ASR-10 WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS..

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[@sammadden5540]

Man! The reason I love these is how real they feel. So many synth/grooveboxes youtubers but this is the only channel that says how and why they were being used instead of a spec sheet

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam. I appreciate it.

[@beatsheik]

Just got mine finally for $400 last weekend. These videos really makes me glad I went through with the purchase. The effects and sound are incredible on it

[@12spin]

Nice Fam!!! You got a steal!!!! I still have mine & still love it! Don’t believe the sample time limits he quoted its false! Read my comment to hear what a gem you came up on! ✌🏾

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Nigga, from where in this day and age, did you find an ASR 10 for $400?! You most definitely lying your ass off😆

[@beatsheik]

@@shinbakihanma2749 Facebook Marketplace my guy. I've caught every single music equipment deal. Caught a fully loaded MPC ONE for $400 too with box and every expansion as well. You just have to set up notifications and be ready to buy #FreeGame

[@beatsheik]

@@shinbakihanma2749 Hell I forgot to mention I had the chance to buy an ASR 88 like 2 months before for $600 with SCSI but I passed because I wanted after touch. If you believe you will make it happen 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@aldonova4082]

They are selling for $2,000-$2,500 on Ebay wow you got a great deal. 👍

[@BigStereoVR]

The "little mad man inside the machine" is linear interpolation and linear phase with logarithmic waves. Which means no sonic errors (quantization, harmonic dist.) Sound actually acts as it would naturally, instead of pulse codes (flat linear waves).

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok no doubt.

[@BigStereoVR]

@@DyReckProductions built by the same engineers whom built the Commodore 64. The Apple killer crew.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@BigStereoVR Nice.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

You are smacking up the other channel that does individual histories of old-school samplers. Whereas your videos are your own natural narration, the other channel basically reads off the information from a Google search and doesn't give off the enthusiasm that you do here. It's still some of the histories but I prefer your videos on samplers by far

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. thanks fam.

[@drindy5166]

💯%

[@timbrown8686]

I've had mine for 28 years now. I don't use it anymore but can't let her go.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u. Keep it!..dont let it go!

[@EFFbriskethead]

I bet it’s an investment now

[@12spin]

Me too! I still use it & it works flawlessly! I had to school the narrator of this video on some false information he stated about a classic workhorse that was ahead of its time.

[@antonioscolotti8558]

Same here.

[@djdice83]

I bought my ASR 10 when they first came out. Still have it to this day. Still works great, no overheating or shutting down. Upgraded the memory to increase sample time. I had two ASR's but ended up trading one for an MPC 2000xl. Love both the ASR and the MPC but my ASR is like my first born- it will always be my number one !!! Workflow is definitely slower/different but if you can master the ASR everything else is easy. If you have the patience and the time to watch youtube tutorials I highly recommend an ASR 10

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah I like the workflow..I think you need equipment like that sometimes to make you expand your creativity..It makes you try things you normally wouldn't try.

[@blakasmurf]

I remember Alchemist saying he could chop faster on the ASR10 than anybody could chop on any machine, I kinda believe him but I never got that fast, but preferred it 'cause 1 you could do 61 chops on a sample without wasting any memory, 2. Hardly anything shows on the screen so it's all what your hearing no visual chopping just by the feel and sound

[@damonbennett5911]

Funny hearing you say the ASR-10 only has this amount of RAM and only 2 audio tracks and only this and only that when at the time those specs were crushing the competition. The MPC-60 had like 1.5 MB. The SP-1200 only had 256 KB. Non of them had audio tracks. Plus the ASR could sample in stereo and had built in FX. To look back 30 years it seems low tech, but at the time it was Godzilla.

[@24k-n6x]

gotta love the ASR10 man! the sample management is unique and very different from MPCs. It goes > INSTRUMENT > LAYERS > SAMPLES !

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah its a totally different workflow..If you not use to it it might be a lil weird for you..But you can actually create easily with it.

[@alpaykasal2902]

The pedigree of this keyboard comes from Commodore computers, also ahead of their time... caused a revolution in desktop video. These engineers made magic more than once.

