Akai S950 Vs S1000: Which Hardware Sampler Is Better?

[@bcrydah]

Yo bro much respect on the video! That beat you using in the background slaps

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Thanks for the encouragement bro, much appreciated!

[@alealex7807]

Nice to see you Bizzy! The send and return should give you the opportunity to use the fx board with an external source. On the s3000xl at least it works this way using the digital in and out (red and white) on the back with an analog signal. Big ups!

[@TheBizzyBScience]

noice!

[@christianvictor827]

Been waiting for this video for ages! I'm prepping up a broken S900 at the moment. This is going to be fun!

[@TheBizzyBScience]

whats the s900 symptoms?

[@christianvictor827]

@@TheBizzyBScience The usual black blocks in the upper display line. I suspect the OS memory is bad but I haven't yet checked if the CPU is running at all.

[@qtrax100]

Mad love to our Everyday Junglist BizzyB!

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I am glad you enjoyed the video!

[@RuffneckBizniz]

12 bit and 16bit

[@qtrax100]

Great presenation BTW . I learned a learned a lot.

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the presentation helpful and that you learned a lot from it.

[@rd_rae]

And I thought my S5000 is oldschool nowadays! 😂 Big ups for still rocking the OG Akais. Btw, any ideas why my S5k does not see the installed hdd anymore?

[@HarryLoveTV]

950 is 12bit and 1000 was 16bit (aka “CD quality”). It was a pretty huge step-up from the 950’s limitations such as the single voice polyphony whereas it was possible to stack through a single output but also have 2 extra velocity layers (intended presumably for for multi-velocity samples). It had much better, more advanced/capable operating system. That said it also had more glitches than you’d be likely to find in a 950. I personally found the sound a lot cleaner in the 1000 at the time but still very much enjoyed what I could do with it (I had an s1100 which was more or less the same as a 1000 but with an FX board and perhaps something else I cannot recall. In all these years I only recently properly discovered that the 950 can load 1000 disks which I thought was only possible the other way around. Anyway thanks again Brian for delving into more super nerdy sampling details its always a nice affirmation to see I’m not the only one who obsesses about these machines 😅 big up starr

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Awesome insite there mate, thanks for the info

[@saren6538]

16bit yes is cd quality but it doesn’t mean the converters will make it sound like cd quality. My mpc60 is 16bit (and no it’s not 12bit) and it sounds nothing like cd quality

[@HarryLoveTV]

@@saren6538 did you see the inverted commas? I started with s900 and went to s1000 around the same time the s950 came out. Whatever the minuscule tech spec heir splitting differences, for all intents and purposes it is not uncommon to paraphrase. Being that it would confuse people not yet savvy to ultra wizard nerd level 999999 specifics. 900 has always been a 12 bit sampler in common parlance among people who use samplers to make music. The white coat data section of the manual is ofter regarded as for the white coats by those people and sometimes even the white coats 🧑‍🔬 16 bit is not cd quality? Yeah uh ok , I’ll take your word that it’s not 16/44.1k and crack on

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

Calm down boys, no need to head into kernel panic here over some specs… I have a fully maxed out S1100 too and absolutely love to abuse it. Having efx really puts it in another dimension and lets not forget that the fact that the sound is more polished (compared to a 12bit sampler) allows it to be a lot more flexible. Try sampling some string sounds with the 950 and you’ll hear what I mean. Btw, If you want to rough up your sound with the 1100, it’s got a fantastic front end that will let you do just that by driving your signal into it. It also features recording to disk, which is fun. (Just plug in your usb stick at the back.. I wish 😅) Having both would of course be best but if I had to choose, it’s the S1100 for me any day. Plus it’s stereo!

[@d-waxthajunglist4049]

I have a s900 and a S1000 both with a Gotek usb, i'm used to sample my drum breaks into the S900 and then i resample them into the S1000 and i'll proceed to the edit stage. Why? because i've noticed that if i transfer the sample directly into the S1000 with the usb stick the sound change, the drums sounds a little bit brighter, so i resample them to maintain the original timbre from the S900.

[@ogenic]

Yes B! Where can I join your patron? Wanted to watch the Emu vids..

[@saren6538]

Have both of these and only Learning them both now … cannot wait to get the s950 ailasing mod end of year … sp1200 sounding with it

[@DJDomz]

great info bizzy 1!!!!

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Thanks brv

[@adaptedvinyl]

Yes Yes Bizzy have fun with those Eproms. I have a bunch here myself. They're lovely components no? They have a really nice weight in the hand and erasing them with UV light very cool.... I have an old LinnDrum that came cheap from a shop in Llandudno with all the wrong sounds in. The last thing I need in there is 909 and 808 bits... ha ha. So I got the Eproms and wrote LinnDrum sounds on and refilled the machine back to OG sound.This is definitely the absolutely slowest way you will ever load a single sample into a drum machine. It's a privilege to experience the traditional methods for sure though. Patient work leads to a different quality of attention.

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Sounds like fun man, what UV erasure are you using? there's some dodgy ones on the market ATM

[@adaptedvinyl]

@@TheBizzyBScience The UV box I have is just an anonymous box covered in Chinese Characters and the word Eprom bought from eBay over a decade ago. It could well be a bit dodge.... It seems to work... at least sometimes....

