Bad Gear - Akai S2000

[@kildogery]

Your visual references are so unique. I love it. There's no one else on KZbin who would feature a clip from Terry Gilliam's Brazil and a picture of Zig and Zag, in the same video.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@inthefade]

I agree. A sonic and visual treat every time

[@marcus268]

I thought all the floppy video collection was a lot of work, finding them must have been challenging. In general all the tropes are well met. Professional show !

[@Liliedugg]

DAW aka Tamagochi brought tears to my eyes, and the video had barely started! :'D Bad Gear FTW!

[@pianoyam]

I've posted a number of comments before where I marvel at your editing and music production skills, but man I want to sincerely thank you for making the funnest synth videos I've seen. I struggle with depression (and the resulting lack of motivation), but whenever I want a little pick-me-up that can also maybe get me motivated to screw around with music, I know I can always count on your channel, Florian. Even if I still can't get going, I know without a doubt I'm gonna at least feel better while I'm enjoying your work. I'm broke as shit, or else I'd be putting my money where my mouth is. It's priceless, what you deliver, but I'm at gear-selling levels of destitute right now (DFAM just sold ;-( ...Mo-32's next), so I hope you can at least really sense what I'm trying to say here. Thank you.

[@AudioPilz]

I feel you!!!

[@guiom77]

hi , i m fighting like u with that fucking depression ,, these videos are welcome,, have a great life!! guiom

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

Hang in there, Music is love :)

[@VTOLKits]

Hope one day you feel better! I have the same problems with depression and motivation, even for the smallest things. Try hypnosis videos on youtube for long time, this helps lot more then Clinics or psychiaters. But take the pills (anti depressiva) is also helpfull. And a lot vitamin D. This can maybe help you also. And good loud music.👍🎶

[@mastercylinder1939]

He edits his own videos, I thought he’d keep a gimp editor in a trunk under the stairs!

[@roberttodd2414]

The second track you made with the amen break was really nice. Not really due to the sampler but just because it was a good track. The sampler itself has more features than I'd have imagined. I bet if it had a more hands on interface like s612 it wouldn't be so bad...

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@user82938]

Your insight about products now being designed to be social media friendly is spot on, imo.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I did some rack gear in the early days of the channel and it just didn't work when it came to aspect ratios and stuff

[@Halfpipesaur]

The menu diving in this thing has defeated me. Now the only purpose of the S2000 in my setup is to make other small gear sit 9 cm higher.

[@AudioPilz]

You found a use for it!!!

[@chasedestroy]

this comment is gold. (:

[@junglejon74]

@@serial_sequence2k I used to have test program, west program, lest program - you get the idea :)

[@trakliteproductions]

@@serial_sequence2k 😂 NEW SAMPLE, MEW SAMPLE, LEW SAMPLE, KEW SAMPLE

[@thomasdupont7186]

You still have it ? And...Use it ?!

[@orincat10]

I bought one under the impression that I'd like the workflow. Boy was I wrong.

[@AudioPilz]

There's a workflow?;)

[@anthonybrett]

Yeah. It reminds you why in the 90s we used to wish for a computer with a sampler in it!

[@mudi2000a]

This episode was a real banger! Please review more samplers, I like how you sample the voice and demo the sampler's feature like this while narrating!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! More samplers to come!!!

[@andyphil666]

i 100% agree with this statement

[@superchroma]

I think a lot of people needed this video today.

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@vinyljunkie07]

So many classic albums were made with this affordable sampler back in the day, one of my favourites is probs the Avalanche's Since I Left You . It's basically a S-3000XL with the cut down face plate and some other minor bits (They use the same mainboard) You need to fux with it more to get it's lo-fi goodness out of it, there are tricks to get the gritz out hahah

[@AudioPilz]

Yup, you really need to tickle that one a bit

[@saren6538]

Exactly

[@xsm5525]

the best Akai ever made. You forgot about the 'resample' function which does actually add a bit of dirt!