[@LawrenceArnell]

I was waiting for this. Now I'm waiting for the ASR X🔥

[@titanjake8640]

Yes sir!!!!!!!!! Both sitting here looking at me with so.much dust hshshshshshsh

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

@@titanjake8640 lmfao....

[@yvesdropBeats]

Me too. ASR X PRO please.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. No doubt.

[@unc1589]

Trash

[@amo3gisinviolate904]

Timberland showed me...how to used the ASR at Chucks... excellent content.

[@theonlyblacknuyorican]

I love my ASR-10 keyboard. The circuitry and the effects are CRAZY! Creating dope boom bap and trap beats on it.

[@eljefemoreno]

Your beats are fire 🔥

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt fam.

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

I sold RZA his ASR 10 out of Sam Ash on 48th st. in 1992. He came in to buy an EPS 16 + and I told him to wait for the forthcoming ASR 10 in around three weeks . He did , and the morning it came in I called him and he bought the very first one going out .. We all knew the sound of that thing could never match the Akai /Roland stuff ..Ensoniq always had crazy features and not such a great sound .

[@garyknight4424]

I still want one of these. Legendary.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@12spin]

I still have mine & still use it even though I have some of the new gear. I can’t get enough of that workflow when I want to create certain boom bap sample based tracks.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@12spin No doubt fam.

[@chosenonebeats]

You forgot the ultimate weirdo producer Q-Tip was a ASR master

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. Yeah Q-tip mastered a couple machines.

[@79Glitch]

Tip didn’t use the ASR-10, at least not on any of his classic productions. Peoples Instinctive Travels ... and Low End Theory were SP-1200 and S950-ASR wasn’t even out yet. Midnight Marauders was one of the earlier MPC’s and the aforementioned machines. And Beats, Rhymes, Life and Love Movement were the MPC 3000 alongside Dilla. Same for Amplified. Then it’s been the Renaissance ever since on the solo record with the same name and the last Tribe album. He’s done interviews and even rhymed about his equipment, but you just need to listen to the beats-none of his beats have the ASR-10 just by using the ear test.

[@aldonova4082]

@@79Glitch Yeep this is true. ASR10 came in in 92 or 93.

[@79Glitch]

@@aldonova4082 Ah, ok. Well, Q-Tip didn’t use it for songs that I’m aware of. He’s talked about the gear he used quite a bit. Of course, Peoples Instinctive Travels and Low End Theory both came out before ‘92, so Midnight Marauders is the only album that could have used and ASR 10, but that album doesn’t sound anything like the ASR. The one thing that seemed out of left field was a guy on gear space-or some gear site like that-that claimed he talked to Q-Tip at a recording studio during the Renaissance sessions, and Tip allegedly said he also messed around with one of the Ensoniq EPS versions. So it’s possible that some of the earlier stuff may have used Ensoniq, but not the ASR. But that’s the only time I’ve ever heard Q-Tip mentioned with Ensoniq, and who knows how reliable that piece of gossip is? And even if Q-Tip said that, you never know if he’s just fucking with people? I know if some random dude came up to me asking how I got my drums to sound like this or that, there is a high likelihood that I will mislead or flat out lie about what I did or used. “Yeah, I used this old Roland sampler to do that beat. It’s a real quirky machine, very unique swing, so it gave those drums a certain je ne sais quoi!” To my ears-however inaccurate/accurate they may be-the vast majority of his classic production work was done using the Large Professor method (fellow Queensbridge legend who literally taught Q-Tip his method) of sampling in the S950, and sequencing/and or doing additional drums in the MPC or SP-1200. And the Ummah period was all later period MPC’s and sounds very much like it. Of course, Dilla didn’t use the ASR, either. So … pretty much back to where I started with my original comment.

[@aldonova4082]

@@79Glitch Bottom line if the music sounds good doesn't matter what they used... shit, Price Paul made The Gas Face on a Casio RZ-1 it sounded dope... low-fi but dope. I've been using an ASR10 since 1994 just because I know it front to back and don't feel like relearning a new machine that took me years to fully understand what I already have. Maybe I shouldn't be stuck in my ways but anyway. Just added an SD drive via scsi and stopped using the unreliable floppy drive. Also, finally got an output expander and a Tascam model 12 to individual track out / properly mix beats.

