Boom Bap Heroes Vol.1: ASR-10

"Boom Bap Heroes" is an innovative documentary film series, showcasing various Drum Machines and Samplers and their impact on Hip-Hop culture. The first film in the series will document the Ensoniq ASR-10, a keyboard/sampling workstation, which emerged in the early 90's. Vol. 1 features !llmind, Jake One and Emile Haynie, elaborating on how the ASR-10 has changed their lives.

[@dereksalas8195]

Qbert , Hieroglyphics , Dilated , No ID , Necro, Kanye , The Neptunes,& Alchemist ... All use or used ASR 10.Its a classic. The Asr & MPC combo is how I rock my shit

[@scottmorgan8333]

Timbaland too..

[@GreatestSportsHighLights]

You can't forget the RZA used it as well bruh! What MPC did you have!???? We had the MPC 2000xl before we had the MPC 60 and we upgraded to the 2000XL

[@dereksalas8195]

Greatest Sports HighLights forgive me.. RZA , Timbo, and Jake One use it too. I got my MPC 1000 in 04. The MPC60 huh? A hip hop Classic!

[@sp1200fanatic]

The holy trinity: sp1200, mpc, ASR-10

[@trufe4]

Tutorial Guy = Real life Most Interesting Man I'm the world. "I don't always rock mics, but when I do, I kill that shit on an ASR banger."

[@TuMalditaMadre]

9:38 we been waiting 5 years for part 2, guess it IS that complicated.

[@KoolKatBeatz]

no update yet huh??

[@newguybrett3467]

@@KoolKatBeatz Still waiting.. lol

[@manb4war]

Friend of mine had the EPS 16, which was similar but a lot more cumbersome, when I saw the ASR-10 I wanted it so bad but was too broke to afford it. Back in the day, I think it retailed for like $2500.00 which is like 8 million dollars now. This was definitely a studio board, I remember guys trying to gig with the ASR-10 seriously it was like carrying a small car, it easily weighed 40-50 pounds. I waited a few years and bought the Roland XP-50 with the Hip Hop and Classic Keyboard modules and sequenced in Cakewalk. Still never sounded as good as the ASR-10.

[@spearPYN]

The biggest ASR10 wizard was RZA... disappointed he was not interviewed for this.

[@71dhwand]

Exactly ! That's some bullshit right there man !

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

maybe he declined

[@Fabelnegros]

proud owner of ASR-10 !!!

[@12spin]

Dido Fam! 🙌🏾

[@blakasmurf]

Not ASR but EPS-16+ for me, still my main board even now!

[@74stylez1]

The ASR10 is a beast! It was the very first sampler I used back in the 90's & I still use it to this day. Nice documentary

[@GreatestSportsHighLights]

The good ol daysssss!! I miss our ARS-10 we had the ensonic and the mpc 2000xl and mackie mixer and wired all into the ASr-10 with the mophat and motif sound racks! The mpc -2000xl was my baby!!! Even though we started to mess around witht he ASR-10 there was something different about it and how it sampled! The sp12 was always dope for drums!!! With sp 12 we had to have the Vintage Synth Explorer Akai S700 hooked up to it , that was the perfect combo with the emu sp! The asr-10 didn't need a combo it stood strong by it self! One thing I hated about the ASR-10 if you lost a disk or one of the disk got messed up you would lose the entire sequence basically! Also it use to shut down by itself a lot , so saving was a must even when we used a scuzzy port! Our ASr-10 was maxed out with full memory and even had the effect processing board chip in it as well so we had the full boat!! Good ol days that piece was a classic and very underestimated and is a key to the hiphop boom bap culture era!!

[@12spin]

That was an ultimate hip-hop rig there my friend!!!

[@michaels5166]

The MIGHTY Ensoniq ASR10,with my analog synth,Mackie,and my turntable setup..AND>>>>I never had to bother with a separate efx processor,because the onboard efx engine is insanity of love...

[@winnyjstew]

man i’m just learning so much, Born in 95, (25 now) and just happy to learn more and more as a musician

[@QR_Code]

lol, never to late to learn sir

[@illmagnetic]

The ASR-10 could resample itself, many years before other machines were doing it. It was also an audio recorder, you could record audio tracks on top of your beat. It was way ahead of its time. It also weighs more than your car. SAMPLE->TRUNCATE->NORMALIZE (The Holy Trinity)

[@Ernzmoneybeats]

***** Good stuff right there. I remember that piece before Igot my Triton ProX. ASR was a beast for sure back in the day.

[@nobodyneverknows]

I call bullsit on that, akai had resampling like 4 years earlier, at least, just dont post random bullshit when you dont know whats up

[@Ernzmoneybeats]

Chrząszczyświerszcz Chrabąszczyżowąski your right , but ASR wasn't far behind it. I just realized how he worded that.

