I’m serious, I knew the SP2400 heritage but I can’t understand its place in a modern world as the remake was never on my radar.
On a separate note, that is not a Live Retro coming my way with the sole purpose of being played away from my desk and in this room:
Its a sampler, 8 channel, 8 sounds per channel.
Its a modern emulation of the EMU SP1200.
Its always been popular with hip hop folk, however if you bought a lot of house music in the 90’s like i did, it does that sound.
Quite the steampunk entertainment system you have there.
I can’t wait for Autumn to light up the fireplace and sit on those chairs, assuming the cats allow me to…
@SP1200 remake
Since samplers are all digital I just want all those famous flavors in an FX pedal. I can’t believe no one has done that. Or maybe its more complex than I think it would be to do that. Or maybe I just need the right bit reduction pedal.
After being on the Akai Force going back to the Live feels somehow better, I guess the layout kinda inspires a different workflow, more focussed somehow. And portability is a huge bonus, especially as those speakers hit harder that I expected.
if you just look at the spec of an old EMU SP1200
A/D convertor 26.04 khz fixed 12-bit linear depth.
input filter (anti-aliasing filter)
D/A convertor + SP digital converter=AD7541 12-bit
output filter 48khz (fixed slope)
SSM2044 analog filter
its a combination of things happening in its chain that gives it its character, its not as simple a just saying its digital.
So I take it you got the mpc live 2 finally?
The new hone made me rethink my workspace and some stuff I was reading made me feel like I had too much in terms of gear VS my actual use.
My goal is to go down to Microfreak & Live or Force. I got the Live at a price that I can easily resell it for the same price.
But the Force has clip view, which is quite great. On the hand I have Ableton Live and a good sound card: the Live adds portability so I can start tracks anywhere in the house, track the loops as needed on the Force or on Live and finish there.
Or even better, export as Als and finish at my desk.
The important thing for me is to be able to start quickly and stay in the zone so simpler is better.
And frankly, I’m also falling in love with splice…
posted an update video saying that “only 40-50 left to go out this batch, should trickle out within the next week.”
so maybe next week I’ll get a shipping notification… and as the video continues, the “batch with the cases is on a boat that docked in Miami” and so i’m looking at probably another month for them to actually get it, build it, and ship it.
I’m absolutely blown away that getting what appears to be a pelican case is what is now delaying my S2400. Oh well, whatever. All I can do is hurry up and just wait longer.
He never even mentioned the cases being a delay issue until the July 26th video. That was the first time I recall them being mentioned at all. Unreal lol. They do ship in the case, I remember that from purchase.
People in the comments are saying this is only the first batch of 500, too, out of the three? So who the fuck knows when I’m getting it XD
It looks like I can do some interesting things with it, though, once I do get it. USB audio (as long as it’s class compliant and it should be) to a Maschine+ or now MPC, MIDI control over looping and mutes/unmutes, that could be a lot of fun…
further edits rewatching, apparently the second batch of 500 were the ones with cases? it’s what he said about it. so maybe once this boat docks and they get them, i’ll finally have it within the next month. Who knows anymore, because it’s a situation that changes every time he posts a video lol. I feel for them regarding the number of people emailing for a status. Thankfully I am not one of those people.
This is the kind of experience that would really put me off a product
it’s not great. I try to be understanding of things like this, and especially with all that’s going on in the world while they tried to get this thing going and out. I feel like they bit off more than they could really chew as well, despite having other products already been made.
Speed and focus are definitely essential for me.
I can’t find my Nanoloop FM, which worries me as I think I left batteries in it that could be leak-prone I’ve discovered…
edit found it in a sudden inspiration on where to look, and I had removed the batteries like a smart person. Time to put Eneloops in it.
Curious if you’ve thought about Push 2 being as you like the clip / session view jamming provided by the Force but you also are enjoying working with Ableton again. I get Push 2 isn’t standalone but it could be the bridge somewhere in between the Force and Ableton. I upgraded to Live 11 the other day and as a result YouTube started suggesting Push 2 videos to me so I’ve been looking at it recently. I was a Push 1 user for about a year, wrote an EP with it. Push 2 looks much more capable though with it’s display and overall functionality. Also, being as it’s a few years old now the secondhand market is rife with 500 dollar units. Again though, not standalone and maybe that’s a must for you.
I’m still using Ableton Live for remixes and to finish the arrangement on some of my tracks, but I tried a few times to write a song in it and it just doesn’t work for me. Working in software for me (as in ‘in my case’ not ‘in my opinion’) is the opposite of focus and speed, I fiddle around, get bored, move on to something else.
That makes perfect sense, electronics are usually more complex than I can imagine. If someone could put that in an FX unit I would be all about it. Im loving a lot of these remakes but I only have so kuch space and money lmao
They seemed to move the goal posts a few times when I was waiting for mine, I really wanted to sound off at Brad on the forums and social media but I bit my tongue because I thought confronting him might push me further back in the queue.
The thing that really rattled me the most was the fact Gareth Williams had one, for months he had it in the background of all his videos yet never spoke about it or ever featured it in any video, I kept thinking he got one for free when I funded it and still waiting for mine.
My plan was to rant once I got mine, but now I have I’m content and not angry anymore lol
I wasn’t expecting to use the speakers on the Live soo much, it’s nice to leave my workroom and not to have to wear headphones.
Do they have a good sound? I am considering that over the One, but the speakers kind of throw me. Is working “over” the speakers a problem? LIke I would end up resting my arms on the thing I imagine, and the edge does not look sharp, but also not super comfy.