[@DjsterryODSE]

Anytime people walk in and see my ASR 10 they freak out! Lol 😂

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel u..Thats a legendary piece right there.

[@JEFFMAN90]

Would love to own either a ASR 10 or a EPS 16plus one day. Someone needs to remake them just like the sp1200

[@DyReckProductions]

They're both great pieces.

[@beatsheik]

They will, im almost certain at this point

[@Beep.Boop.Bop.]

ASR 10 was my first sampler/keyboard in ‘94. I learned on it so tbh it wasn’t difficult to use. I miss it and wish I never sold it 😢

[@raysanders4102]

I still have it...and challenge everyone ....WHEN I SHOW UP HEADS TURN. I LOVE IT ensonqu for LIFE

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel u.

[@danielrobinson9679]

Yes! One of my favorite channels doing one of my favorite samplers from my favorite company! Back in the day the ones who bought the ASR10 were future producers who couldn't afford buying an MPC and effects and compressors and outboard gear and all the extras just to get it to sound right. This was before computers were everywhere.... The ASR10 did it all in one box if you needed to and at a much cheaper price. Ensoniq was always far ahead of the curve, wish they were still around today. Next you need to do the Mirage 😁

[@titanjake8640]

Then buy the Ensoniq Paris to multitrack. Mannnnn it was ahead of it's time.

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt fam..Ensoniq always made great gear.

[@aldonova4082]

@@titanjake8640 What's that???

[@damonbennett5911]

And one correction. Speeding up the records to get more out of the sampling time was going on for years before the ASR came out. That was a necessity if you all you had was an SP-12 Turbo or SP-1200. And when you slowed the sample down to its original tuning, that’s when you would get that infamous, distorted, ring modulated sound quality. The ASR had considerably more sampling time which meant you did not have to speed up the record maximize sampling time. If you maxed out the memory, you could literally sample a short song. The sound quality would also be way better and especially if you’re sampling in stereo.

[@SNAPAVELI]

Normalize / boost , best drums ever

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@Niele160]

van der pol...nuff said

[@aldonova4082]

I know about boost but was does normalize do?

[@SNAPAVELI]

@@aldonova4082 I would normalize before boost. It just brought the sample up to full level without clipping if you sampled it a bit below max threshold. Then the boost would take it into Analog style saturated sound. Timbaland did this all the time

[@aldonova4082]

@@SNAPAVELI Oh word, I'll try that. You have beats online?

[@2gunzfilms425]

I still want an ASR-10....Never had the pleasure of working with one..You however did inspire me to break out the Triton Rack though. I've been killing lately with it for the last few weeks. I forgot how many dope ass pads it has

[@justinmerritt3843]

Sampling with the classic Triton is dope also. That Triton is the keyboard that took the ASR 10's spotlight in the late 90's and had a run from 1999- 2005. Everybody was using that joint

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. Oh ok no doubt..The Triton is a real nice piece..great sounds in there..Its so comfortable to use.

[@DonSolaris]

ASR-10 in short: Sample anything thru input jack -->>> broadcast audio quality at the output jack.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah man..Its amazing.

[@barrowssun396]

Exactly man!!!! Its always the weird guys 🤣🤣🤣This machine just that sound-Your vids are the best man, please keep em coming

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam!..I appreciate it.

[@marvingonzalez6891]

I leave mine on for days and it never shuts off, I've had mine since 93 and use it with an sp 1200 as a drummer

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh wow since 93!..Your an O.G.

[@djdesign_]

I got mine in '93 too! Paid a out $2600. Sold it and got the rack mount in 2000. Still have the rack and use with the SP.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@djdesign_ Nice..2600! You were definitely a dedicated musician.

[@cesarbaca]

I used to let my boy make beats in my studio alone. Once I went in after almost a week and found out he left it on. It wasn’t even really hot. I was hot. But not my ASR😂

[@gfromshankside]

I learned on the ASR....AND I just got mine back after 14 years! 😎 I'm probably not gonna sample with it anymore, though....but I got some ideas.

[@emmarossignol4445]

Now I'm just waiting for the SP-303 vid!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol no doubt.

[@deafbyhiphop]

Hell yeah

[@unc1589]

You can keep it super cool if you remove the memory upgrade cover under right side and get a $10 Amazon usb powered fan. (Get the larger one) and rig it to blow directly in. You can leave the ASR on and it stays cool.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok..Nice.

