Akai S700 sampler -- a gem for '90s hip-hop

[@ryanhursh6322]

Sounds amazing and a little BoC-ish with the children’s vocals

[@eddieleonard6925]

haha..i love BoC, and that's my kid running around the in the living room.

[@cryingjordan8842]

@@eddieleonard6925I thought the same thing, put that over it!!!

[@justbank5007]

Music Has the Right to Children changed my views on so much. What a gem!

[@BBPMusicLibrary]

Highly recommend using this more. Love how the machine makes the samples sound. Pitching samples with an s950 sounds absolutely amazing. Good stuff!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Yes Yes. I run samples through this whenever I can. I love pitching samples on all akai rackmounts. Also, people sleep on the s3000xl, but I find that to be a very very functional and useful machine for manipulating samples and can still be bought for a few hundred bucks.

[@JoostDNonsens]

It's indeed interesting that the S900/950 are such legendary machines and still very much in use, but the S700 is never even talked about. Every other Akai S-series sampler has some kind of cult-following of different genres and eras (S1000 for early 90's/trip-hop/jungle, S3000 for techno/house/late 90's), but the S700 never pops up.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Completely agree. I used to see the s700s for dirt cheap back in the early 2000s. I actually love that certain genres are so dedicated to these machines, because they each have their own sonic character and are very functional samplers. Between the s700, s950 and the s3000xl, I have more than enough flavors to work with at the moment. Always wanted EMUs too, but way too expensive now.

[@justbank5007]

Sooooo smoooooth! A big "hell yeah!" to thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales. So many goodies to be found!

[@eddieleonard6925]

all day everyday.

[@cryingjordan8842]

Short sweet and to the point. Love anything 3 mins and under on here 👌

[@eddieleonard6925]

I hear ya.

[@WHern-gs6im]

Damn glad to see you back at it

[@eddieleonard6925]

Appreciate that. Gotta keep it moving..

[@relative_vie]

The color these things produce is just chef kiss

[@eddieleonard6925]

for sure. when it hits that sweet spot, it's butter.

[@21stCENTURYSCHIZOIDMAN]

Hi, I’ve seen all your videos and though they’re all amazing, this one takes the cake imo, I really loved seeing your record collection bit and seeing how you lowered and filtered the sample was awesome, the prominent drums were very cool, short, simple but perfectly informative video.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Glad you dig it. Short and sweet. I love the sonic characteristics of old samplers.

[@mgyb8269]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 as always! Dope texture from the filter and that snare is oh so crisp hehe

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks fam. So hard to dial in a solid crisp snare. Got lucky on this one.

[@fl7210]

Cute with the sound of the kids in the bg

[@eddieleonard6925]

lol, that was a happy accident.

[@simonyricools]

Love the syncopated hits.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks. Little touches to balance the filtered notes.

[@norman_nescio]

So glad i just stumbled upon your channel, amazing library of knowledge and some serious beats. Heavy Dilla feeling on this one. Much love!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Appreciate that. Thanks for listening. I'm always experimenting with sound.

[@norman_nescio]

@@eddieleonard6925 💯

[@NizukBeatmakerBoomBap]

Very nice beat! 🔥 I was doing some researches on the s700, cause I might buy one soon... 🙏

[@eddieleonard6925]

It's a machine with limitations, but it sounds amazing. I love it.

[@ellismarsforman]

what an amazing beat at the end! cool samplers

[@eddieleonard6925]

thanks!

[@ProSimex84]

Sounds amazing!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for listening. Appreciate it!

[@014london70]

Still got mine up in the loft. My first sampler

[@eddieleonard6925]

Nice. I love sampling one shots and making chords with this thing.

[@fl7210]

Impeccable

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks.

[@ceciliafbrown373]

Love the background vocals!!!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Haha..thanks. thats my kid running around the living room.

[@eafloe]

Dope. Definitely been wanting an s700 for awhile. That, or the s612.

[@eddieleonard6925]

I've wanted an s612 for the longest...but those prices! it's robbery.

[@jeejeeBlaps]

Nice one, I've always wanted one of these. Dope beat too, Eddie.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks fam. I found this one pretty cheap, but they rarely pop up. I'll let you know if I spot one...

[@jgiscooltoo]

super tuff beat. nice texture and swinging drums 🔥

[@eddieleonard6925]

I appreciate that! Thanks for listening. I need to mix this and make it a full track.

[@wdb2g]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯The thing sounds sweet yo! yeah the old roland s10 had quick disk also one of the first I had a friend hook some loops up for me on in 91 then I got the EPS in 92. That joint there sounds awesome though!

[@eddieleonard6925]

those are some great samplers that i've always wanted to try. hoping to find one cheap one of these days.

[@davido3109]

Hot 🔥 as always!!! Thanks thanks!!!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for listening.

