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Yamaha • SU-700 Loop Factory

One of the coolest sampler / sequencer music boxes around and it's from Yamaha! Yamaha has officially stepped into the dance genre with this one! The SU-700 is an all-in-one music production studio of the AKAI MPC-3000 type. But it adds many cool features to make any DJ, musician or hobbyist an instant sampling and sequencing techno wizard! The first thing you'll notice is its ability to auto-match beats and loops to the same tempo for instant music making without the hassles!

The sampler section is sophisticated enough for even the highest grade of professional studio work. Analog and digital inputs with variable sampling rates and bit rates! Sounds coming into the SU-700 can be processed instantly through the filters and effects without even needing to be sampled. Sampled sounds can be auto truncated, auto looped, auto beat matched and auto time-sliced! Each sample is stored in one of the pads from which you can trigger it, edit and so on. The sequencer section is also pretty fly whether you're gonna program every note in or create a live performance in real time! Build and drop out tracks in real time while editing, filtering and tweaking other parameters!

For grooving, the SU-700 is well equipped. There are 12 knobs providing access to all the important edit parameters for real-time tweaks. These knobs can even be individually assigned to each of the sample pads for specialized tweaks! There's a ribbon control for added enjoyment. A Groove function to vary your beats, lots of excellent effects (3 simultaneous). Resonant low, high and band pass filters and a flexible LFO make for great filtering and sweeping effects. The SU-700 is ideal for any DJ or musician looking for a simplified but incredibly professional way to make your own killer dance music - live or in the studio! It is used by Speedy J.

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stimutac

Posted 6 days ago

Why the hell are you comparing a phrase sampler to an dco poly synth you freaking tard?

The Big Bang

Posted 17 days ago

I used to own an SU700 and I make hip hop music. 1st off this machine is very, very easy to use. It took me a while to figure out how to actually use everything including song mode but once I figured it out it was a breeze. The only thing I didn't like about this is you only get 4 Loop pads to sequence with, the others are just for triggering 1 shot samples. I've made countless amount of hot beats on this thing. Its really not about what you use...its how you use it. Be creative...don't be scared to experiment!!! I've out-grown this machine and stepped up to the MPC1000 only because it has more pads per bank and USB & CF card vs saving on floppies. On a scale 1-5.. i give it a 3.5.

Ross

Posted 46 days ago

I bought the SU-700 for a reasonable price and was under the impression that I could use it as a sequencer. Unfortunately I was wrong and I think it is important to make potential buyers aware of this. It is not a sequencer in the sense that the Yamaha QY-70/100/700 or the Roland MC-500 can trigger external equipment via midi. I read reviews prior to buying but none pointed out the fact that it can only sequence messages and notes it finds usefull in itsell and that each sample needs to be assigned to a seperate channel. You can imagine that I was rather gutted to discover these limitations after purchase realising that I would not be able to use it for live sequencing.

It is however quite usefull as an effects unit.

Roland Korg

Posted 73 days ago

This website is such a joke sometimes. 4 stars for a Juno-60 and 5 stars for this. I listened to the demo despite the warning. Didn't want to buy it, but I wanted to vomit.

Biz1

Posted 101 days ago

Hey everyone, love this thing and I've got a spare one I need to sell really badly, recession and all.

It's 68MB ram with SCSI, no 8 outs because I used it for live looping. Great shape, jog wheel is a little worn in but it works like a charm, no skipping or problems.

Im asking $250 US + Shipping to wherever your at. it's a deal if you know how dope this lil' guy is!

Holler at me here: get@centurysam.com

Peace!

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