[@aldonova4082]

Mine used to overheat alot and crash because I had it flat on a table (no airflow underneath). As soon as I put it on a keyboard stand (lots of airflow) overheating stopped.

[@marcusholder495]

May Yahweh bless you brother we love you and thank you for the wonderful video

[@Parialated]

Asr10 makes me think about young Alchemist and Jake One wish I had one

[@jonathansoko1085]

They are dumb expensive these days

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u. On ebay they go for more than its original cost lol.

[@snuppssynthchannel]

The greatest hardware sampler, its popular because everything sounds better through an ASR-10, and its unique synthesis and analogue filter opens up for some amazing possibilities for both beautiful and experimental sounds alike.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah the circuitry in it is special.

[@TimClark5151]

Man, I still have my ASR-10 Rackmount and My EPS 16 Plus with 8 Output Expander. I Made Some Big Hits on them Love them both. Got my EPS 16 Plus in 1991 and ASR-10 in 1995

[@DyReckProductions]

Your an O.G.. You had to spend some money back then to get them in those years.

[@passive-net-hustle]

Any real beat maker whos owned an ASR-10 knows what it means to truly compose and produce a hip hop joint... Theres no auto chop, no library of drum sounds to pick from, no sample library or vst's, no step sequencer with pre programmed templates to automatically make the beat for you... With the ASR-10 you TRULY had to make the beat... Anyone who understands hip hop from the perspective of an ASR, an SP12 or even an mpc 60 - aint nobody fuckin wit you when it comes to hip-hop production... Those machines represent the era of REAL AUTHENTIC "cook up" beat making.. Sold my ASR a couple years back but would love to get another one eventually... I have 8 sneaker boxes & one draw filled with floppy diskettes of all my drums & samples over the years since 95... Some serious heat on them disks... The ASR also has some dope Effects & filters... No visual wave edit when chopping samples though... You edit samples using your ears by increasing & subtracting the value of wave numbers & micro number till it sound perfect

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah I feel you..Its a really unique machine..And your right if you get nice at making beats on in you can understand music production as a whole.

[@passive-net-hustle]

@@DyReckProductions Wut up bro.. i dig the channel... no one else is droping "EQUIPMENT" jewels at this level on youtube... Keep up the good work & ill be watching - Thanks!!

[@aldonova4082]

Me too have hundreds and hundreds of floppies with samples and beats I made... mostly drunk LoL one day I'll load them all up and see what I made haha.

[@EricEustace]

El- p from company flow/Run the jewels also started out with an asr.

[@JEFFMAN90]

He used an EPS 16 Plus during his Company Flow days

[@joseph395]

Bro, You should do a spill on the ensoniq eps and the ensoniq mirage too.. both keyboards made history before the eps16/asr10. And were used on countless classic hip hop and rnb albums.. Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis used the 8bit ensoniq mirage on Janet Jackson’s “control” album

[@eFiddle]

I dont own any of these gears, but I just like to watch "WAH HAD HAPPENED" series.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol Thanks bro!

[@DaniDogenigt]

Just adopted an ASR-10 from my girlfriends dad who passed. Could bring in a lot of dough but something in me wants to keep it and get to know it, and maybe eventually come to love it

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you bro..Thats a legendary piece..I would keep it.

[@juanb.m5753]

literally kanye since he is making music is using the ASR 10, he said in a interview that in his childhood he did beats with the EPS 16+ but then, when he started being a producer he began using the ASR 10. Even today he is using it, check the AWGE DVD Volume 3, he made a dope beat with the ASR 10.

[@glitchnyrmatrix7296]

I've been using the Ensoniq EPS 16 plus since 90 or 91. Actually, two of them for live performance. I've done radio and television commercials with them as well. I know they're old school but they are edgy and amazing especially when you tri-amp in stereo (which they say can't be done but I've been doing it for over 30 years) Gauss 600 w subs (mono of course), 600 w JBL pro series 12-in transducers for the mids and 27 lb JBL high frequency horn drivers. Most people have never heard sound that transparent. It's like you can see the space that surrounds each note played. Anyhow... My scuzzy hard drive finally bit the dust. But I sent it to Chicken Systems/Rubber Chicken software who are Ensoiq specialists to retrieve data off the disk and for a little over a hundred bucks replaced my mechanical scuzzy hard drive with a scuzzy SD hard drive. If you've been using Ensoniq for any length of time you probably have dealt with these guys. If not, they are the go-to guys for anything Ensoniq. Just ask for Garth. He founded rubber chicken over 30 years ago. Tell him Neil Jones sent you.

