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The ASR-X Pro is a winner ! I own the original ASR-X and IMHO it's a winner too. Retail stores are blowing these babies out now that the pro's about to be released. Mine is beefed up with the EXP-3 dance expansion board and the 8 output expander (which now gives me a total of 10 separate outs), plus I maxed the ram out to 34 mb. The pro can hold 66 MB of ram though, but I've never run out with 34. No matter which one you end up getting, you'll definitely want to get a removable SCSI drive (i use a Jaz), as saving large files to floppy is not practical. I also use mine mostly hooked up to my PC with Cubase, and I think this greatly expands the possibilities. Bill Cummings drums@myself.com -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Lawrence <douglas-lawrence@home.com> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 9:19 AM Subject: ASR-X Pro vs. MPC2000 >Well, I was just about to buy an Akai MPC2000 (v1.7 OS has seemed to fix >most of the stability issues), then Ensoniq announced the ASR-X Pro (the red >box). It seems like they've addressed almost everybody's major complaints >except the small screen issue and real-time sample stretch. Can anyone point >out any compelling reason to go with one over the other. To me, it seems >like the ASR-X Pro is a winner ... (has anybody heard anything about >Yamaha's up-and-coming competitor to these units, I think it's called the >RU700?? It's due to be released this Fall.) > >Feature MPC2000 ASR-X Pro >===================================================== >Flash OS yes yes(finally) >Polyphony 32 32 ># channels Rx 1 32 16 ># channels Tx 32 16 >Sequencer Tracks 64 16 >MIDI outs 2 1 >Max audio outs 2 2 >RAM 2mb (32 max) 2mb (66 max) >Total sample time ??? 13 minutes @ 44.1 kHz mono > 6.5 minutes @ 44.1 kHz stereo >ROM sounds no yes (even more with EXP expansion board) >Storage floppy, SCSI floppy, SCSI (built-in now) >SMPTE yes no ># Pads 16 13 (plus 10 quick edit pads) >Graphic editing yes no >Step edit yes no >read PC (fat) disks yes yes >Effects Algoritms ?? with add-in 40 >Effects Busses 4 busses 2 busses >Resonant filter 12db/Oct LP Multimode (LP, BP Resonant) >Track muting yes no >Sequencer memory 100,000 notes 140,000 notes (w/ 8Mb RAM) >Save File Formats .WAV & .AIFF .AIFF >CC modulation yes(effects only) yes(4 per patch) >Time Stretch yes yes >Tempo Resolution ??? 1/100 BPM >Clock Resolution 96/ppq 384/ppq >Tap Tempo yes yes >Note Repeat yes(easy) (???) I think so with some playing around >Velocity sensitive pads no yes > >Hmmmm, I wonder how these units compare to a Yamaha A3000 or an Emu ESI-4000 >... if I could find a great pad based MIDI controller, that may be a >better >way to go. > >Later- >Doug.