[@Low-fiSounds]

Dope tune

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for listening. it's a vibe.

[@VinnyContiello]

When you said "the answer is the sound" I thought "ok duh, that's the point of any piece of gear" ...then I heard it. 🤯🤯🤯 Call me crazy but I think it sounds even more distinct than the s950.

[@eddieleonard6925]

I think it's the technically the same filter, but it might be a combination of the way you choose sample rates that makes the 700 sound so distinct. I'm having a lot of fun with this machine.

[@SlyDanger805]

🔥

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks

[@OrigignarlyEdd]

dope!

[@eddieleonard6925]

It's a fun machine.

[@lechesangre]

Yes!!!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Love this machine.

[@larrydekat030]

i got the s612, now thats a beast on a whole ne wlevel

[@eddieleonard6925]

I've ALWAYS wanted one of these, but the prices are crazy now. I love the interface of the 612 and it looks so fun for sample sculpting. YOu like the sound? How do you use it?

[@larrydekat030]

@@eddieleonard6925 i love the sound. also it has a supernice preamp without the need to for record it to have any effect(like with the s900/s950) i modded the device so that i can control the start end points of the via midi which just takes it to another level. i could send a track so you could hear it but i am not sure on how to do that

[@eddieleonard6925]

@@larrydekat030 amazing. would love to hear, [e-mail]

[@DAWARNIN]

2:19 add that background vocal to the sample. Daughter going crazy with the vocals

[@eddieleonard6925]

lol...ambient background noise definitely adds texture.

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

💯💯💯💯✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯💯

[@eddieleonard6925]

appreciate you fam.

[@xfloodcasual8124]

Why use the Akai for sampling and not directly into the MPC? (I'm not an MPC user). Also, which MPC would you recommend? thanks

[@eddieleonard6925]

Good question. I sample into both machines to get different flavors of sound. The MPC 2000 is a 16 bit, 44.1khz sampler and you can't change the frequency. The s700 is a 12 bit sampler, 16khz, and you can change the frequency to whatever you want to get more sample time. Because of these specs, sampling the same sound into each machine will yield very different results. There are lots of videos and info on advice for which mpc to start out with. It really depends on your needs. In my opinion, an mpc 1000 with jjOS is a great mix between new and old & portability, but several people probably have strong opinions on this.

[@poweredbyWatts]

The 700 is a continuation of the 612. Critical minds ask why the 612 is still costly to acquire.

[@eddieleonard6925]

You're right. I've wanted a 612 for years but couldn't justify the price, but the prices keep going up. The 700 has its limitations, but I love it as a 12-bit option in the studio.

[@djReason19]

dopE!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks fam. Glad you dig the sound experiments. Trying to catch up to you..

[@djReason19]

@@eddieleonard6925 😁

[@nolidcreations]

💯🔥🔥

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for vibing.

[@nolidcreations]

@@eddieleonard6925 You're welcome 😊

[@mfbeatz]

How much memory does it have? Is it possible to upgrade it?

[@eddieleonard6925]

you can add a usb drive, but i haven't done that. it holds about 8 seconds total, at around 11khz. If you go down in rates, you get slightly more time, but much worse sound quality.

[@mfbeatz]

@@eddieleonard6925 ok, very interesting piece of gear, quite rare on the market right now

[@mfbeatz]

Is this a ssl compressor in the back?

[@eddieleonard6925]

stam audio

[@djgreenhornet2892]

🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for listening.

[@saren6538]

Does this have the same filter as the s900 / s950

[@eddieleonard6925]

Yes. I'm 90% sure that it's the exact same analog filter. I also have an s950 but have not tested them side by side yet.

[@michaelheath1194]

Please release this track for purchase 🙏

[@eddieleonard6925]

Maybe this will make the next bandcamp tape. Thank for listening & glad you enjoyed the sound.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Cant ypu just replace the drive with a SD card reader?

[@theroyalcrane]

You can.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Yep.

[@eddieleonard6925]

I've seen some people do it. I haven't yet.

[@daniel_dumile]

USB drive is better than SD, faster and cheaper

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@daniel_dumile Either is better will do.

[@3rd_eyevision]

That s700 ❤ How does it sound compare to s950??

[@eddieleonard6925]

s950 is waay more functional. but the s700 is an excellent one-trick pony.

[@3rd_eyevision]

@@eddieleonard6925 cool. Sound wise? Are they the same?

[@CAUM75]

No timestretch for one, which is the main difference between the s900 and the s950...

[@xfloodcasual8124]

pork recordings. boom

[@eddieleonard6925]

record label?

[@xfloodcasual8124]

@@eddieleonard6925 Ah thought you knew. From the 90s.. home to filla brazillia and some weird leftfield beat artists..Good memories.

[@curryjerk7-116]

koolVideoo! : derrickMay : AcidPro.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks fam!