People are spoiled. This thing is in the vein of old school samplers which I’m totally fine with. It’s funny , people want to get away from the computer screen but complain when a piece of gear doesn’t have a screen 💀
🤣🤣🤣 Not the Magnavox Odyssey overlay! You look way up young to know about that. My brother and I used to be the only kids on the box with the Odyssey. All the other kids had the Atari and looked at us like we had the Kmart version of the Atari... Naw I don't have Donkey Kong but I got Pickaxe Pete... Same thing... Kinda (not).
very similar workflow to chopping up stuff on an SP303. It is a bunch of taking the master sample, moving the endpoints, resampling to a new pad, repeat, repeat, repeat. Worth it to do it the "hard" way though. Stuff that is autochopped all sounds generic and isn't as satisfying. Also, with the firmware update, you could now throw these into an empty pattern at 60bpm and re-record them into a kit for DRUM mode.
I know this is an old video, but could you please be so kind as to let me know how you are connecting the lofi to the audio source? I just got mine and the manual is so sparse. I am new and can't find anything that explains what cables I need or how to connect to an output. Thank you so much!
It's not that bad. Mine is still pretty new to me, and I know where most things are already. It took me a while to get used to Sonicware, but I got an 8bit Warps and Lofi-12 now and they're both a lot of fun.
Limitations lead to creativity. Yes you can get the job done quicker on dearer gear like Maschine plus or MPC but it doesnt mean the track will be any better as most people who have those dont make a hit record. And no im not paid to say this.
I think that's an overstatement that gets thrown around way too much, at least for me. There are different tools for different jobs and there is a limit to being too limited just as much as there's a limit that introduces paradox of choice. Like in this case, I don't think the samples and sculpting them or the sample time, or amount of tracks or fx is a problem, it's just a more creative workflow to record the sound and have it sequenced exactly where you want it rather than take 10 extra steps to move them back to where you initially recorded them. The SP1200 had that too so it made that 180 bpm 16th-triplet quantized with some swing boom bap groove legendary, but also uniform. The hi-res mode was just tricky to lock in with those pads so it was easier to program and quantize. Here it's just unneccessary. No arguing about that the end user defines what comes out of the box though.
@@BlezzBeats I get what your saying. They could have made it easier as tech has moved on. Im eyeballing a sampler for some hip hop. I have considered the SP1200 reissue but this peaked some interest and ive ordered one. See how long before i break in frustration :)
@@thepaintingtube7965 Yeah exactly 😁 But yeah this will do alot more than the SP for an extreme fraction of the price. The only advantage is the SP has the samples all laid out in front of you + the pad settings (although much fewer) can be edited immediately. With this you gotta switch between each sample.
Haha yeah I know almost too much about it 😁 that's a more accurate comparison! Never played it but squeezed it in a store. Remember those wooden boxes with 2 knobs that tilts a board which you use to control a marble and avoid falling into holes? That had expansion pack boards with easier levels that you lay on top of the original board, I thought that was genius as a kid.
@@BlezzBeats 😮 Haven't thought of that "Labyrinth" game in decades!! Yet suddenly I can smell that wood and hear that marble rolling back under as though it were yesterday.
Has anyone figured out if you can turn the release off so the samples dont fade? I think its tied mode....but if there is another way I'd love to hear it
@@BlezzBeats yah but it doesnt make it endless....it still fades unless you use the tied function. There are two different release controls...one in sample mode...the other in sequence mode.... The one in sample mode def has a greater effect....but it still fades out when I'm trying to run just a drum loop. The tied feature might be the best bet....seeing as how you can hold the first sequencer step after hittig one of the keyboard keys....so long as the loop matches the bpm....you could just tie the sample from step one all the way to step 64
@@snarleybrown8203 Ah ok you want it to be a oneshot that runs all the way to the end from triggering it? Thought you meant you don't want a tail after triggering it.
@@BlezzBeats bro ..that is a pretty fabulous update. You gotta make a video on it. This really puts the value for this sampler ,@ $250 USD, thru the roof
@@BlezzBeats I was going to pull the trigger on the Smpltrek but I have a 404 MK2 and a mpc live ii (which is now a glorified sound module)...I wanted some "budget" op-1 workflow.
@@tothefxckinmoon4540 haha ok yeah I feel ya, but then you reeally don't need it and it's not really close to a OP-1 workflow at all. Always fun with new gear tho 🙄
People are spoiled. This thing is in the vein of old school samplers which I’m totally fine with. It’s funny , people want to get away from the computer screen but complain when a piece of gear doesn’t have a screen 💀
This is very refreshing to see a sampler harken back to the old days. Can’t wait for mine to show up!
You nailed it with the whiners 🤣
Thanks for this and your other how to LoFi-12 video. I RTFM but seeing someone do it is a whole other dimension.
Thanks for the contribution! Will RTFM for you next time something comes out 😁
@@BlezzBeats somebody should…
The magnavox odyssey overlay is pretty rad
Yebruh!
🤣🤣🤣 Not the Magnavox Odyssey overlay! You look way up young to know about that. My brother and I used to be the only kids on the box with the Odyssey. All the other kids had the Atari and looked at us like we had the Kmart version of the Atari... Naw I don't have Donkey Kong but I got Pickaxe Pete... Same thing... Kinda (not).
