Still have my ASRX. The sequencer would skip as you moved through the tracks so you had to be careful. The rotary knobs would skip like crazy, but the sounds were dope and the effects were top notch.
only with effects right? 2.67 or was it 2.5 addressed that issue specifically. Now editing things while playing will cause a hiccip cause its all using one cpu. So why the sequencer obsession? People say pro fixed it, but its all the same processor. Knobs needed replaced after a few years.
The trick to the sequencer was to resample your sequences. Pain in the ass but combined with the effects was to me a great way to get around the sequencer issue. My hardest joints ever was all done on the asr x!! 🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿
@@DyReckProductions I was just thinking that. I just got a sp 404 my 2 and trying to freak that joint. I bought an old asr X but half the screen is out so I can’t really get busy on that joint. Wish I could get it fixed.
My first ever piece of gear! Cut my beatmaking teeth on this. You were spot on about the quirky sequencer, had to pair it with an MPC 1000 for sequencing. But the sound, sampling and FX-oh boy!! I made tracks on it I can't quite do with other gear. Yeah man I regret selling it... I might have to get my old love back!
I considered it at the time but went with the MPC 2000 instead. It had great sounds, but then heard about issues with the sequencer's stability from different people who told me
Another line of machines that has the octave pads is the tabletop Proteus series. I BELIEVE that series came out the same time as the ASR-X. The MP7 was the Mophatt version.
The ASRXPRO was brought to me recently. I haven't fired it up yet due to having no scsi. I'm an mpc2000xl guy. My people want me to extract old beats the original owner made for him. He also brought the EMU rack and about 20 zip disc. This will be fun. I'm watching videos to learn ahead while I wait on my scsi cable.
Great series. You need to do a "WAH HAD HAPPENED WAS" on the EMU Command Stations(MP-7, XL-7 and the PX-7). A lot of people loved these machines but the one big flaw a lot of people complained about was... you couldn't load your own samples in it.
@@donjuandesparko702 Yep. I have the MP-7 and the PX-7, both fully loaded with expansion roms. I loved these machines. The sequencer was dope and easy to use too.
Ensoniq was a legendary company. Most everything they produced was unique and/or groundbreaking for it's time. Most people don't comprehend the capabilities of the ASR. It is far more than a sampler. Among other things, it's capable of becoming a transwave synthsizer...which is the technology they would expand on with the Fizmo...which I own and is probably the most unique sounding synth I own out of the 10 in my collection.
Yeah I just found out Just Blaze did Rock The Mic on the ASR X..The Fizmo is definitely one of a kind..Ensoniq was a great company alot of unique products.
Yesssssssss! I clicked so fast!! As I rub my Red ASR X pro muahahahahah (in my mumra voice) Ensoniq just had the efx man. Stupid dope. And yes just like My ASR10 the sequencer never stayed on time that well. I had the Fizmo....naw man. I traded it for a EMU planet phatt module. They should have allowed another company to help them out. Just like they did the Paris hd DAW. They allowed it to die too soon
Nice! I still own a maxed out ASR-X Pro. The effects are butter! Taken from the DP2 /DP4 effects engine. Sampler is so thick and beefy too. Truly a legendary boom bap machine. I used to pair it with a EMU PX-7 Command station to get around the sequencer issues. I love the octave pads. I’m now on Maschine but the experience has never been the same. I dust her off every once in a while for nostalgia. Please do a Command Station episode
My first serious sampler. Thanks for doing this video. I took this sampler for granted because as you said when I got it in 99’ the MPC 2000 was the standard so it made us ASR X PRO users feel like we were coming up short. The sounds were raw and gritty with a feature that allowed me to drop the bit rate from 16bps to 12bps like the SP 1200. The bass was good and the unit gave my kicks some good punch. Then we had the EFX! Amazing and easy to manipulate the effects on this unit are second to none. At the time I thought that all samplers had this feature which I later learned wasn’t the case. Issues were the knobs and as you stated the sequencer. Very frustrating but I ended up recording and sequencing with Cakewalk. After sitting in my garage for about 10years the unit began to freeze and act up a little which led me to cop another sampler…the MV8000 which is a beast of a machine. I “lent” out my ASR X PRO to a friend and a year later I’m actually missing my red box. Your video is on point!