[@EvLoutonian]

i kinda like the S2000, hey! (was my first sampler, so it has a special place) (:

[@archiedentone5950]

That's what uses to do. Half then resample half. Was good for trash drums

[@NgaTaeOfficial]

The S2000 was from an era when touring acts would have multiple maxed out Akai’s in racks to cover all the parts. It was envisaged that you’d use the big brothers in the studio and take these smaller, cheaper units out on the road with you. If you were tempted to buy one for the much lower price to use as your main machine… well… caveat emptor and good luck! 😵‍💫 I still own and love my S3200XL, the filters and fx board are still awesome! It was my main “synth” sound design tool for over 20 years.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice, you got the FX board!

[@brotharobmusic]

My dad had one when I was coming up in the 90s(I'm 38). It's was good for what it was designed to do. Now he has a Akai MPC 61, Roland juno, Yamaha Motif 6, Roland drum machine and so much more! I remember when we would make songs and he would record us on his ADAT with the vHS 8 ch tapes. So long ago, man those was good times! Me, myself only use MPC BEATS with A MPK249. The beats I have on my channel was made with FL studio with a cheap Casio. We both use Cubase to record tho, I might stay with MPC Beat and FL studio for now on! Dope channel! I love the content! BTW he still has Akai Sampler

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@shocktactix3020]

I had one of these at launch and it had a weird glitch with the jog wheel where numbers would change on their own. I took it back to the shop and the next one had the same issue... and the next one. In the end the shop gave me a Roland MT32 to make up for all the inconvenience. I eventually got one that worked and I just gave up on all the menu diving within about a week and sold it.

[@AudioPilz]

The jog dial is a major PITA

[@RodBeauvex]

That MT-32 was the real prize. Those go for mad money now, enough that people are starting to make alternatives for it.

[@asms_music417]

This sampler changed my musical trajectory back in 1999. I had a SCSI interface that allowed direct editing and sample transfer, and had no idea about its limitations. To me it was pure inspiration. One of those Wile E Coyote "Don't look down" phenomena. And the chorus FX is crazy

[@NSW-ye3xw]

The S2000's limitations is what made me get the best out it. I had the effects and 8 outs boards installed and managed to make my best ever tracks on it!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@legitimatefrenzy]

I appreciated the obligatory I learned something today. You truly inspire that there are no limitations with gear! Keep up the good work

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@_DRMR_]

It is actually also possible to create a kind of "highpass filter" by putting the same sample, with both the phase and filter response inverted, in zone 2. One of these tricks that people used to squeeze a bit more functionality out of these machines :)

[@EvLoutonian]

gotta try that some time!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique!!!

[@autecheee]

Your penchant for subtle visual artistry & detail is superb, you even synch the blinks light of the USB flash drive in your groove from this plaque stained discarded paperweight. To think that I was considering getting behind on my rent and bills to purchase one of these back in my foolish youth days. Reality dawned on me the following day!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@dustincassidy]

I got an S2000 for 5 dollars from a junk shop and when I got it home released why. You need an OS disk to actually use it. It took me a year to find one, then I started using it and realized it’s a nightmare. I thought it would be fun for getting into an “old school workflow” but there really was no upside to the pain it gave me. Still though, good to have that experience and realize why software samplers completely took over. Somebody could have told me but I wouldn’t have listened until I went through all that.

[@AudioPilz]

Hated the workflow so much when I actually still HAD to use it ;)

[@adastra123]

You make that thing shine !! Your talent makes anything sound good. Great video as usual.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@uly1981]

So much respect for the OG producers making killer tracks with these obnoxious UX / workflow machines (and in parallel you for the amazing demo track as always). I've bought a Yamaha A4000 back then to jump into the world of sampling and gave up because it felt like a data entry job

[@archiedentone5950]

By the time you made your sounds it was whatever for a groove lol

[@rorz999]

Akai samplers actually had good UI + workflow which is why they were so popular

[@PuppetXeno]

I make it a sport to hit the "like" button before the video even starts playing. Your uploads never disappoint!

[@andyread5363]

I got a S3200 a few years back to see if I could get THAT SOUND again. I forgot it took about 200 key clicks, massive neck and knee ache crouching down trying to read that screen, but hey, after 10 minutes I'd loaded up a drum kit!

