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 MPC3000, 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 MPC3000 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.

CLG

October 20, 2009 @ 12:31 am

Me and my cousin had one. First drum machine I learned to sample and produce on. Don't get it twisted, if you have the patience to chop, this [beep] a is a beast!! MPCs are more expandable and easier to MIDI but the ASR with full memory, 8-bus out and a MIDI controller keyboard is way more self contained, meaning that you won't need to add additional synths.

Rev

February 11, 2009 @ 1:14 pm

I've had one of these for about 6-7 years. Standard twisted-genius Ensoniq product. Great drum and bass sounds and some fun presets, plus the "Stomper" is unique in its envelope structure. You have to be careful what kind of SIMMS you use-the longer samples will get glitchy in some cases. Too bad SCSI died about two months after they rolled these out. I'd love to be able to use flash memory on it. Never heard the preset expansion boards for it though (rap and world) so if anyone ever has a lead on one...

hgt

February 3, 2009 @ 2:57 pm

best instrument ever!
had to sell my asrx a few years ago due to severe lack of cash, but got a asrx pro just 2 mounth ago.
so glad to have real sound again! no [beep] ty software. and beeing used to floppy disc it is real cool to have a scsi jaz drive atteched with 1gb fast storage tapes.:-) forget the whole akai junk!

ricky dust

December 16, 2008 @ 6:10 pm

i took my mpc back n got the asr cuz it had sum sounds already in it. love this machine. mpc is still good but u gotta buy sounds if u dont have any!!

geeklberg

November 28, 2008 @ 11:12 am

Best sampler ever made. Natural quantize and natural sample playback. The pads are perfectly sensitive so if you tap it-it has a light response, [beep] is nice. Waaaay better than mpc's if you want to sound less electric.

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