You real man! You flow is so cool. My English is very bad, but you open up for me a lot of new. I was looking for information about the roland 808 because I only found out about the trouble with the drivers after the purchase. Before that, I had only positive feedback. It's ironic, but okay. This does not negate the fact that this is a great car with a lot of features. I am Russian, we are good at doing anything on broken or "iron" equipment, because we are likely to break new ones)
25 Years using the Ensoniq ASR X and first started using Samplers such as Akai S900/950 and the MPC 60 in the late 80's in London in studios whilst recording early UK Rap and hip hop and have since used most brands of Samplers at the time including E-Mu, Roland, Yamaha, Casio etc and without doubt the it's best Sampler I've used and I still have a Roland S750. Nothing is as quick and immediate, you press start then stop and it's loaded your sample in the scratch pad, you assign it to as many pads as you like then start editing. It's not just the sound, the ease of use, but the workflow is intuitive and it's so easy to resample that you almost have to. Yes we all know the sequencer wasn't tight like an MPC but I don't particularly rate the ASR 10 samplers sequencer either. but you could certainly use the sequencer and once you understood it's strengths and weaknesses it's pretty decent with a lot of options. If you maxed out sample time then best thing is to resample and in this day and age with DAW's I would suggest you send your audio once you've edited it to a daw and sequence in there it saves time and allows you to maximise the power of the ASR X which is in it's Sampling, Resampling, Effects and modulation capabilities which are second to few if any. The stock sounds are decent and the expansion cards are good, you have access to EPS 16 plus and ASR 10 sounds plus Akai S1000 and Roland S750/760/770 sounds, it reads WAV and AIFF and if you are midi inclined hook it up to an external sequencer and you're good to go though I did sometimes find the timing would still be off hence just sample then send the audio to a DAW for sequencing duties. It really is the best all in one Sampler from the days of hardware in my opinion and I have had a whole lot of studio and home studio experience.
I used to own an ARX X. I went from ASR10 to ASR X. Your review of strengths and weaknesses are spot on. O my word was that sequencer janky, but the sound was awesome. And yep, I got that "missing the ex girlfriend" vibe too... haha. Excellent video
I still have my original ASRX that I purchased back in 1997 with original reciept.....but it would be badass if someone bought this old patent and redesigned /remake the asrx with a bullet proof sequencer and to accept all current plugin software available plus have a internal massive 1TB sample collection sound card and 1TB storage....we can only dream.
Fizmo owner here. They didn't even manage to get those right when they were made despite all the focus on it, the power supply needs an upgrade to stop it from frying the unit. But like the ASR X, the sound is something else... Plus because so many of them blew up they are pretty rare now. It's a keeper!
One of the best sounding samplers ever made Ensoniq could have made this a real mpc 2000 competitor but they didn’t finish the build on the ASR X even the Pro was still an unfinished project .
I like the sentiment but that 16 pad set up on the MPC was just way too GOD sent for me to choose any other machine and actually, that is the definitive deal Maker surrounding most of the early acceptance and success of the Great Ni MASCHINE's introduction to the consumer world in my opinion because I rocked with the software demo long before I ever had the actual hardware device which was an ingenious campaign by Native instruments and them 16 pad's... Well, that was just the end-all for me, I was totally hooked, cause it was just a better mousetrap in the end in every sense of the word, What say you in the Oprah Voice lol???
I cant say I remember it in 97 cause I was still dreamin of oneday Havin SOMTHIN to emulate a sub Boom KICK from a real TR-808 I was rockin My OBerhiem DX with no MIDI lol and my Yamaha Rx11 that I had no idea I could have used in the early daw's like Cake walk etc.
Facts! About seller’s remorse. I brought (1blk & 2 red) three for the price of my original that I sold, regretted it for years. Only the red Pro version had the built in (Stomper) synth.
I have a ASR-10 and sometimes tempted to sell for the asr-x strictly to save some space. You get similar sound, less foot print. Then I stop myself and think I’ll really regret selling the asr-10. This right here is how we old heads just collect gear and drive our SO nuts.
the greatest ever... nothing bangs like this machine.. i used to shut cats down that had full studios with the BLACK BOX by itself..all u need is headphones . I will shut anybody down with the X.. too bad it was discontinued .. someone needs to reinvest and bring that shit back asap!!!
maaaaaan...i saw one of these in a pawn shop for like 250. Purple and black color scheme. waited for my paycheck, went back...it was gone. I was mad af.