[@GirlRaccoon]

AWESOME episode!!! I adore Samplers and that final jam was phenomenal. Loved that Hamtaro clip too XD

[@rrtramel]

Polyend Tracker showed up again, that’s how you know he thinks its actually not bad gear :p

[@AudioPilz]

Trackers and Amen break go together well;)

[@Jamslerr]

Most (if not all) of his videos show gear that was previously featured in an episode. :D

[@AlekseiDroganov]

and what is this orange thing inserted into the floppy disk compartment? Thank you

[@AudioPilz]

@@AlekseiDroganov it's a usb thumb drive

[@uralb]

@@Jamslerr that's just his way of telling his fans how much he despises them.

[@OPdbx]

So glad you did a video on this my homie. I see these and always want to pull the trigger just to try. This might be one of your best vids!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Once again, Florian's hellishly intense life as a content master has produced another gem.. thank God he didn't drown in that menu.

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@4957842]

Thanks for save my life. Good Man!!!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@kcosminhz7988]

Bad Gear is not only ironic, and hilarious but very informative, and hugely inspiring. thank you again man. if youtube had a download all button, we can have a forever copy of Florian doing sick shit with techno robots.

[@AudioPilz]

❤️

[@perrez]

i think that was the best equipment review video i have ever seen, so much information and great art work of the video

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@eddievanheinous666]

I owned this in the 90s when I was in an industrial band and I thought it was the best thing in the world =D

[@AudioPilz]

Certainly nice for a little reduced bandwidth fun!!!

[@CP-rg9pp]

Found one for 20€ 10 years ago. Back in the 90's, the rack samplers were so enviable, I didn't hesitate !

[@klassik2189]

Last year I bought an S2000 with CD-Rom-Drive in flawless condition for 100€. This is a really beautiful sounding sampler, I like it a lot. The menu diving is the actual problem which provides this AKAI from being a cult item. Soundwise it would have the potential for it.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, the menu diving can be quite a buzzkill

[@catmastertrash369]

Dude I love this channel. Thank you for providing fascinating content during these dark times. I look forward to every new video!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@artisan002]

Nice timing. I'm re-archiving my KLF collection while watching this. I realized they credit using an Akai S900. I had always thought it was an S1000, but the liner notes tell me I'm wrong.

[@AudioPilz]

Big KLF fan here!!!

[@shaft9000]

Ahhh yes, those S P A C E i-fied Ancients of Mu- m... _Honk!_

[@EppuJoloZ]

I love these old Akai samplers. I also love the finale song, it's a bop!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@lafoudrepasslafoudrepass5238]

I have a 2800 and it’s my favorite machine i own the customization for each sample is amazing, and I love the sound it has my favorite sound out of anything I own and it is better than any software I’ve tried

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! gotta try the 2.8K

[@NeoTeAika]

I rescued one from a dump a couple of years ago, it was covered in mud but I cleaned it up completely, checked the inside and it was sparkling clean. Sampled a friend's tr8 and made some 707, 808 and 909 disks for it. An 808 kick through that input with the gain all the way up was some kind of mind expanding moment I since parted in place for an emu 5000 but it'll always have a place in my heart. If I had a scsi CD drive I absolutely would have used it as a "vintage synth" player for Moog and OB samples HOWEVER having to trim\loop practically by ear was extremely frustrating when I also had to turn my headphones volume up to make sure I was trimming as close as possible, then I was worried I was going to go deaf!

[@SecondhandKidMusic]

Great content as ever, thanks-! when I was a Trainee Studio Sound Engineer I had to learn on the s2000. I hated it then, very uninspiring and fiddly.. I love how you mentioned the blender in that I recently saw an Akai MICROWAVE in a shop and asked what the sample rate was- They did not understand my joke.

[@AudioPilz]

Had plenty of old Akais at my former job at the theatre - nobody wanted to work with them;)

[@bencarding7806]

The mighty Brazil as the intro film AND a syntechno teebee in an oven? You just won KZbin ❤

[@AudioPilz]

❤️

[@trix1227]

Thanks 🙏 for all your awesome videos god bless you and yours much peace ✌️ love ❤️ unity and respect ✊!!!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️Thanks!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@viktorvigh4513]

I've got one of these. And after a long learning curve, it became my powerhouse, the main thing in the studio. For some reason I like it very much. Upgraded it with an 8 out card a few years ago and it's amazing.

