Product: Akai ASQ-10
Price Paid: 275.00
Submitted
06/13/2003
at
06:11pm
by
Anonymous
Ease of Use
:
10
well i can only agree with the review below
Features
:
10
the note repeat function superb.Set a quantize and then as your recording press this and play a key and it rcords in automatic trills.For 32nd hat patterns and drum and bass tricks its amazing.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
10
Another full effect feature is its ability to easily do mad time signatures , and also auto quantize , and ina way that can actaully make lousy playing sound good.Some how this box takes whatever you do
and gives it an edge ataris and cubase to logic to a latronic notron.This sequencer is unique i think?
Reliability
:
10
solid as a rock.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
?
Overall Rating
:
10
Its takes up a far bit of space , its no waya s easy to setup as my pc sequencers and ive negected it from time to time then go to sell and it blows me away.I cant replace this and as a gear junky who has sold so much and bought so much this has lasted out.
Product: Akai ASQ-10
Price Paid: (#250) used
Submitted
03/24/2003
at
03:55am
by
matt
Ease of Use
:
10
Well its like the mpc60 without the onboard sampler.Its a breeze to use.Manual is concise
Features
:
10
well is quite comprehensive , lots of nice features and that lovely groove and stuff that makes these still sort after.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
10
I used an atari for years , i started on a hardware sequencer and i spent a year trying to get good midi results out of everything from logic to cubase sx...and they suck time wise....even with there dedicated midex and amt8 boxes which i used and tried.The timing just sounds out in comparison...its subtle but its that subtle difference that makes the asq10 sound so good , its simply to quantize , change time signatures and tempo changes.Its simply to set unusual grooves and its over all a relief to be able to sequence well.I use cubase sx for audio and simply sequence off the asq10 and record all parts to individual audio channels .
Its goove and swing and the feel of stuff you can do with it seems unique to me?i havent managed to get stuff froma pc like this and i still wonder why some days !within 2 hours of booting this sequencer up for the 1st time i was doing complex seqeuntial stuff and grooves that i had spent years trying to get froma pc !
Reliability
:
10
rock solid and tank like !
Customer Support
:
5
who can say ?
Overall Rating
:
10
Shit hot sequencer , grooves and swings with ease , has a great interface and seems to be capable of very natural aswell as conplex stuff and seems to make something very easy like beat creation and complex trill like patterns and stuff.Its worth it for note repeat function alone ! its just so different from pc or atari sequencing ,
the timing doesnt drift one nansecond as it does on pcs with large midi data amounts and on atari which i also found with large amounts.
Every studio should have one mpc style sequencer .....nothing can compare.