Ugh, I gave mine away. GAVE it away like, 15 years ago. I couldn’t stand it. I tried for ten years to find something great within. 😆 I didn’t even want to sell it. Still Love my ASR 10 though. I use it to this day.
are there the 4 dsp's in there? Everytime i see a DP/4 for a decent price, either i dont have the money, or for some dumb reason i miss it. you can get an asrx for less than a DP/4, but i think i read it was more like a DP/2 inside. those fx are a must have imo. Maybe i'll get to catch a DP/4 before i'm 50 lol...
Many ppl don’t even know how to use the ASR as a sampler synthesizer …a guy show me some years ago. It was made to sample single notes and model and synthesize those notes like you are building a keyboard library. You can make crazy sounds with this. This is how timbaland was making those crazy synthesizers no one heard before. Look up how to model samples on it …it will now your mind
Man, I love this channel. I have watched every What Had Happened Was. Then, I get interested in some piece of gear and end up back here watching the video again while I google prices on Reverb and eBay......... Which leads me to a question, you Dyrek! What do you actively use now and also what would your dream gear /workflow be?!
I switch between gear so much man its crazy Lol!..I was going ham on the Microsampler for a min cause its just fun to create with..Then I got into the patch modulation matrix on my z8 sampler so now im about to make a new sample pack Lol!..I change up workflows sometimes I just want to use a keyboard sampler and nothing els..Then other times I just want to use Acid pro and nothing else.
It was always the obscure not really mainstream type of producers that used the ASR-X. Never really understood that before but now I think I kind of do. The ASR-X arrived at a time when the boom bap sample and cut style was dying and the beat makers that were holding on to that style stuck with it while the others that were more progressive with their music stuck with the MPC and ran.
Copped one for $150 after owning a 2kxl and hated the feel of the buttons (pads?) but loved the resample option. I think I traded it for the fx chip for the 2kxl.
@@DyReckProductions I still use mine from time to time. It's like an sp 404 and an sp2400 in one unit. Took me a year to get used to the sequencer. Not as bad as people say about it. Pads are dope but hate the buttons. Radio ready sound quality is correct. I record my pattern in software to mix and I barely ever have to eq anything 20 bit input 18 bit output. I'll never sell my x pro
I purchased mines when it dropped in 97. I made $$$$ off of the investment. I’ve recorded whole songs on it. Vocals and all. The trick to get the sequencer lag right was to mute as many unused tracks as possible and after that it was as tight as my mpc. I sold my X in 2004. I ended up getting the x pro from a friend but he wanted it back after a while. I regret selling mines. 🤦🏾♂️
I got me one. The sequencer is dodgy ASL. But I use it for the effects and I run my MPC 1000 through it as a sweetener before going into the mixing board. If I ever decide to make more beats and or another Hip Hop/Drill album, I might drop the bread on a CF to SCSI reader for more memory. The Elaine metaphor is SPOT ON yo! LOL! I posted before I heard what you had to say. Which is pretty much everything I had to say about this unit. That's what' up.
Had the ASR-X Pro (Red Box). The features were nice, effects good, incredible sound, and plush filters, but the sequencer was trash … on both the black and red boxes. I used an Akai ASQ-10 Sequencer to sequence on it (perfect combination). You should cover the Akai ASQ-10. It’s a beast of a sequencer (it’s pretty much an Akai MPC 60 without a sampler and pads). @DyReck Productions One other thing, you should also consider covering a machine that targeted hip hop heads (more so DJs for remixing), but fell way short: Roland DJ 70 Mk I and Mk II. The sounds were killer, but the work flow was just horrible.
@@EvLoutonian Exactly! I wish I had kept my SP1200 from back in the day. Recently, I was looking to get another one until I saw them going for $4k - $5k. I’d be better off just getting something modern like the SP2400 made by Isla (essentially an updated SP 1200) for $1k.
Still have my ASRX. The sequencer would skip as you moved through the tracks so you had to be careful. The rotary knobs would skip like crazy, but the sounds were dope and the effects were top notch.
Yup.
only with effects right? 2.67 or was it 2.5 addressed that issue specifically. Now editing things while playing will cause a hiccip cause its all using one cpu. So why the sequencer obsession? People say pro fixed it, but its all the same processor. Knobs needed replaced after a few years.
The trick to the sequencer was to resample your sequences. Pain in the ass but combined with the effects was to me a great way to get around the sequencer issue. My hardest joints ever was all done on the asr x!! 🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿
Oh ok cool..I heard some people saying if you resample and use it like a 404 its alot easier.
@@DyReckProductions nothing wrong with sequencer its 4:04:04 only retards with no rhythm or timing screw it up
@@rustymixer2886 Dang! lol.