[@illmagnetic]

Akai resampling meant reducing the sound from 16 bit to 12 or 8. ASR10 resampling meant recording the output of the ASR back into the ASR dry or with effects. Akai was NOT doing that.

[@nobodyneverknows]

you got it wrong once again, resampling is not reducing bit rate... cmon man

[@swpenguin]

"The SP1200 just sounded kinda fucked up in general" lol

[@JUKE179r]

ASR-10 w/ SCSI owner here!

[@12spin]

That’s the way to go! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@TTopRecords]

Dream studio: Every piece of gear that Ensoniq made. All running into tape saturators, tube pres and compressors.

[@ScottBrio]

This is my dream studio as well. Literal Nirvāṇa.

[@unc1589]

As far as overheating is concerned, Under the unit there’s a lid to access the memory chips. Take off the lid and get any cheap small fan. Rig it to a keyboard stand and you are good money

[@mlaws11291]

@bigLBKNY That guy with the Seattle hat is better than 90% of people on the mpc. Jake one is definitely a top 5 producer of this current era. Rock Co Kane flow alone bodies most people producing now

[@blankbanz]

I'm subcribing just to know when part. 2 will be up. This is awesome!

[@HarrySteed]

Asr10 At the time, ahead of its time!

[@dub142]

Such a great tool that shaped a generation of sound

[@Corvid]

Ahhhh, good old Rick! Actually a REALLY useful tape... gets you up and running on an ASR in no time. The best part is where he says "Let's go and use a DAT recorder to capture an... 'undesirable event' you wouldn't want in the studio".... cut to outdoors, he pulls out a fucking M16 and starts shooting off blanks! Turned the sample into a "space snare" with a fuck ton of plate reverb... I've never seen an official demo like it, it's so fitting for how quirky the ASR-10 is.

[@kimhunter9005]

Memorymoog. Excellent synth. I knew Dr. Moog. I'm sure as a musician you are a perfectionist. As am I. Moog is pronounced "Mogue" . . as in Vogue. Not the U sound, as in shoe. As you, I love my ASR!!! Best workhouse to this day! Thanks for the upload! Nice!

[@Rhythmattica]

Best digital "Musical" Phaser ive ever heard is on the ASR and DP4... Truly outstanding.

[@Abruzzo333]

Pretty sure the ASR-10 has the same effects that are found in the DP4.

[@Rhythmattica]

@@Abruzzo333 Yes...and on the DP4+. Same Algos'. Still.... Waveboy added some ASR goodness...

[@Johnnybananass-_]

we had an EPS-10.. we dreamed of owning an ASR-10. but we did do our ep on the eps and toured with two ( one borrowed ) so we could play a song and load another while the mcs rapped,

[@blacktasticmedia3769]

Yo this is dope, this video blew up and went viral!

[@DJillogick]

First sampler I ever messed with was the asr-10 a friend of mine had. Instead of getting the asr-10 or an mpc 2000xl, I got the asr-x pro, biggest gear mistake ever. I was into the roland mc-505 and wanted some pads and buttons as opposed to keys and ended up with "that thing" lol. My asr-x pro floppy started smoking one day, and the pads wore down to the level of the metal, and the plastic struts that support the pads broke. 3 years asr-x pro vs. 20 years asr-10. The ASR-10 is built like a tank

[@gustotron]

holy shit! I have this same instructional DVD with that dude!

[@VioletPrism]

pls bro make more I know its been 8 years but I need more

[@Sheeryu]

Thank you for this documentary. Really interesting !

[@boombap28]

I learned on the EPS, I own a 16 Plus that's got a fried motherboard and is sitting in a tech's storage room, and I use the ASR-10. I had the ASR-X Pro at one point but sold that thing.

[@Great12k6]

Love it. Can't wait to see the next video.

[@mowjoezbeetz]

very nice episode!

[@BobbyBriscoeBeats]

Also learned on the eps+ and then bought the asr-10 when it came out!

[@marcpuystiens1355]

own one. best sampler ever had. Sounds better than my new Roland or Yamaha. If my ASR10 would die.... man... that would be a disaster.

[@KablethaKiid]

DOPE! ASR-10 is the shizniiiick...

[@1Prevent]

This is going to be an amazing series

[@trufe4]

Tutorial guy would have been the GOAT producer had he been born years later. All you producers should consider yourselves extremely lucky.

[@professorquack]

ASR 10 Is also a staple in house music

[@djneptoon]

Loved this video!! seriously! Classic!

[@shamarone]

looking forward to this series. had an S950 and the MPC60. but lets see, the original linn drum, roland 808/909/303/606 (rol' was a BEAST), oberheim DMX, EMU emulator 2/3 (think one of those was Marly Marl's axe), sequential circuits Studio 440, SP12/SP1200, casio RZ1, what've I missed...? would also like to maybe see something on the old analog 24 track boards pre SSL before everybody went 48, 96, and all digital. lotta the sound was in the circuitry of those consoles too.

