hello,

several years ago i owned an akai s612 with floppy drive,
but when the a112 came out i sold the s612 to a very
good friend. afaik the s612 cannot save samples via midi dump,
only via floppy drive. the drive needs those double sided
2 inch discs which are very rare by now, and they
are not very reliable. also the disc capacity is a laugh,
only one sample per side.

i agree that the s612 is an interesting device, because
you can adjust the sample/loop start and end via sliders.
but on the other hand the a112 is much more versatile and
powerful. it has a lot more features and the wavetable
mode alone makes it a thousand times better than the s612
in my opinion.

i don't think that the s612 can be modified in an easy way
to have cv/gate inputs, but it is a nice piece of equipment
for collectors, because it was the first affordable sampler
on the market. and afaik it was designed by the man behind ems.

anyway, if s612 and a112 would compete, then the a112 would
win the battle easily (at least for me and i had both).

best wishes

ingo

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , kolakind@g... wrote:
> does anybody know, if the AKAI S612 is modifyable to react on
cv/gate......
> cause it´s a great module for realtimesamplemanipulation and good
for
> combining with analogue stuff. a real good alternative to the A-
112. i think
> you can save samples via midi-dump there.... i never did that,
cause it
> wasn´t nescesary..... but it got no cv/gate. so i always have to
convert
> with a roland pm-16 etc. .....
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> > 1. Re: Re: A-112 Sampler with a Mac
> > From: "p. hendricks" <ph@c...>
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> > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:12:35 -0700
> > From: "p. hendricks" <ph@c...>
> > Subject: Re: Re: A-112 Sampler with a Mac
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> > On 10/25/04 2:22 AM, "buchla300" <david.morley@g...> wrote:
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> > >
> > > Whilst I agree with the sentiment, a half decent PC laptop can
be had
> > for
> > > peanuts off of
> > > ebay or in a second hand shop and is useful for loads of things
that
> > aren't
> > > mac. It only
> > > needs to be a lowly pentium I or something and they really are
peanuts
> > > This is what I intend doing as despite hating microsoft, It's
hardly a
> > great
> > > expense these
> > > days to have a second hand PC.
> > > But still, it's silly there isn't a bit more support for mac
from
> > doepfer.
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> > or, you can really get a PC box for nothing or close to it
also.... and
> > control it via VNC from the mac so you don't need a monitor.
Still, not
> > ideal, that's how my PC is set-up, but I've never bothered to get
the
> > special soundcard/midi cable and try it for the A-112.
> > It's a very useful module without this anyway, and Doepfer never
claimed
> > Mac support was in the future, so, while Mac support would be
nice, (and
> > perhaps I wouldn't have sold my Regelwerk if it had mac support)
it was
> > never even hinted at so I can't be upset about it.
> > Keep in mind the main problem is that these cheap PC's have very
loud
> > fans,
> > so it may not be something you want to leave on all the time.
> > best,
> > phil
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