@@DyReckProductions I was just thinking that. I just got a sp 404 my 2 and trying to freak that joint. I bought an old asr X but half the screen is out so I can’t really get busy on that joint. Wish I could get it fixed.
@@corey3107 Word
I still own mine, I always just sequenced it externally, used to use Yamaha rm1x back in the day to sequence it, now I just use ableton
Nice.
The groovebox that can't groove on its own- I can imagine the ad now!
@@lundsweden Lol.
Been waiting for this one. The X changed my life…good content sir!!!
Thanks fam.
My first ever piece of gear! Cut my beatmaking teeth on this. You were spot on about the quirky sequencer, had to pair it with an MPC 1000 for sequencing. But the sound, sampling and FX-oh boy!! I made tracks on it I can't quite do with other gear. Yeah man I regret selling it... I might have to get my old love back!
I feel you..There still going for a decent price on Ebay.
Lamo I used to used my mpc 2000 xl for my sequencing. I feel ya
@@hittemhardmusic Yeah that sequencer was trash
I remember seeing these units all over the place in many studios but no one every used them.
Id get one now for the sound.
I started producing with this. The crunch, swing, feel on this is unmatched.
Nice.
Dyreck is the king of analogies, the ASRX is your crazy ex from the 90s.
Like and subscribe, this channel rules!
Lmao! thanks fam.
Yes it is & I want one & to me only it's my sp 1200
@@brokemanmusic2587 I feel u.
love these damn videos so much. feels like i’m hanging out wit u and talking gear 🤘🤘
No doubt fam..I be feeling the same way Lol.
Elaine reference was perfect!!!! Fav show. Hahahahahahahah
Lmao! No doubt.
Yep. Seinfeld show is the 🐐.
Oh hey, I was just watching your SP1200 video for the 3rd time. Love your work, man!
Thanks bro!
Great sampler..this got me hyped to use it again. Broke it out, fired it up,
O.S. failed! Classic
Ah man Lmao!
Man you had to boot that up from disk like the asr10? TF?
@@sgtcreasegrease I've been using it again! Just as a midi sequencer though. It doesn't like it if you don't use it often I've noticed
My first beat maschine i bough off e bay back in 2000. Loved the sampling but the sequence and saving on disks drove me nuts. Files got corrupted.
Dang..I feel u.
This was totally enjoyable and informative thanks!
I listen to this series on my way to the studio every day
This what i wait for all week😭
Thx for making my commute less boring Dyreck!!!
Lmao!..No doubt fam.
this machines got character and I love it lol. might cop eventually
Alot of character..Its a good piece.
I considered it at the time but went with the MPC 2000 instead. It had great sounds, but then heard about issues with the sequencer's stability from different people who told me
I feel you..The 2000 was more stable.
Another line of machines that has the octave pads is the tabletop Proteus series. I BELIEVE that series came out the same time as the ASR-X. The MP7 was the Mophatt version.
@@avace917 Oh ok cool.
The ASRXPRO was brought to me recently. I haven't fired it up yet due to having no scsi. I'm an mpc2000xl guy. My people want me to extract old beats the original owner made for him. He also brought the EMU rack and about 20 zip disc. This will be fun. I'm watching videos to learn ahead while I wait on my scsi cable.
Great series. You need to do a "WAH HAD HAPPENED WAS" on the EMU Command Stations(MP-7, XL-7 and the PX-7). A lot of people loved these machines but the one big flaw a lot of people complained about was... you couldn't load your own samples in it.
I have a MP-7 with the XL-7 rom in it too. Command Station is a beast.
@@donjuandesparko702 Yep. I have the MP-7 and the PX-7, both fully loaded with expansion roms. I loved these machines. The sequencer was dope and easy to use too.
Ensoniq was a legendary company. Most everything they produced was unique and/or groundbreaking for it's time. Most people don't comprehend the capabilities of the ASR. It is far more than a sampler. Among other things, it's capable of becoming a transwave synthsizer...which is the technology they would expand on with the Fizmo...which I own and is probably the most unique sounding synth I own out of the 10 in my collection.
Yeah I just found out Just Blaze did Rock The Mic on the ASR X..The Fizmo is definitely one of a kind..Ensoniq was a great company alot of unique products.
This was gifted to me years ago and I still use it cop new sounds with buying sample packs, this unit was misunderstood!!!!