[@shamarone]

oops, fairlight synclavier.

[@boombap28]

My ASR-x Pro (Red Box) always was a finnicky thing.. the sequencer used to slip in and out of time more often than not..Kurszweil k series..dope pieces that are slept on.. most of Wu-Tang Forever is Kurszweil, from what I've read.

[@BoomBapPro]

Dope idea!

[@mitchwinthrop]

wish I could get my asr10 fixed. I loved it.

[@Metamophisis]

You can The Ensoniq contact him he was with the actual company. I sent my Ensoniq Eps 16 Plus for him to install a transformer because I purchased it from France 🇫🇷 I needed a USA 🇺🇸 power supply for mine.

[@Breakthrue_]

My bro picked up an asr a year ago.. I couldn't really wrap my head around it, so I kept my distance.

[@epik72]

GOOD STUFF MAN!!!!!!!

[@Youngpraise1]

DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ernzmoneybeats]

Really great video.

[@Soundboy817]

I think akai are putting an asr10 on the mpc renaissances vintage mode,won't be exactly the same but if anyone can emulate that sound I'm sure akai are fully capable of it

[@boombap28]

The dude from Covert Video gets me everytime! I remember watching that 8 hour video and that dude cracked me up..probably because of how dated it was.

[@smiauu]

dope! please keep this shit going. there are so many samplers that i wanna see here (sp404,sp303,asr-x,sp1200,mpcs,su700,rs7000,s950,sampletrak...)

[@rapidfiremuzik_official]

damn... i slept on this Board!

[@12spin]

Yessir it’s never to late to get a used one. Once you learn it you’ll love it.

[@purpdogg7741]

SP 1200 is still better when it comes to gritty sound

[@GreatestSportsHighLights]

sp1200 for drums was stupid crazy!! but nothing could beat the power of the asr-10 for sampling!! This is why most who used the sp1200 hooked it up to the 700 but again the drums that came out of the sp1200 nothng could compare to it at all We youse to sample the dr rythm boss 550 into the sp1200 and the asr-10 and mpc and every-time we did it the sp1200 would win for sampling drums into it!

[@ETwOneE21]

SICK

[@HalSamuel]

How often will these be released? I can't wait for episode 2!

[@ghaggedmusic]

love 9:15 if that's not the truth. This is so fresh!

[@AWUNMATERIAL]

we dont ever hear about the EMU-Emulator II in hiphop!?!? anybody using the E-II to make beats/Tracks??

[@sp120056at]

Dope had that asr once I regret selling it :(

[@12spin]

I did too man & had to get another one!

[@QuadrantBottomHalf]

I prefer the Korg Triton over the ASR 10. Can you trim and region edit samples on the keyboard without a computer?

[@DjCalliber]

Lol "the mpc is too complicated". No. Just no.

[@purpdogg7741]

who are these guys? if they don't know how to work an mpc then they're are not real producers

[@thatnigguhred4750]

If you don't know who Jake One is you're not a real producer HAHA

[@purpdogg7741]

That Nigguh Red lol I'm not! Jokes on you but my little cousin who's only 13 can work an mpc more than these idiots

[@thatnigguhred4750]

+PopTartDogg Falco I got both and the ASR had a better sound. Period. I like pads better too but there is a reason why people use this over a MPC. I use my MPC for drums but I still run the drums straight through the ASR first to get that sound. Jake One produced tons of 50 Cent/G-Unit hits

[@thatnigguhred4750]

+PopTartDogg Falco you got me on that not being a producer thing though haha

[@ozettofficial]

whats the beat in the background at 02:11?

[@veladon7]

Still got mine

[@r.a.d.h.e.r.7758]

howz about the AKAI S950, Dilla swears by it... the combination of the S950 and the SP 1200 to trigger the samples out of it.

[@RideTheLightning80]

I doubt he would have done it but you should have talked to necro about the asr

[@Soundboy817]

Timbaland and pharell both still use an asr10 in their production

[@mrpower328]

It's 2019 now, I wonder did these guys upgrade to something different or are they still using the ARS10

[@bumbpp1257]

Jake One still using it to the fullest, check out his YT-channel: Snare Jordan

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

!llmind is now exclusively in the box (PT that is)

[@rikky383]

Looking forward to future episodes! Haha... where did you find that video of the guy at 00:23

[@DJillogick]

I always wondered why the Kurzweil k2500S or K2600 never got used like the asr-10. I know RZA had one, wonder what beats if any made it to actual releases that were produced by RZA on the Kurzweil...