[@DyReckProductions]

Dope..Sounds like the ESP 16+ made you alot of money...Its good that there's still folks out there repairing vintage gear.

[@aldonova4082]

I called that guy but never heard back so I sent mine to The Soniq in California and he fixed it.

[@nosleep2156]

First time I saw somebody make a beat was on a asr10 my boy used to sample his tv and make beats I was blown away!!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Thats dope!

[@mobetterx1110]

Love the series sir! You forgot D‘Angelo! He made the whole brown sugar album on that joint.

[@DyReckProductions]

Your right..Im telling you the ASR10 attracts these creative souls lol.

[@unc1589]

Your absolutely right and while recording in NY he used to rent them from us. My old job S.I.R. Studio rentals

[@aldonova4082]

Oh word?

[@michaels5166]

Ensoniq ASR10 owner,checking in..I will tell you what it's about.It's a MONSTER and makes you work,it's slow,it's hot,yet the SOUND,is insanity.It is NOT an MPC,never meant to be,and I bought the 16MB,yet i never put it in,so it's still 2MB.It taught me to truncate,process,flip,mangle,normalize,and then I could spin with it live,as an EFX unit,where it shines like no other.I have other samplers,more recent,yet not as fast and creative,in seconds.I did approach a sound expert about why the sounds tended to change as hours passed by,and he did confirm that there's some energy transfer with heated gear,that colors the sound.If they made an ASR 11,like a 10 with USB,more RAM,and an SSD/SATA feature,i would sell all my other samplers,to get it.It was just ahead of it's time and yes,it was $2500...include Klute too,who makes Drum and Bass..

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice..Wow you never put in the 16mb..That says a whole lot about this machine..Its legendary..people usually go crazy for more space.

[@michaels5166]

@@DyReckProductions I found i didnt NEED the space,although the idea to have more is nice.I have the Roland MV 8800 and two other samplers,and they all have their own workflows.None matches up against the ASR10 though,with that signature sound/flexibility.Then too,it matches perfectly with the Ts10,TS12,VFX,and the MR 61,etc..

[@DyReckProductions]

@@michaels5166 Oh ok.. nice set up.

[@DynamiteSoles]

As a former ASR X owner I love watching Jake One beat making vids because the clicks and clacks take me back to my old machine lol

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah his videos are dope when he's on the ASR.

[@grunntalll]

one of my favorite gear channels!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol Thanks bro.

[@Dominant1mw]

Really love your videos man especially the Maschine One,I own that unit and everything you said was just spot on,Keep making these King🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt ..thanks fam.

[@LUCKYLEFTY2GUNZ]

just the other day i thought to myself "when is the big homie gonna do a vid on the ensoniq family". your vids are dope. keep up the good work.

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@tristaningram4418]

Really enjoying these. Are you going to do the emu samplers next?

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks..Emu has some legendary samplers.

[@JNo-sk5mz]

I knew a producer who used this, he made dope sample based R&B ala Timbaland, it really forced him to get SUPER CREATIVE. It had dope sounds that came with it on floppy's. Timbo used the upright bass a lot, heard on songs like Can We Get Freaky Tonight by SWV.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah Timbo was a beast on the ASR10.

[@72cpugeek]

Alright My Man ….Native Shadez I’m part of the weirdo club cause I just pick up a ASR 10 lol !

[@vincenzoaquila167]

Shoutout Alchemist he still has it in his studio to this day

[@DyReckProductions]

Word.

[@DJICEMAN_73]

I called it!! LOL. so now the question is are you gonna do the daw based stuff like FL Studio,Reaper,Abelton, etc?

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. Maybe.