Yesssssssss! I clicked so fast!! As I rub my Red ASR X pro muahahahahah (in my mumra voice)
Ensoniq just had the efx man. Stupid dope. And yes just like My ASR10 the sequencer never stayed on time that well.
I had the Fizmo....naw man. I traded it for a EMU planet phatt module. They should have allowed another company to help them out. Just like they did the Paris hd DAW. They allowed it to die too soon
Yeah man I feel you..This joint had alot of potential if they kept it going.
Just Blaze made the classic 'Roc the Mic' beat using the ASR-X
Nice! I still own a maxed out ASR-X Pro. The effects are butter! Taken from the DP2 /DP4 effects engine. Sampler is so thick and beefy too. Truly a legendary boom bap machine. I used to pair it with a EMU PX-7 Command station to get around the sequencer issues. I love the octave pads. I’m now on Maschine but the experience has never been the same. I dust her off every once in a while for nostalgia. Please do a Command Station episode
No doubt fam.
Ensoniq was a great synth maker... I miss they excellent synthesizers....
Word!
My first serious sampler. Thanks for doing this video. I took this sampler for granted because as you said when I got it in 99’ the MPC 2000 was the standard so it made us ASR X PRO users feel like we were coming up short. The sounds were raw and gritty with a feature that allowed me to drop the bit rate from 16bps to 12bps like the SP 1200. The bass was good and the unit gave my kicks some good punch. Then we had the EFX! Amazing and easy to manipulate the effects on this unit are second to none. At the time I thought that all samplers had this feature which I later learned wasn’t the case. Issues were the knobs and as you stated the sequencer. Very frustrating but I ended up recording and sequencing with Cakewalk. After sitting in my garage for about 10years the unit began to freeze and act up a little which led me to cop another sampler…the MV8000 which is a beast of a machine. I “lent” out my ASR X PRO to a friend and a year later I’m actually missing my red box. Your video is on point!
No doubt fam..I think as long as you stayed away from the sequencer on the X you was good..The sounds were dope..And the MV8000 is legendary.
@ Dyreck Productions. Bro did you peep the new Akai MPC update. Massive
Not yet..I think I heard Ave saying something about it..Ima check it out.
It came out Monday right?
@@titanjake8640 th-cam.com/video/ZbRfZsAlRYY/w-d-xo.html
Can you do a video on the MPC Studio 👀👀
I had one gifted to me and I’ve kept it in my arsenal just for new inspiration
ASR-X is so nice sounding machine! Loving it.
Incredible comparison, maybe my favorite video of the series.
Thanks fam!
You real man! You flow is so cool.
My English is very bad, but you open up for me a lot of new. I was looking for information about the roland 808 because I only found out about the trouble with the drivers after the purchase. Before that, I had only positive feedback. It's ironic, but okay. This does not negate the fact that this is a great car with a lot of features. I am Russian, we are good at doing anything on broken or "iron" equipment, because we are likely to break new ones)
Large professor , Don cannon , and just blaze was rocking with the ASR X for a bit
Oh ok nice.
Really, Do you recall if lookin at the front door was one of those tracks?
@@ericdunn7521 nah man front door came out in 92 the ASR X came out in 97
@@STAyTHIRSTyMyFRNDS OK,Thanks.
That Banger seemed So Classic, You think it was made on the SP-1200?
25 Years using the Ensoniq ASR X and first started using Samplers such as Akai S900/950 and the MPC 60 in the late 80's in London in studios whilst recording early UK Rap and hip hop and have since used most brands of Samplers at the time including E-Mu, Roland, Yamaha, Casio etc and without doubt the it's best Sampler I've used and I still have a Roland S750. Nothing is as quick and immediate, you press start then stop and it's loaded your sample in the scratch pad, you assign it to as many pads as you like then start editing. It's not just the sound, the ease of use, but the workflow is intuitive and it's so easy to resample that you almost have to. Yes we all know the sequencer wasn't tight like an MPC but I don't particularly rate the ASR 10 samplers sequencer either. but you could certainly use the sequencer and once you understood it's strengths and weaknesses it's pretty decent with a lot of options. If you maxed out sample time then best thing is to resample and in this day and age with DAW's I would suggest you send your audio once you've edited it to a daw and sequence in there it saves time and allows you to maximise the power of the ASR X which is in it's Sampling, Resampling, Effects and modulation capabilities which are second to few if any. The stock sounds are decent and the expansion cards are good, you have access to EPS 16 plus and ASR 10 sounds plus Akai S1000 and Roland S750/760/770 sounds, it reads WAV and AIFF and if you are midi inclined hook it up to an external sequencer and you're good to go though I did sometimes find the timing would still be off hence just sample then send the audio to a DAW for sequencing duties. It really is the best all in one Sampler from the days of hardware in my opinion and I have had a whole lot of studio and home studio experience.
