The ASR-X Pro Resampling Production Studio. An enhanced update to the ASR-X, the ASR-X Pro is a sampling, synthesizer, sequencer and effects studio in a single tabletop unit. For a machine that's competing with the Akai MPC-3000, the ASR-X Pro is a worthy opponent. It's got professional sampler specifications, and easy yet professional sample editing features. Process your samples with modern edit functions including copying, truncating, reduce bits, scaling, normalizing and inverting. It has enough built-in effects to sweeten your samples with: EQ, Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, DDL, Distortion, Tunable Speaker, Chatter Box, Vocal Morph, and Auto-Wah. Sequencing is also easy and hands-on. Microscopic Tempo control and resolution allow for punchy groovy sequences with plenty of feel and note capacity. There are also independent dual multi-mode dynamic digital filters with low-pass, high-pass, variable bandwidth band-pass, resonant low-pass and resonant band-pass.

What separates the ASR-X Pro from the ASR-X? The Pro now offers a SCSI interface for limitless storage to disk or drive. A cool new Flash OS system means you can upgrade it simply by inserting a floppy, no messing with ROM chips! There's a new Stomper program that synthesizes phatt analog drum machine sounds (a built-in drum machine) - giving the MPC-3000 a run for its groove. Memory can be expanded to a whopping 66MB for over 12 minutes (mono) sampling time. There is also a very cool Resampling technology that allows you to digitally resample sounds, loops or sequences with any effects and tweaks you've applied back into itself. Optional upgrades beside memory include the ESP-2 effects chip, EXP 24MB sound and wave expansion board and the X-8 eight output expander. The ASR-X Pro is compatible with virtually everything including most sound libraries and sampler libraries.

21 VISITOR COMMENTS

AllN1

November 22, 2011 @ 2:39 am

hey
i just read that it has preset drums & basslines.. thats f'in awesome.. but does it have sine bass lines?

jl

November 16, 2011 @ 8:20 am

I have an old ASRX with SCSI and 8 output expansions added. I quit using it years ago because saving changes to tracks would not stick. That is if I did something like mute or route track two of a part, then save, then load a song containing that part, the mute or route change would not be implemented and if I went back and loaded the part again the changes would not be there either. I hate this machine but want to rerecord some old tracks I wrote on it. Has anyone experienced this same bug and have any advice? If I pick up a used ASRXPro to use instead if I will still have this problem?

Sam

October 31, 2011 @ 6:37 pm

If you own one of these, you get used to seeing "please stop first". I'm amazed that you can't switch between patterns in real time. It would appear that you would have to copy individual patterns over and over to do your knob mutes and such and then chain them together in song mode. The effects are awesome. Sampling is easy. Sample editing is deep. The pads feel clunky but offer an interesting alternative to the Akai MPC-style pads. I keep on reading that you can replace the floppy, but why bother when the sequencer is so flawed?

Dean Sherry

July 7, 2011 @ 5:48 am

I have had many hours with this classic unit it's got some amazing sounds & functionality. But, due 2 studio upgrades, I am now selling my Ensoniq ASR-X Pro sampler/sequencer workstation+ aluminium flightcase (Jul2011).
The machine is in pristine condition w/ power cable & perfectly maintained in a smoke-free studio in Ireland.
Will ship internationally and rather to those that appreciate this item.
For sale as advertised on the link below, if anyone's interested...
http://www.adverts.ie/pro-audio/ensoniq-asr-x-pro-resampling -production-workstation-vintage-synth/707051

mirage2asrxpro

June 4, 2011 @ 3:52 pm

scsicardreaders.com has cf drives and they work great on both the black and red x. get yours while they last.

oh yeah, the final 4.0 operating system is at the asr-x yahoo group in the files section. it's called 3.20 beta and is the real deal with xplode! autochop feature, direct cd sampling, soundfont support and other bug fixes. as a new owner i have to say i likey, i likey a lot! except not being able to turn off sample monitoring when you take a sample. i run it through my mixer with a mute and a send button and have to time it just right. i

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