Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 I have an S760 sampler I bought new many, many moons ago. I had great dellusions of creating my own samples and rocking out. However, two factors prevented this: 1) I was too cheap and stupid to buy the add-on mouse/monitor board, and; 2) Finding suitable raw sampling material is apparently just not my game. At any rate, I have this thing with maxed-out memory and a CD-ROM drive, but that's it. I was using a ZIP drive, but that died. I don't really have any gotta-keep-it sound libraries for it, so I'm thinking that perhaps I should just dump it. On the other hand, there's still some potential there, even though I'd have to find a new SCSI drive for it and invest in some new libraries. I guess I'm looking for someone to tell me why I shouldn't sell it. Thoughts? Is it even worth selling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Ship it this way. I will give it a good home. I believe the rule is if don't use something fo many, many moons set it free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r33k Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 EP, you'll be devistated at the value of those units on the second-hand market. There's just very little interest in hardware samplers anymore. You can keep it or sell it, but know that you'll recover only pennies on the dollar of what you paid. That isn't to say the S760 isn't a nice machine, because it is -- one of the nicest of its day. That day is long past though. Shame really. Do what your gut tells you to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mook Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Originally posted by ElectricPuppy Is it even worth selling? Ebay. Nowadays, you can sell all your old crap, working or not. What did we do before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Yeah, r33k, you're right. I just checked the going rate on the Bay and it seems that $200 is tops, and that's WITH the OP board installed, which I don't have. Sigh. I won't tell you what I originally paid for this, but I knew when I bough it that it wasn't a sound financial investment. I'm torn (and hence this thread). I might use that $200 toward some new shiney toy, but I also kinda need some kind of pad machine. I'd wind up investing that much in it to get a new drive and find a decent pad library. Argh! Decisions, decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 get a scsi cd-rom player and the Roland library on eBay. I still keep my S-760 because the Roland library is just beautiful. I have audio examples of the library here if you want to hear what they sound like: http://www.synthmania.com/l-cdx-series.htm . Add a decent effect processor and it rivals many modern synthesizers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mook Posted November 2, 2006 Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Don hasn't got one (yet) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2006 Thanks a bunch for that link, Paolo! You may have just saved my S760 from Ebay. Does anyone else have any recommendations for Roland-formatted libraries? edit: Holy cow, Sweetwater has 'em for cheap: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/category/c850 Ooooh, so close to purchasing... I better make sure the S760 still fires up first, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OctaveDr Posted November 3, 2006 Members Share Posted November 3, 2006 I think that the S760 will read an Akai sample also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted November 3, 2006 Members Share Posted November 3, 2006 Originally posted by Mook Don hasn't got one (yet) ! Actually i have a S-760. As well as SRV-3030 effects processor. They are all part of the XV-5080 module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted November 3, 2006 Members Share Posted November 3, 2006 nice samples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r33k Posted November 3, 2006 Members Share Posted November 3, 2006 Here's a sample I made just this morning: Oh, jeez, I'm so sorry for the turn this thread is taking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted November 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 3, 2006 So I plugged in the 760 last night to check for life, and lo, there was life, but: one of the rows on the LCD is out. Son of a bitch! And this is the second LCD I replaced myself years ago. I think I can lilve with it, but if any more rows die, I'll have to replace it... again. Grr. edit: If I ignore r33k, he'll go away, if I ignore r33k, he'll go away... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r33k Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 Originally posted by ElectricPuppy edit: If I ignore r33k, he'll go away, if I ignore r33k, he'll go away... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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