I remember seeing this in the music store and wanting this and my mom saying no when I was a kid.
Yeah..It came out a min ago.
I used to own an ARX X. I went from ASR10 to ASR X. Your review of strengths and weaknesses are spot on. O my word was that sequencer janky, but the sound was awesome. And yep, I got that "missing the ex girlfriend" vibe too... haha. Excellent video
Still have my ASR X with floppy disk and all. Sequencing is not as tight as any MPC. But you still get grit.
Yup!
I still have my original ASRX that I purchased back in 1997 with original reciept.....but it would be badass if someone bought this old patent and redesigned /remake the asrx with a bullet proof sequencer and to accept all current plugin software available plus have a internal massive 1TB sample collection sound card and 1TB storage....we can only dream.
Wow you still have the receipt!..Nice!
All facts! I sold my original jawn and regretted it. Found a Pro version years ago. I'll never let it go. Great video been waiting for this one💪🏾‼️
No doubt fam..The ASR X is definitely a dope piece.
Yessssah
@@titanjake8640 cap
Fizmo owner here. They didn't even manage to get those right when they were made despite all the focus on it, the power supply needs an upgrade to stop it from frying the unit. But like the ASR X, the sound is something else... Plus because so many of them blew up they are pretty rare now. It's a keeper!
True..And I did hear some people complaining about the Fizmo power supply..I guess it was on all of them.
Since you did a video on this machine....is it possible to get a video on the Roland JS-30??
No doubt.. Thats definitely on the list.
I kept mine for the sound and NOTHING today comes close to it's sound.
I feel you.
One of the best sounding samplers ever made Ensoniq could have made this a real mpc 2000 competitor but they didn’t finish the build on the ASR X even the Pro was still an unfinished project .
I feel u.
I like the sentiment but that 16 pad set up on the MPC was just way too GOD sent for me to choose any other machine and actually, that is the definitive deal Maker surrounding most of the early acceptance and success of the Great Ni MASCHINE's introduction to the consumer world in my opinion because I rocked with the software demo long before I ever had the actual hardware device which was an ingenious campaign by Native instruments and them 16 pad's... Well, that was just the end-all for me, I was totally hooked, cause it was just a better mousetrap in the end in every sense of the word, What say you in the Oprah Voice lol???
@@ericdunn7521 Yeah Native Instruments is a good company and there marketing for Maschine was really good..And Maschine period is really good.
@@ericdunn7521 All I will say is SP1200 Mic 🎤 Drop 🤣😂😭 let me know when those mpcs get to the $15,000 resell mark .
@@philtyrich1 Thank the good lord for Dave Rossum and the Rossum Sp-1200 for the $4000 win. No more $15,000 inflated resale prices 😂
You can resample the resample sampler of the sample. Yeahhhhhh Boyyyyy!!!!
Can you make video about EMU Ensoniq Paris.
That would be a good one. I was gonna get into the digital recorders.
Extra points for the Seinfeld reference. Best sitcom of all time. 👍
QUESTION: What machine represented the "New Girlfriend" to the ASR-X's "Crazy Ex"?
Thats a good Question Lol..I wanna say the MPC 2000 but Im not sure Lmao!
Been waiting for this video dope
Thanks fam.
I had the black joint. Sequencer was janky but the sound was hard asf, I soldered on new knobs with my dad and I was good to go
Nice.
I remember the red one at Guitar Center. Btw my first synth was the Ensoniq Esq1. I miss my Ensoniq and the Ensoniq and EMU sampler company
Emu and Ensoniq were good companies.. Alot of innovative products.
Sequenced my ASR-X with my ASQ-10 great combo!!! Please do videos about the studio 440 and the Kurzweil K2000
Lol. There both on the list.
I had the ASR X PRO and I hated the sequencer so what I did was midi it to the mpc 2000 and I was good. Actually, I still have it
Nice.
Fizmo is the shit tho tbf
The Fizmo is nice!!
I cant say I remember it in 97 cause I was still dreamin of oneday Havin SOMTHIN to emulate a sub Boom KICK from a real TR-808 I was rockin My OBerhiem DX with no MIDI lol and my Yamaha Rx11 that I had no idea I could have used in the early daw's like Cake walk etc.
