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«  Vintage beauty and ease of use »

Published on 06/11/12 at 04:30
64 original or 128 voice polyphony with an expansion card,
No effects without the card EB20,
Very good converters:
- A / D 18-bit 64x oversampling Delta Sigma.
- N / A 20-bit 128x oversampling Sigma Delta on all outputs.
I use the utility AKsys PC (only if the s5000 has the USB expansion card)
s5000 to access via the pc (rename the samples, multis, programs, import samples, export to the pc etc ...).
This map is truly indispensable time-saving work.

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is well thought out, big screen with 320 x 240 pixel, the interface is super simple, no submenu submenu is clear and effective.
Editing sounds and effects is easy?
Enough, you still have to play with a few hours to understand how to work with a sampler.
Editing sounds and effects is easy?
Yes it is quite easy and fast. My s5000 is equipped with 250MB of RAM (Max), and the treatment goes very quickly.
No slicing function (which could be useful if used with a keyboard and / or pads noon), for against the trim function is very convenient. We define the starting point and end point of a sample, without the file of this sample is cut. In short if you want to play samples of different notes, must be done by hand using a program.

SOUNDS

converters of high quality.
I very often use the filters, the sampler without them would have less interest!
Good momentum, especially if you work to increase it sounds. For example, a single snare drum will be less dynamic than if you combine 2 or 3!
And then we must also record the sound that comes out correctly in a sequencer to keep up the grain.
I registered in adat in cubase and I lost about 2db, but the dynamic is there, it's better than vsti, prior to the rhythm I was working with native instrument battery and it farted a lot less.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for only four months.
Did you tried many other models before buying it? not
What is so special that you love the most, least?
+ Aesthetics
+ Its simplicity
+ The screen

- You still have to have extensions to use it properly
(RAM, usb, adat)
How would you rate the quality / price? Used now it's worth it.
With experience, you do again this choice? yes