[@AudioPilz]

It was a staple in many studios for years

[@viktorvigh4513]

@@AudioPilz Such a same, really. Perfect for early jungle, Photek style. Or house, techno. As Bizzy B suggested, it uses the same components as the 3200. I hear an amazing A/D converter because I sample everything directly, a good lowpass filter, and the original akai timestretch. That's what I need, really. I'm planning to get it into the mix with the emu 4000 turbo now. With the z-plane filters.

[@vetal_esher]

I like your reviews even i'm not familiar with 99% all of them. I just know them all from 90th advertisments, and really want to know if they were so much under or overrated. Keep up the great work!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Stick around!

[@TrogodasaurusRex]

These tracks never miss. never.

[@Bkoded]

ive been thinking about getting an s2000 to go alongside my s3000xl cuz ive seen so many for low prices, it seems like a great backup to have around

[@strelokknoize]

Those Akai samplers are the reason for my sampler addiction. I couldn't afford one when they hit the market back then.

[@CodedScott]

In its time, it was a great Sampler. If you knew what you were doing this was a quality piece of kit. I spent 1000s of hours using mine.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it becomes second nature once you invest enough time

[@CodedScott]

@@AudioPilz there was no DAW back in the day, got mine in 1996, ran it via my Atari 1040st along with my synths, etc using midi, sync24, and cv/gates... plus tr606 tom trigger for the Juno 6 arpeggio. Sample, resample, sample again and sample some more, the kit is a tool and a slave to creativity, not the other way around. I find a lot of the comments below annoying as there are so many armchair experts on these threads who haven't got a clue!!

[@absolutevodkalime9423]

The beginning with Brasile is genial! 😎😎😎Great video as usual! Thx🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@slammy102]

Bought one for £20, sold for £50. That's good gear in my view!

[@AudioPilz]

Stonks!!!

[@kenfusion]

Magic inside only for the master wizard . Amazingly deep instrument . shockingly mundane package . I took on look at this and thought of the dentist office , and maybe the Fairlight. Very enjoyable show today . Thank you for being you ! I have been glued to the TV screen watching horrible news . I am very Very grateful for your youtube channel to break me out of my downward spiral of happiness . Thank you .

[@CrescentRollCarl]

I remember seeing this at NAMM in the 90s and thinking how clunky it would be to try to get any use out of it.

[@AudioPilz]

It's like filing a tax report;)

[@danieklerr]

I have extensively used every incarnation of Akai S-series samplers, over a period of nearly 30 years. As you've said and shown, they're one of my favorite "synths" in the game, and have a synth character and sound all their own. I find them really very pleasant. Cheers!

[@AudioPilz]

Cheers!

[@SianaGearz]

Gotek disk drive is love. Pro tip: you can add a buzzer to it that clicks when the head position moves, imitating the stepper motor. Just in case you were missing that floppy disk sound. Which i know, ideally it's not something you want to have in a music instrument, but aren't you sometimes tempted to make the gear a little... worse? badder?

[@earlsfield]

Definitely have to join Norton in the praise of your videos. Level of comedy, editing everything, just sits right with me. Now, tread carefully with this video. Akai S FOREVER!!!! Even if flexing sounds like grain of needles under nails, even if disks go bust, even if you load up all of the memory, your midi goes bonkers .... this is probably one of the most important line of gear ever. Still have my S3200. And i learnt to love this screen, especially blue background - on S3200, as well as neon eyesore from jv 1080. for me those screens scream "this sounds great, but you will pay the price, using us ho ho ho"

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! I am aware of the dangerous territory I'm passing through. Would never say a bad word about a 950;)

[@earlsfield]

@@AudioPilz TBH high end samplers were a big deal at that point and It was something we couldn't really afford. S 1000 and that line was something we could sport at home studios.

[@Vlfkfnejisjejrjtjrie]

Not sure who does the editing and overall production of this channel, but it is of the highest caliber....up there with Captain Disillusion's channel.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much! That's actually me;)

[@robertk6422]

Wonderful like always+ all that oldskoolnes

[@walkermcneill8223]

I LOVE THE OLD AKAI RACK SAMPLERS THEY MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS

[@averyjamesbrooks]

Solid, and I do appreciate that this video did NOT make me nostalgically replace my old s2000 😹🙏💸

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Gotta get an S3K;)

[@garywalker7493]

I had an S2000 until one day it decided to pack and not even power on. It went to the dump and has been replaced with an EMU ESI4000 now, complete with SCSI2SD. It (the S2000) was functional, without being anything special. The Flash RAM is as rare as rocking horse poop too.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I didn't find any flash RAM either

[@mrstephenpariah]

@@AudioPilz Flash ROM! It's pretty handy and there's a lot of storage but you can't delete files without formatting the whole thing.

