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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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oD

Posted 146 days ago

I bought my SU on ebay about 4 weeks ago, and I have to say that it was well worth the investment. I completely agree with Insite, the box seems limited at first, but there's a lot you can do with this machine if you get creative. It's a blast to jam on, and is capable of some of the most interesting sample flips I've ever heard. I haven't yet read the manual, but it's a pretty straight forward interface. I go through the 32mb RAM fairly quick, but it's enough for me. Get a zip drive, get SCSI, and use an external sequencer, you'll be golden.

It's perfectly structured for use of lo-fi samples and the roll function is choppy enough that you can get some interesting effects. I call it the Grime Machine o_O

Dave Nelson

Posted 177 days ago

A good sampler, but useless to DJing...don't waste time and money to buy it if you need a sampler for your disco's console...

histo

Posted 183 days ago

hi, bought mine this week, new in the box :) it has been forgotten at a local shop, lucky me.. do you know how to upgarde de OS, if thats possible?

Not so angry Muslim

Posted 193 days ago

I made a mistake in my earlier post.

The "loop tracks" don't really let you use this like a mpc. It's the "composed loop" tracks that do the trick.

peace.

Insite

Posted 200 days ago

I love it!! coming from a background of strictly mpc 60's and 2000xl's that's saying alot... this machine broke the ice for me as far as electronic musc because it's functions are tailored towards real time effects editing... the ribbon function is amazing, you can sweep filters or wobble basslines just by rubbing your finger... record in live track mutes and you've got (in my opinion) one of the baddest machines for any genre of electronic music , i've made everything from Dub-Step to House to D'n'B.... sampling is a breeze, the scenes make break downs as simple as pushing a button, effects allow you to dump a kick drum louder than you can stand and a snare drum pierce your ears.... i think i'll cut it short by saying that anyone who doesn't think this machine is capable is not thinking outside the box... it's not what the machine can do for you, but what can you do with the machine....

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