Comments on: My father and my Roland S-50 sampler. http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Oliver Chesler Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:42:08 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-2091 Thanks for adding your story Loz. Imagine hardware samplers return? I wait... the new Clavia... the new Blofeld keyboard... oh my! Thanks for adding your story Loz. Imagine hardware samplers return? I wait… the new Clavia… the new Blofeld keyboard… oh my!

]]> By: FLYMOW aka Loz Russell http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 FLYMOW aka Loz Russell Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:10 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-2090 Oh you guys! The Roland S50! Without doubt the sexiest sampling keyboard ever built! I first saw one of these when I was 13 (I'm 35 now) and I have wanted one ever since. They are as rare as dragon teeth to get hold of now, probably because they have a totally awesome sound. It doesn't matter how old or outdated the technology, some things are just built to be amazing. My first keyboard was a Yamaha PSS460 and it had a digital synth on it. Well, that was it! I ended up with a huge rack of minikey synths including the legendary SK1, which I still have, albeit massively circuit-bent. My first proper synth was the Korg Wavestation, which looks remarkably similar! Again a great synth. The first proper sampler I got my mitts on was the Akai S900 and I have it still today because it has the simplest and quickest user interface imaginable. It coexists nicely alongside my Emulator2+ and a whole lot of other gear of all ages. I still want an S50 though, for the way it looks, sounds, feels... and just for the sheer buzz of standing in front of such an iconic and awe inspiring beast. Oh yes indeedy! Oh you guys! The Roland S50! Without doubt the sexiest sampling keyboard ever built! I first saw one of these when I was 13 (I’m 35 now) and I have wanted one ever since. They are as rare as dragon teeth to get hold of now, probably because they have a totally awesome sound. It doesn’t matter how old or outdated the technology, some things are just built to be amazing.

My first keyboard was a Yamaha PSS460 and it had a digital synth on it. Well, that was it! I ended up with a huge rack of minikey synths including the legendary SK1, which I still have, albeit massively circuit-bent. My first proper synth was the Korg Wavestation, which looks remarkably similar! Again a great synth.

The first proper sampler I got my mitts on was the Akai S900 and I have it still today because it has the simplest and quickest user interface imaginable. It coexists nicely alongside my Emulator2+ and a whole lot of other gear of all ages. I still want an S50 though, for the way it looks, sounds, feels… and just for the sheer buzz of standing in front of such an iconic and awe inspiring beast. Oh yes indeedy!

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Oliver Chesler Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:18:09 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-468 Hi Reinaldo. I'm always amazed what my own parents were doing at my current age. Life in general was very different just one or two generations ago... although somethings stay the same. Hi Reinaldo. I’m always amazed what my own parents were doing at my current age. Life in general was very different just one or two generations ago… although somethings stay the same.

]]> By: reinaldo http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-467 reinaldo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:01:46 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-467 My first keyboard was a Casio MT something, it has a midi port, that was back in 1986 I think. I had an Atari 512 ST and the software was... I do not remember but the second one was master tracks! then I got a Yamaha keyboard, then a Kawai K1. My father was a fireman but as well he pleased me with everything. I loved the Kawai because it has a joystick. Then my first sampler was an Ensoniq ASR-10. A music teacher had the Roland S50 and it came with some depeche mode sounds!!! I wanted to buy an Emax 2 sampler but some one bought it first and I got the Ensoniq that ended up being so much beter. I am about to buy all those keyboards again. It was so painfull for my father to buy them, I have no clue how he did now that I am 33, and I never ended up being a musician, I am editing video. God bless him. My first keyboard was a Casio MT something, it has a midi port, that was back in 1986 I think. I had an Atari 512 ST and the software was… I do not remember but the second one was master tracks! then I got a Yamaha keyboard, then a Kawai K1. My father was a fireman but as well he pleased me with everything. I loved the Kawai because it has a joystick. Then my first sampler was an Ensoniq ASR-10. A music teacher had the Roland S50 and it came with some depeche mode sounds!!! I wanted to buy an Emax 2 sampler but some one bought it first and I got the Ensoniq that ended up being so much beter. I am about to buy all those keyboards again. It was so painfull for my father to buy them, I have no clue how he did now that I am 33, and I never ended up being a musician, I am editing video. God bless him.

]]> By: regend http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-257 regend Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:19:58 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-257 My first sampler was a roland s-330. It sits on top of my second sampler an akai s900 and in between is my yamaha tx16w. combined they were about 300 bucks. they are glorious boxes! My first sampler was a roland s-330.
It sits on top of my second sampler an akai s900 and in between is my
yamaha tx16w. combined they were about 300 bucks.
they are glorious boxes!

]]> By: dkg http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-241 dkg Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:50:02 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-241 AHHH..the memories!!! I had the same system...1040ST..... also..remember the 'telephone song' demo song? A pal of mine, Amin Bhatia (The Interstellar Suite and others) did all the demos and such for that unit :) AHHH..the memories!!! I had the same system…1040ST…..

also..remember the ‘telephone song’ demo song? A pal of mine, Amin Bhatia (The Interstellar Suite and others) did all the demos and such for that unit :)

]]> By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-141 digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:33:53 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-141 My first was a Yamaha PSS 130...great to see supportive parents, some kids gotta do shit like join the military for bonuses to get money for gear! My first was a Yamaha PSS 130…great to see supportive parents, some kids gotta do shit like join the military for bonuses to get money for gear!

]]> By: matrix http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-140 matrix Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:46:27 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-140 Nice post. My first synth was the Oberheim Matrix-6, in 1986, and from my father as well. :) I still have it. It's where my alias and the name of my site came from. Nice post. My first synth was the Oberheim Matrix-6, in 1986, and from my father as well. :) I still have it. It’s where my alias and the name of my site came from.

]]> By: Kent Sandvik http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Kent Sandvik Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:53:10 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-139 Yep. The most productive I ever was dealt equipment such as a TR-808 and a Jupiter-6, and a really cheap Roland step sequencer I forgot the name of, back in 1985. --Kent Yep. The most productive I ever was dealt equipment such as a TR-808 and a Jupiter-6, and a really cheap Roland step sequencer I forgot the name of, back in 1985. –Kent

]]> By: shane fontane http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-138 shane fontane Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:33:13 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/11/27/my-father-and-my-roland-s-50-sampler/#comment-138 agreed... my grandparents took their savings for me (which was suppose to buy a cheap car) and bought me a roland d5 and a mc500 sequencer that was rescued from a studio fire - the sequencer was he browned and had melted keys :) that was the first mischief night i never went out and from that day on - i was hooked :) agreed… my grandparents took their savings for me (which was suppose to buy a cheap car) and bought me a roland d5 and a mc500 sequencer that was rescued from a studio fire – the sequencer was he browned and had melted keys :) that was the first mischief night i never went out and from that day on – i was hooked :)

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