[@villenium]

Probably my favourite KZbin channel. And I watch a few.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I was always kinda wanting to get one of these back when they were sub-$100 on ebay but I'm glad I didn't with all that menu diving. Seems to me like the much further cut down S01 would be more fun because it's so much simpler.

[@pn2543]

one of the best comedy channels on KZbin!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Yuzuki1337]

One day when I'm rich I'll mount server/networking gear and audio stuff in a rack and watch my visitors descend into the abyss as they try to figure out how any of that makes sense.

[@AudioPilz]

😂😂😂

[@Yuzuki1337]

Happy to make you laugh, this marks one to your hundreds by now :)

[@ElectroPotato]

I'm always delighted by anime footage in Bad Gear videos.

[@doordedeur]

I often wondered what happened to 19" rack modules. Nowadays modules are desktop devices of all kinds and sizes. How do you want to integrate that in a live setup? Bring the 19" rack modules back!

[@AudioPilz]

As I said, it just doesn't look good on Insta;)

[@doordedeur]

@@AudioPilz I know. But where would you put all those crazy desktop boxes? A 19" rack with a good masterkeyboard looks a lot smoother and is a whole lot handier.

[@unclemick-synths]

@@doordedeur I'll probably get a big flat flight case so that everything is held in position.

[@andyphil666]

@@AudioPilz But there's nothing sexier than a sexy rack full of dope rack modules :(

[@Scottzilla1970]

At first i was annoyed cause i had this piece of gear and thought it was great but everything you said about it was true. You brought back memories of the really bad workflow. On one track i used it to sample all the vocals and it took about 20 minutes to load all of the disks up for it. But then again you didn't have the choices we have these days.

[@stalkOptimum10]

YES finally, I have been waiting for this! Thank you so much for the cool videos. The S2000 was my first sampler, but I upgraded it with a S3000XL (basically the same but with a big screen and some of the upgrades installed from factory)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@multipleerrors3037]

I had one in the late 90's & absolutely loved it despite the extensive menu diving. It did have its own character though, I recently found some ancient demos i made with it back then & was shocked at how good the drums sounded.

[@David.C.Velasquez]

You always find a way to make Bad Gear sound good!

[@AttilaSVK]

Had an S2000 for a while. Got it for free (about a year ago), changed a blown fuse, made an OS floppy, added some extra RAM (from my parts drawer), and while I like samplers (had a Yamaha A5000 for years), I couldn't get on with it really well, so I ended up selling it after a month or two.

[@SUPAMURDA]

If you search your local Craig's List for 'Akai,' you are damn near guaranteed to find a listing for this, 35 days old, and the seller will almost assuredly take your ridiculous lowball offer.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, these are heavy and take up a lot of space;)

[@bldcaveman2001]

Hopefully you'll mark 60k followers with a banging album! Sick beat dude!

[@spdhc]

This was my first piece of vintage gear I buy, 2 yrs ago (and 1 of the 5 audio tools of bad gear I own) not knowing ANYTHING about MIDI, LFOs, samples and what not... Thanks to this hard-to-operate sampler, I went down the rabbit Hole chasing for synths, vintage gear and even start my own home studio for producing music as a hobby. I found this sampler on my local marketplace for about US$40 and the previous owner even gave me for free a Sound Canvas 88, just because I was very thrilled. I personally Love my S2000, even tho it took me months learn how to use it properly

[@AudioPilz]

The S2K is quite a rabbit hole. Love the sound canvas - great strings!!!

[@darrenbrown7134]

The look on your face while using the Space Echo during the last Patreon shout out is priceless! 😂 So serious 😂

[@AudioPilz]

It's a serious matter;)

[@kingjellybeans7823]

Great Sampler I have one for a good few years and still delivers

[@lu4enp]

i'm sure i'm not the one who loves hardware samplers, great video as ever!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545]

Your videos are real treasures ! As I like to say, look forward to the next !!! :)

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

the vibe in the finale! love it.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@worldview3555]

it is weird, you are slowly reviewing one by one all my home appliances. btw nice episode👏👏👏

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@lobstrosity7163]

I was in a synthpop band in the '90s and all we had was this sampler and a Roland XP-10 (I think? The cheapest one?) This brings me back.