I feel u.
It’s a dope sounding machine but I hated the sequencer so I didn’t mess with it much compared to my Roland MC-909 and my Yamaha RS7000
glad TH-cam recommended this to me :) content reminds me of AudioPilz and and Alex Ball, would love to see a collab!
Gonna check them out..Thanks fam.
Did you do a video on the E-mu MP-7 Command Station yet?
You know thats coming up Lol.
Facts! About seller’s remorse. I brought (1blk & 2 red) three for the price of my original that I sold, regretted it for years. Only the red Pro version had the built in (Stomper) synth.
Yup..Your right on the Stomper.
Remember the Beat thang box, it looks like updated version of the ASRX.
Yup.
MPC 2000 always reminded me of a photocopier. The look of the ASR X always made me think of the late 1990s, i mean look at those fonts!
Yeah man it does give you that 98 feel lol.
Yo the fizmo was actually pretty dope it was insane seriously never heard anything like that crazy sounds if anyone ever runs across one get it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I feel u fam.
I have a ASR-10 and sometimes tempted to sell for the asr-x strictly to save some space. You get similar sound, less foot print. Then I stop myself and think I’ll really regret selling the asr-10. This right here is how we old heads just collect gear and drive our SO nuts.
Lol. I feel you..You got to keep that ASR 10 though.
the greatest ever... nothing bangs like this machine.. i used to shut cats down that had full studios with the BLACK BOX by itself..all u need is headphones . I will shut anybody down with the X.. too bad it was discontinued .. someone needs to reinvest and bring that shit back asap!!!
I feel you!
I remember my dad took back the MPC and bought that ASR . Man I was MAD. I cried 😂
Lol dang.
Great Video Dyreck thanx you 💪🏿
Thanks bro!
maaaaaan...i saw one of these in a pawn shop for like 250. Purple and black color scheme. waited for my paycheck, went back...it was gone. I was mad af.
Lol..I feel u.
Can u do yamaha RM1X
No doubt..Gonna put that on the list.
Ugh, I gave mine away. GAVE it away like, 15 years ago. I couldn’t stand it. I tried for ten years to find something great within. 😆 I didn’t even want to sell it. Still Love my ASR 10 though. I use it to this day.
I feel you bro.
@@DyReckProductions Great content brother, I really dig your channel.
I like all those vintage pieces
do one on the box mpc or compossers.
No doubt.
Love that machine I had them all the asr 10 x and xpro
Nice.
these are so entertaining & informative. 2:07 has me rolling lmaooo! 😂😂
Yo this is the best wah had happened was episode. The ASR X is a crazy dope machine!
Not even close. Kronos or MPC 2000 classic are the best episodes, ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@dianevrules those are great episodes too. But I died of laughter a couple of times during this one with the references and reactions 😂
I think behringer should clone this bit with a bigger screen what do you guys think let’s get some signatures
That would be interesting.
I had the red asrx it also had a janky sequencer so I used my tr505 to sequence it
Nice.
it sounded great the select knobs were glitch at least the sequencer was trash i used my mpc 60 for that it was perfect
you could always sequence the samples with an mpc though.
True..If you got one near by
are there the 4 dsp's in there? Everytime i see a DP/4 for a decent price, either i dont have the money, or for some dumb reason i miss it. you can get an asrx for less than a DP/4, but i think i read it was more like a DP/2 inside. those fx are a must have imo. Maybe i'll get to catch a DP/4 before i'm 50 lol...
Lol I feel you.
Many ppl don’t even know how to use the ASR as a sampler synthesizer …a guy show me some years ago. It was made to sample single notes and model and synthesize those notes like you are building a keyboard library.
You can make crazy sounds with this. This is how timbaland was making those crazy synthesizers no one heard before.
Look up how to model samples on it …it will now your mind
This series is soo good... keep them coming.!
No doubt fam!
i like your style:)
I remember seeing this is the Guitar Center in the early 2000s. Always wanted one. The sounds were cool.
Yup.
Dope! 🔥 Do the ASR-X pro! I got the pro later on off of eBay! These things were killer but times were changing.
No doubt fam.
Man, I love this channel. I have watched every What Had Happened Was. Then, I get interested in some piece of gear and end up back here watching the video again while I google prices on Reverb and eBay.........
Which leads me to a question, you Dyrek! What do you actively use now and also what would your dream gear /workflow be?!