[@chrisricks6363]

Ableton I have been hooked since 2008

[@night_speed]

Ensoniq is an oddball company in general. That's what makes them cool. If you want your stuff to sound unique and not like everything else that's out there just grab any one of their synths and it'll force you to sound different. When everyone else is using presets from their DX7s or Tritons or Junos that have all been used over and over just grab an ESQ1 and within 2 minutes you'll have awesome sounds coming out that are actually interesting.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup..They are a different kind a company..But had alot of cool products.

[@bigfamsmusic]

Facts. Jimmy Jam used the ASR sounds on the first 2 Janet Jackson albums.

[@szareszeregi8977]

Another dope episode !!! Dyreck what modern keyboard sampler would you recommend ?

[@DyReckProductions]

Modern?? All the good ones cost over 3k..The Kronos, Montage, or New Fantom series..Anything for 1k or under doesn't really have a good sampler..I would probably get a used Fantom x or g series or the Motif es xs or xf series..the es got a small screen..and the xf are still pretty expensive like 2k..The Triton extreme is also ok and has usb.

[@SuperChiefyChief]

Cool video, love this machine. What’s the poly-key resonance feature you’re talking about at 4:40?

[@MEETMagazine]

Finally!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. Had to do it.

[@claudiocardamone2231]

@@DyReckProductions I BUY IN THE EARLY 1989 THIS SHIT BOX AKA SAMPLER AND AFTER 7 MONTH I BUY AN AKAI SERIE S 900 WITK MIDI KEYB. SEPARATELY... . THE QUALITY IT WAS 10 TIMES HIGHER WITH A INCREDIBLE SOUND LIBRARY. SOME YEAR LATER THE ENSONIQ FOULS.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@claudiocardamone2231 Lol. I feel you the ASR10 isn't for everybody the workflow is a lil different.

[@claudiocardamone2231]

@@DyReckProductions ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SAMPLER IS TKE ROLAND S-50- PRODUCT. 1986- COMPETITORS OF -ASR-10 BUT MUCH BETTER LIKE AKAI SERIES. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THE PERFECT TIMING AND FLOW OF THE SAMPLER. NO CRASH OR OTHER SOFTWARE PROBLEM AND INCREDIBLE CLEAN SOUND. JAPANESE TECNOLOGIE IS EVER THE BEST. SORRY X MY ENGLISH.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@claudiocardamone2231 Yeah the S-50 pretty popular keyboard in the 80's and expensive almost like the Fairlight.

[@djgoldfingernyc]

Minnesota, Muggs, Yaggfu Front were other masters on the ASR-10 early. Tru Master used to use the eps-16

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok nice.

[@sonofabeach71]

I had one and I always had save my tracks because mine was would crash when it was fully loaded with sounds. I loved it though. DJ Muggs is a master of it.

[@DyReckProductions]

Muggs is nice on that sp1200 too..real nice.

[@aldonova4082]

Yeah, me too... spend hours on a beat and would crash before I saved anything to floppy. Always save as you go and put it on a keyboard stand not on a desk to prevent overheating (more airflow in a stand).

[@KainThaBrain]

🤣 Reck don’t clown them A10 users like that lol. Legends were born using that joint lol

[@KainThaBrain]

But I have to agree with you. The A10 was somewhat a cult sampler. Especially for the kids that were raised in the suburbs for some odd reason

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel you..Trust me RZA is my favorite producer..Im glade he jumped on that machine.

[@Jay-uv5xg]

Didn’t know how limiting this thing was. Amazing what Kanye and Pharrell and all those guys were able to do with it

[@DyReckProductions]

The sound was great and spreading the samples across the keys helps alot. And the effects were great..The only issue was some of them could over heat..but as long as you kept an eye out for that your good to go.

[@aldonova4082]

Kanye uses it together with an MPC connected by midi. Think he samples from the ASR 10 and does his drums on the MPC.

[@BassmeantProductions]

Owned one. Gave it to my niece. Currently going back to the old school and chopping samples exactly the way we did then but using FL studio for sequencer. It does take real work to craft a song. You're building a boat basically. You gotta make all the parts but it's the choice in parts and how you flip em that makes it the original hip hop sound.

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt bro.