[@Abruzzo333]

The Kurzweil's were much more used by industrial groups and within other electronic genres, who's artists are far more into sonic exploration than hip hop producers. They are one of the deepest digital synthesizers ever conceived, capable of doing things with samples and sounds that very few if anything else could match.

[@MoCheez]

Funny to praise the sonic and ergonomic qualities of the ASR and then end up in that Pro Tools crap ;-) BTW, could someone point me to that awesome Ensoniq VHS demo tape with the funny bearded guy in hawaiian shirts? It's sooooo funny and cheesy!

[@thatnigguhred4750]

Studios around the world use Pro-Tools, it's an application, which means it does what you make it do, so if "It's crap", then the truth is really it's not crap but you are. Most people that say things like that are salty cuz they can't afford Pro-Tools haha chessy, just like your display picture

[@MoCheez]

I know what ProTools does and I know studios around the world do use it, just like Avid. But it's like Windows vs MacOS or just like VHS took over Betamax, but it has more to do with marketing than quality. I've been around mixing studios both for music and video for the last 20 years, and even though I was not the one who used it, I think I've seen enough to know what it does. I find it crap compared to stuff like, say, Nuendo. Things are getting a little better with the latest versions but it's far from ergonomic, still slow in some ways and full of bugs. Man! It took them almost 20 years to introduce offline bounce when everybody else was doing it in the first place! Come on… And yes, my display picture was intended to be cheesy ;-)

[@thatnigguhred4750]

+Mo' Cheez noted but Pro-Tools is a powerful tool. But is still just a tool that's only as good as the one who wields it. Same as Nuendo... You should put a yellow filter over the picture, make it even cheeseeeeeeierrr haha thumbs up

[@fednance2837]

yo what's the beat that starts at 2:11 in background dude?? cheeers

[@antonhbp]

Hiphop

[@malcolmx6705]

But is the ASR-10 really worth buying here in 2017🤔 Can the ASR-10 still be relevant in today's hip-hop sounds???

[@Pedrooo317]

kanye /best producer alive/ uses it constantly

[@Eagles4life221]

Malcolm X I don’t understand the question? What new technology are these kids using today?

[@MrNflxter]

Yes! It can also double over as a midi controller for your daw

[@saren6538]

Is the asr10 rack and keyboard the same engine ?

[@beatsheik]

yes

[@Synth2000]

Someone knows how to fix ASR10 heating for good?

[@chadkelham5034]

You can remedy that issue to a good degree by putting it on a keyboard stand; don’t place it flat on a desk like some folks do.

[@unc1589]

Under the unit there’s a lid to access the memory chips. Take off the lid and get any cheap small fan. Rig it to a keyboard stand and you are good money

[@captainsteez10]

Hey can someone help me with my asr ?

[@huntergreen3401]

Already--chuuuuuCH!

[@mystefan73]

still love my asr......,my laptop is his slave,,

[@adriannunez8868]

Is it still worth it now? Thinking about getting one

[@michaelbain6402]

@Djillogick, what were you doing with your asr-x? I've had mine for years with zero problems.

[@deltauppercase]

Does anyone know the name of the last beat? dopeness

[@HalSamuel]

I've got a EPS 16 +. Anyone got any thoughts on how the ASR-10 SOUNDS different to this?

[@noxlupi1]

anyone know the track name in the background, that starts at 7:50?

[@louisrelf5903]

I really shouldn’t have sold mine. I’m debating getting a second hand one but is it worth it?

[@Cymatic18]

The Anxious Pagan Maaaan. Mine got ruined in a flood. Get a good used one on the cheap if you can.

[@BESTSOULBEATS]

♥

[@josephjasonsantiagolacour]

Puffy Biscuits

[@CC-fi3pp]

Best sampler ever, the SP-1200 is overrated and does not sound good.

[@kevindelrosario3207]

do they still make the ASR 10?

[@boombap28]

Do a KZbin search for Molasses- Conversations with My Sanity..ill beats from '97-'98 that are all Kurszweil.

[@nellzny428]

search new groove n3llz for boom bap

[@LeeDaHitman]

classic shit right here

[@willbeutner628]

MPC

[@allenbowers1970]

and i lost disc 3 i'm not alone..lol

[@WelcomeToThe92503]

Where's alchemist!? He's the asr king

[@rikky383]

No, but I got one that I'll sell ya!

[@TheJewelChest]

for what?? they both do certain things better than the other

[@rikky383]

Shoulda read the manual bro.

[@RelaxRelapse720]

Just like a midi-keyboard, if you're using it for sampling you don't need to know how to play piano.

[@pighater951]

🤣🤣😂😂💪

[@nobodyneverknows]

" Like hip hop we make best out of some bullshit." ahahaha the opposite is the truth, you make wack and similar beats out of great tunes XD

[@RelaxRelapse720]

No

[@blacklegacyassets]

Hahaha