They almost hit the mark with this one
very similar workflow to chopping up stuff on an SP303. It is a bunch of taking the master sample, moving the endpoints, resampling to a new pad, repeat, repeat, repeat. Worth it to do it the "hard" way though. Stuff that is autochopped all sounds generic and isn't as satisfying.
Also, with the firmware update, you could now throw these into an empty pattern at 60bpm and re-record them into a kit for DRUM mode.
I know this is an old video, but could you please be so kind as to let me know how you are connecting the lofi to the audio source? I just got mine and the manual is so sparse. I am new and can't find anything that explains what cables I need or how to connect to an output. Thank you so much!
I love limited samplers. My favorite is the Korg Microsampler. But adding an overlay is not acceptable for me. That’s annoying.
It's not that bad. Mine is still pretty new to me, and I know where most things are already. It took me a while to get used to Sonicware, but I got an 8bit Warps and Lofi-12 now and they're both a lot of fun.
Limitations lead to creativity. Yes you can get the job done quicker on dearer gear like Maschine plus or MPC but it doesnt mean the track will be any better as most people who have those dont make a hit record. And no im not paid to say this.
I think that's an overstatement that gets thrown around way too much, at least for me. There are different tools for different jobs and there is a limit to being too limited just as much as there's a limit that introduces paradox of choice. Like in this case, I don't think the samples and sculpting them or the sample time, or amount of tracks or fx is a problem, it's just a more creative workflow to record the sound and have it sequenced exactly where you want it rather than take 10 extra steps to move them back to where you initially recorded them. The SP1200 had that too so it made that 180 bpm 16th-triplet quantized with some swing boom bap groove legendary, but also uniform. The hi-res mode was just tricky to lock in with those pads so it was easier to program and quantize. Here it's just unneccessary.
No arguing about that the end user defines what comes out of the box though.
@@BlezzBeats I get what your saying. They could have made it easier as tech has moved on. Im eyeballing a sampler for some hip hop. I have considered the SP1200 reissue but this peaked some interest and ive ordered one. See how long before i break in frustration :)
@@thepaintingtube7965 Yeah exactly 😁 But yeah this will do alot more than the SP for an extreme fraction of the price. The only advantage is the SP has the samples all laid out in front of you + the pad settings (although much fewer) can be edited immediately. With this you gotta switch between each sample.
@@defcreator187 Agreed
Magnavox Odyssey 😆 Damn you know your gaming history. Remember the Atari Jaguar controller overlay cards?
Haha yeah I know almost too much about it 😁 that's a more accurate comparison! Never played it but squeezed it in a store. Remember those wooden boxes with 2 knobs that tilts a board which you use to control a marble and avoid falling into holes? That had expansion pack boards with easier levels that you lay on top of the original board, I thought that was genius as a kid.
@@BlezzBeats Oh wow no never seen that before!
@@BlezzBeats 😮 Haven't thought of that "Labyrinth" game in decades!! Yet suddenly I can smell that wood and hear that marble rolling back under as though it were yesterday.
@@Rompler_Rocco Haha yeah I spent so many hours on that when I wasn't allowed on the computer
Has anyone figured out if you can turn the release off so the samples dont fade?
I think its tied mode....but if there is another way I'd love to hear it
Yeah just go into the sample edit, don't have it in front of me but I believe there's a dedicated release knob too
@@BlezzBeats yah but it doesnt make it endless....it still fades unless you use the tied function.
There are two different release controls...one in sample mode...the other in sequence mode....
The one in sample mode def has a greater effect....but it still fades out when I'm trying to run just a drum loop. The tied feature might be the best bet....seeing as how you can hold the first sequencer step after hittig one of the keyboard keys....so long as the loop matches the bpm....you could just tie the sample from step one all the way to step 64
@@snarleybrown8203 Ah ok you want it to be a oneshot that runs all the way to the end from triggering it? Thought you meant you don't want a tail after triggering it.
Sucks that you can't map chops across the keyboard though...so, no finger drumming. This thing would have been a world-beater if just had that.
You kinda can with the latest update
@@BlezzBeats bro ..that is a pretty fabulous update. You gotta make a video on it. This really puts the value for this sampler ,@ $250 USD, thru the roof
@@tothefxckinmoon4540 Yeah might when I get back to Sweden, I'd still save up for the SmplTrek now after the latest update for that though.
@@BlezzBeats I was going to pull the trigger on the Smpltrek but I have a 404 MK2 and a mpc live ii (which is now a glorified sound module)...I wanted some "budget" op-1 workflow.
@@tothefxckinmoon4540 haha ok yeah I feel ya, but then you reeally don't need it and it's not really close to a OP-1 workflow at all. Always fun with new gear tho 🙄
THINK IM GOING TO STICK WITH MY MASCHINE+. THIS THING LOOKS LIKE A BALL ACHE
Lmaoo YES THE M+ IS MUCH QUICKER AND BETTER, DOES THE SAME THING IN 2 SECONDS BUT THIS IS FOR ANOTHER TARGET AUDIENCE I THINK
@@BlezzBeats 200% a different audience. I am the audience haha
@@beatsbeercigarettes 😂