[@souliseum5437]

That third jam… legit can be a track at some festival in the Thailand Jungles. You are a marvel sir!!

[@static-san]

The discussion about using the menu shows how much this was a device of its time. Ensoniq samplers (after the Mirage) also had a huge number of pages to navigate through and also had a variety of shortcuts to make navigation quicker if you knew where you wanted to go. That said, although I did lots of sound editing on Ensoniq keyboards where it wasn't unpleasant, I never wanted to do it on a rackmount machine. Unless I could mount it so the front panel was closer to horizontal than vertical.

[@eudubmonia]

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@jimlampshady]

Whatever the pros and cons of the sound and features, there's something about the workflow which made you produce - in my opinion - some of your very best drum programming and production. Nice 1 fella.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@AdrianGeorges]

Geiles Teil zu seiner Zeit. Danke für die gut recherchierten Infos.

[@Evansmustard]

dang i found a new channel to binge now

[@AudioPilz]

Welcome!!!

[@cooptrol]

Kudos for the hard work!! Only for the brave!! Nice to see you kept the tracker, me too, seems it's a keeper....

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@lesco_music]

Thank you! Because of you, I bought one and upgraded the hell out of it.

[@keepitshortnsweet]

E5000? Another great episode. Very interesting observation about social media and 19" rack mount equipment.

[@hdslave]

And now I've watched enough of these to recognize your jackn demoscene house writing style

[@AudioPilz]

It's a blessing and a curse;)

[@raylenin9322]

Tough call, Ricky Gervais or AudioPilz, both equally entertaining AF. Thanks mate, love your content. Even the world is fckd.

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@howardmaryon]

Loved the clip from “Brazil” in the intro, if you haven’t seen it, it is a black comedy set in the alternative present, where microchips were not invented and gigantic beauracracies run everything. Very funny.

[@AudioPilz]

It's more or less the Monty Python's version of 1984 ;)

[@cillobillo1059]

God, that last track was great. Top stuff, I imagine it in that club scene in the first matrix or something.

[@mastercylinder1939]

You delved deeper than I did.

[@AudioPilz]

Well, it's my job;)

[@0xABADCAFE]

Loved the jams and more usage of the tracker for breaks.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@jackispax1633]

Yes! I have owned one since they were new, and as bad as the interface is, it was a million times better than the Roland S-550 I had before that. Mine has the USB floppy, full memory and the effects expansion. There was also an 8-output expansion, ROM expansion and a second filter card but those are super rare at this point. I also have a dedicated windows XP tower for running MESA, really worth it if you own one. Another great video, thank you!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@redherring5532]

A buddy had one of these, I thought it was the coolest thing ever to be able to sample stuff

[@RIKAAR_Ambient]

Still have mie since back then! With 8 Ouputs, the Effectboard some more RAM and an IOMEGA Zip Drive 100MB connected to it! Will use it again soon, just to timestretch things! It was a blast!

[@unclemick-synths]

Well, the struggles you went through resulted in some amazing tracks so there's something to that beast. I'm adding it to my Musical Inspiration playlist. 😎👍

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@kvmoore1]

Back during the summer of year 2000. I didn't have a sampler because they were very expensive. However, the S2000 was very attractive to me because it looked like something that I might possibly be able to afford in the near future at the time and it was a fully featured professional sampler. Therefore, I downloaded the manual for the S2000 and started reading about the specs, sound engine, functionality, and parameters. I was very, very impressed with it's features and thought it would be perfect for sampling in or playing back TR808 samples or any other drum samples. Later that same year, a more advanced budget sampler came out by E-MU Systems called the ESI2000. It was available for $600 new and I bought it as my first sampler. I still have it too, although I no longer use it. It was the manual of the S2000 and my desire to playback or sample any drum soundI wanted (especially 808 drums) that inspired me. BTW, I really like that drum 'n' bass beat you made closer to the end of the video. That 808 sub bass drop is killer!!!! I enjoy your videos as always. Excellent review!