I switch between gear so much man its crazy Lol!..I was going ham on the Microsampler for a min cause its just fun to create with..Then I got into the patch modulation matrix on my z8 sampler so now im about to make a new sample pack Lol!..I change up workflows sometimes I just want to use a keyboard sampler and nothing els..Then other times I just want to use Acid pro and nothing else.
Man, I remember ALL of this like it was yesterday! Great vid!
Thanks fam.
I might look for one on ebay
They go for decent prices right now 500 some 400 dollars.
Good luck trying to find one. Looks like they’re in short supply.
I might want one. I want to stay dawlless. What yall think.
The sound is great..The only complaints I heard was with the sequencer.
I need of these so bad I love the asr’s effect module
I feel you.
I remember Large Professor was using the ASR-X for awhile.
still does
It was always the obscure not really mainstream type of producers that used the ASR-X. Never really understood that before but now I think I kind of do. The ASR-X arrived at a time when the boom bap sample and cut style was dying and the beat makers that were holding on to that style stuck with it while the others that were more progressive with their music stuck with the MPC and ran.
You should definitely do one on the EMU MP-7…that joint and the ASR-X are a lot alike
No doubt fam.
I have one and I'm currently searching for a way to get it restored. Anybody have any sources in mind? Please,thank you.
Maybe the Forat guy.
Just now seeing this lol. Thanks
Copped one for $150 after owning a 2kxl and hated the feel of the buttons (pads?) but loved the resample option. I think I traded it for the fx chip for the 2kxl.
Oh ok cool.
OMG 🤣😃🤣😃 I still love this piece.
Lol. I feel you.
@@DyReckProductions I still use mine from time to time. It's like an sp 404 and an sp2400 in one unit. Took me a year to get used to the sequencer. Not as bad as people say about it. Pads are dope but hate the buttons. Radio ready sound quality is correct. I record my pattern in software to mix and I barely ever have to eq anything 20 bit input 18 bit output. I'll never sell my x pro
@@GKnightent Yup..Its a really good piece of gear.
The ASR10 also time stretches.
Its low key pretty dope.
@@DyReckProductions Yup, people do realize how insane it is. It can do just about everything...Plus I have the secret to that laggy sequencer...
People don't realize how insane it is. Take care Sir!
I purchased mines when it dropped in 97. I made $$$$ off of the investment. I’ve recorded whole songs on it. Vocals and all. The trick to get the sequencer lag right was to mute as many unused tracks as possible and after that it was as tight as my mpc. I sold my X in 2004. I ended up getting the x pro from a friend but he wanted it back after a while. I regret selling mines. 🤦🏾♂️
Oh ok..Thats dope you got the sequencer to be as tight as an MPC.
Yo! This looks like the Beat Kang Beat Thang
I think they modeled the Beat Thang design after this.
*Edit* The sampler doesn't actually get used in this video.
Dope video Brother
Thanks fam.
I got me one. The sequencer is dodgy ASL. But I use it for the effects and I run my MPC 1000 through it as a sweetener before going into the mixing board. If I ever decide to make more beats and or another Hip Hop/Drill album, I might drop the bread on a CF to SCSI reader for more memory. The Elaine metaphor is SPOT ON yo!
LOL! I posted before I heard what you had to say. Which is pretty much everything I had to say about this unit.
That's what' up.
Lol..No doubt fam.
The sega genesis of samplers
Had the ASR-X Pro (Red Box). The features were nice, effects good, incredible sound, and plush filters, but the sequencer was trash … on both the black and red boxes. I used an Akai ASQ-10 Sequencer to sequence on it (perfect combination).
You should cover the Akai ASQ-10. It’s a beast of a sequencer (it’s pretty much an Akai MPC 60 without a sampler and pads).
@DyReck Productions One other thing, you should also consider covering a machine that targeted hip hop heads (more so DJs for remixing), but fell way short: Roland DJ 70 Mk I and Mk II. The sounds were killer, but the work flow was just horrible.
Wow..A 3000 without the sampler and pads?..Got to check it out.
Akai ASQ-10 user here too!
I think it was more concurrent with MPC60.
Great unit!
@@EvLoutonian indeed!
Incredible and fun machine nonetheless.
@@suffa07 def!
Always on the lookout for MPC60 these days, but prices are up there
@@EvLoutonian Exactly! I wish I had kept my SP1200 from back in the day. Recently, I was looking to get another one until I saw them going for $4k - $5k. I’d be better off just getting something modern like the SP2400 made by Isla (essentially an updated SP 1200) for $1k.