[@crochambeau]

The cable going to the ZuluSCSI should not get hot. Those consume so little power, I run mine off the SCSI cable without running a dedicated power cable. If something is heating up, you've probably got a shorted circuit at work. Cool machines, I'd love to hear them compared in a double blind listening test.

[@actionrag1]

Yo Bizzy nice Video where would you rank the 3000xl along with these 2

[@TheBizzyBScience]

The S300XL reads all of the files and is a great sampler , for me the only notable snag is if you own s950 disks it does not read the tone program / keygroup settings

[@actionrag1]

@@TheBizzyBScience thanks for the reply dude love these videos and miss the tutorials

[@HarryLoveTV]

This is gonna be a fun watch

[@carrobin691]

Here's a Question... Are there any Apps to Make this type of Music Possible!! I really like the way you do it!!❤

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Sure, renoise, logic pro, cubase pro

[@enemysub9057]

The S950's RS232 port can be hooked right up to an Atari's modem port, and it will work using the C-Lab Export drivers with the baud rate set to 31,250. They were kind of made to work with the Atari, hence the Atari hard drive expansion. There is a cool free editor for the S900/950 that runs on an Atari ST called Squash It!

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Thanks for the info, I may string my Atari back up and take a look

[@EvLoutonian]

Keen to try that also !

[@pauloespadinha2754]

Question does it sound really diffetent between s1000 and s3000 ? Thanks,

[@TheBizzyBScience]

Yes there is a difference

[@TheGorillafoot]

Was the s950 what DJ Shadow used with an mpc60 to make endtroducing?

[@FC-xc3zy]

Yeah

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

cool, i had both personally i feel the s1000 punches better, i also prefer its editing possibilities.. i still have the s1000 the s950 got sold.

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

im just thinking from the other side, the 950 might be even faster to operate since there is less going on, less to set up maybe.. what do you think ? cheers

[@neovincibeats]

Wanna sell

[@XBASS247]

Bizzy leave them alone my bruda im searching for the s5000 vids from you like time streacthing etc ,you no wen it comes to the samplers you is my teacher And if you google my music you will hear you I am your grandchild anyway please more vids on the akai s5000 And love and respec

[@amonster8mymother]

S1000 you upgrade the eproms to match 3000 and you can use mesa2 with a hard drive and the 1000 reads the 3000 samples.

[@leesaunders]

yes bizzy i used to use the sends and use the unit as a multi fx unit on my S3000XL same as the S1000

[@TheBizzyBScience]

nice, thanks for sharing

[@xsm5525]

for me it's all about the s1000 to be honest mate

[@quaad_heavy_sounds]

LOL

[@amonster8mymother]

A few people have told me to get 900s but i like my 1000 and 3000.

[@leodspprince2184]

I grew up on the 950 had nearly every sampler but never a 1000. Love the 12bit sound but for me the lack of mod wheel to filter is the only down fall of the s950. Envelope or velocity only

[@vjgreenoptic]

VP-9000 by roland were my option.. but Tal -Sampler VST makes da same if the is loop total chopped . Akai s-1000 sounds well . more function on the wide screen .Akai S-3200 with HD . is bit better maybe .

[@TheBizzyBScience]

mmm S1000 vs Tal ... you got me thinking bro thanks

[@Sample_Props_Official]

Why not the S1100? I dont get it

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

S1100 is the best one.

[@piynubbunyip]

You can get a scsi board S950 - just rarer and expensive and not much point with the tiny memory

[@TheBizzyBScience]

true

[@falangistavaleroso9689]

950, 12 bit rules. but the best is the SCI Prophet 2002

[@saren6538]

Na the cheetah sx16 and eps-m 13 bit is the most unique of the lot. I have a 950 / 1000 / emax 1 and the the cheetah and epsm blows them away

[@falangistavaleroso9689]

didn´t know it, will research. I got a sp 12 last week and can get an Emax 1 but won´t be the same? I also own a SCI Prophet 2002@@saren6538 edit I also own a EPSM

[@DJ_PHIISIX]

Had both. strated a 950 and went to 1000PB the 3000

[@TheBizzyBScience]

whats the PB like?

[@DJ_PHIISIX]

Playback. it was the s1000 but no sampler. we loaded everything via floppy. Didnt even have a scuzzy in them days hahaha. Great times. Sweating blood to make music then. I sold the akai to my dear friend. Cool Hand Flex. Long long time ago @@TheBizzyBScience.

[@bontempo1271]

It's all about the sound innit ! S1000 is a great sampler too, but S950 is the one that knocks

[@bontempo1271]

@SyncloK I wonder which Akai has the fastest envelopes ?

[@5pr1nk57]

Didn't know you were also an electronics tech mate? Got a lot of the same gear as me :) I have an S1000 which I restored

[@persywho5863]

iirc the s950 was the first akai with time stretching

[@cnfuzz]

Very different machines when it comes to pitch ,s950 does that via cpu clock rate change (much better) s1000 via interpolation like all akais after the 950 ,that is why 900/950 are more expensive not 12 or 16 bit but the transpose sets value

[@madacetv]

Hey b! I emailed you some music I would really love some feedback. Looking forward to hearing back.

[@TheBizzyBScience]

I'll check it out

[@WARDISWARD]

dude ,it seems that the oled on the s1000 is getting way too much juice , it's too damn bright

[@TheBizzyBScience]

It's an led upgrade

[@amonster8mymother]

I have a s1000. 😮

[@CC-fi3pp]

950