[@psyclessonicmagick3052]

I got an ASR10 in 1993 and my primary love was electronic music (House, Techno, Ambient). I have used Logic since 2008, but I swear I seem to make better tunes when using the ASR10, primarily. It's really easy to throw your ideas down with the onboard sequencer. However, it does take a lot of work to get your samples inputted. But the synthesis on the ASR10 is wonderful, as well as the onboard FX. I remember back in 1996 when I'd take a demo tape to a studio, engineers would ask, "What equipment are you using?" When I told 'em an ASR10, they would always ask what other equipment did I have. They didn't believe it was just the ASR10. If you have one, you should get the ZIP drive installed within the ASR10. There's a guy, FORAT, in Los Angeles, that does this installation. This way, the floppy drive is replaced with ZIP disk drive. Talk about sweet!!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah the ASR10 is pretty dope!..And Forat still does his thing hooking them up and the MPC's.

[@mackdeleon4831]

I had the Ensoniq EPS 16+. That sucker would get hot and freeze a lot. But it was a beast for sampling.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

Try to leave studio, ASR starts talking like Bruh where u think you're going? Don't make me grow legs boi get back in here

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel u.

[@SaccoBelmonte]

I once talked to Jake One person to person about music back in 2005, he had his ASR-10. He even brought it to a beats contest at a club that day.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok dope!

[@footmarshian8295]

Love this channel this was the first sample keyboard I ever played and messed with it blew me away but when it came out it was over 2 grand so I bought a Mpc 2000 that was a grand cheaper I most say the sound of that keyboard very clean as it was new at the time

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you..If you started on this machine your probably real crafty with production and using different equipment.

[@Lkenobi]

This video is the same length of time it takes to format a floppy disk on the Asr-10

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!

[@aldonova4082]

Get an SD Card drive to replace the floppy drive.

[@coryhoard8341]

‘I’m at ease when I’m next to my keys, not tha narcotic, the ensoniq, ASR 10 is my symphonic weapon’

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel you.

[@JEFFMAN90]

That's a line is from Opio from the Souls Of Mischief/Hieroglyphics

[@CC-fi3pp]

Greatest sampler ever made, the S950 is a contender to.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you.

[@edwinragland2883]

I heard the sequencer was no good on the ASR X. So I bought a Roland S-550 sampler and synced it with a Roland MC-50 sequencer. Used and old Yamaha keyboard for midi triggering. Miss that set up.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok nice.

[@prufrockrenegade]

S550 def has a unique crunch to it, esp at 15k. Filters are pretty cool too

[@TheMcPozitiv]

hey dyreck, love your videos man! can you do one about the korg electribe ?

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. your reading my mind.

[@daeone1514]

The ASR 10 was heating up cause folks was cooking up that heat on them joints.

[@DyReckProductions]

Word!

[@notor0075]

The ASR-10 Weighs about 60lbs but is probably Ensoniqs best product.

[@DyReckProductions]

I think so..Its the most legendary.

[@MrScrooge1980]

Damn

[@23bit76]

Used to go to the grocery store whist a time stretch processed 😁

[@Tony_Anthemz]

I had the Korg X3 midi with the ASR 10 back in 1995... sound was insane back then..

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice set up.

[@Tony_Anthemz]

@@DyReckProductions appreciate it fam.... some legendary moments with that rig.. my production name is Tony Anthemz #WhatHadHappenedWas

[@DyReckProductions]

@@Tony_Anthemz Tony Anthemz flippin those keys! I see u fam.

[@donbates3]

they are gonna accuse u of market manipulation if you keep putting out these dope videos!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!

[@roms303]

I love my ASR 10! :-) - Love your video! :-)

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam!

[@davedub4013]

I still have a none working asr that i just can't get rid of. I think it was the best workstation ever.

[@elMaxx5]

Can the Ensoniq SD1 be used as a midi controller?

[@DyReckProductions]

I think so.. They said the tracks can be used to control external gear.

[@wayneschroederGONG]

Yes

[@wejapriest2]

Haha!! Still have mine from 1992. I got it to make techno, or whatever the hell else I wanted to create. I had no clue what I had in my hands at that time. Even now, I'm using Logic, but I tend to sample sounds from VSTs into the ASR, then play them back. The sound synthesis is so beautiful... especially those filters and FX.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lucky man..All these years and it still works like a charm!

