biased...Me including...Im just as guilty at times...If i speak on something its usually cause I worked with it before,and have first hand knowledge of it.There are some telling people not to buy things because its old and they never worked with it...I think you all know what Im getting at.hope you have the the understanding to feel what im saying

Oh I agree with all that. The fact is, ALL of this stuff is better than the majority of the gear that existed for any amount of money back when I started ........ of course they hadn't invented cars yet but that's another story.

But it irritates me also when sopmeone is quick to reply that such and such a piece of gear is total crap when what really matters is what you do with it. I'd rather hear a cool bit o' music done with mediocre sound than a sterile boring piece that has pristine quality.

 

[Mo-Kay]

What the hell is all the yappin about?
Old, options, love hate blablabla.

Listen man, if you wanna get into hip hop beatnmaking, the ASR10 is one of the classic machines for it. Solid and straightforward.


And normally they sell for about 650... If you wanna do your thing just straight up, the ASR10 is a good tool to do it at 400 bucks.