[@wejapriest2]

@@DyReckProductions The interesting thing is that the first one I had there were issues, getting errors, etc. I took it back to the retailer and they sent it to the factory. They replaced the motherboard and I believe they took extra care at that time because the ASR was new. Whatever they did, haven't had issues since. I also replaced the floppy drive with an internal zip100 drive. It's connected to the SCSI, but internally. So much better.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@wejapriest2 Oh ok cool..I heard of folks sometimes having issues with them but its good you lucked out.

[@yvesdropBeats]

Excellent video. Stenographer reference was funny.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. Thanks fam.

[@bridgeportquess220]

Just bought my 2nd ASR10 about a month ago. I was upset I had to part with the first one. The sound and effects is unmatched! Never will I part with an ASR again!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Wow great!!..As long as everything works your good!

[@JEFFMAN90]

You should do one on both the EPS 16 plus and the EPS classic as well

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt. Gonna put that on the list.

[@rufusjackson4836]

@Dyreck Productions this was my first sampler and I bought it used from this music store is Syricuse called Daddy's Junky Music. So I drove 2hrs from Rochester NY to Syricuse to get this machine because I heard Devante Swing from Jodeci made the album Diary Of A Mad Band on it. And this keyboard was heavy. It was the 88 key version. When I got it I hated it. I could not figure out how to use it to save my life. I traded to my homeboy for his mpc 2000xl. IMO the only good thing about the ASR 10 is the warm sound and the effects. You can't beat those effects to this day. They just have this warm sound. That keyboard has this grimey warm sound. Also you can chop your sample across the keys without using any memory

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah the 88 version was huge..But your right the effect on that thing was dope.

[@thart11492]

This series is genius fr

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@MasterTrolliusTV]

The AKAI MPC Pro Key 61 is the new Ensoniq ASR 10. It even has the "aftertouch"

[@DyReckProductions]

The key 61 is nice.

[@AIRJAVITUBE]

i love these videos!

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

I love this machine

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel u.

[@oldschooljohnny]

I used to use the ASR X for many years. So happy never to see it again, must admit the effects were dope tho!

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@denmark383]

Real talk, asr10 is my weapon of choice.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice.

[@cnfuzz]

Correction , they find a whole melody phrase from an existing record that they weren't able to play to begin with , then looped it for 4 minutes while reading a dictionary into a microphone.

[@roymoxley2587]

You don’t need very much equipment to make good music it’s just a mindset

[@RianTrost]

No real need to add to the list, you covered so much!!! .....but from what I've read, the GOAT of weird, Aesop Rock did/does a lot of work on the ASR-10 too.

[@RianTrost]

Oh, here's a rad video of El-P abusing the hell out of one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2GZhquFgMhqn9E

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok he definitely got a weird style..I like the song he did with Camp Lo.

[@miscmisc1023]

if you have this and the output expander you are going platinum

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol!..I feel you!

[@That125Kid]

You can add simm chips to increase sampling time mine has about 4 or 5 minutes

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok nice.

[@supernovasightseeing4133]

Had the rack version. Varm noice-free sound. Fantastic delay. Opened it up once. That thing was cramed with stuff. Like 3 times more components than a regular PC. Never had any overheating. Eventually the display broke down, sadly. 🙁

[@krisjonson9193]

awww- the asr. i had the esoniq eps plus, with the 8 audio out adapter for seperate tracks i had the asr 10 non graphic screen. it was fun, i miss those samplers

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok Nice.

[@Liu_Baang]

I had the ASR10 2002 to 2010 and made magic with it. Only problem was sound loading time, outside of that I made bangers on it. No overheating, shutting off or any of that bs.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice..Its a great machine.

[@aldonova4082]

Get an SD Card drive to replace the floppy or zip drive... Lightning Fast and reliable.

[@viddrone]

Please do videos on Roland MC 505/303! They were mainly for hip hop but they are an important link in the road to stand alone machines. Also the Boss DR-202 👍👌

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt..There all legendary.

[@KeyGreen76]

Finally the ASR10, hopefully we get the ASR X as well as the E-MU MP7, XL7, PK7 Command Station drum machines!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. No doubt the ASR X was nice alot of machines followed its blue print.