You are Bidding on One Yamaha SU200 Sampler

 

-          with one 8 mb Smart Media Card

-          Yamaha power adapter

-          multi-lingual instruction manual

-          original Yamaha SU200 sample CD

-          jungle sample CD

-          preloaded jungle samples

 

 

8 big rubber buttons

 

3 sample banks

 

Imports wave files

 

 

The SU200 is a budget desktop sampler suited for DJs and entry-level musicians. The aim of the SU200 is Groove Sampling and Remixing. Variable sampling rates from 5 to 44.1 kHz offer a range of 333 to 21 seconds in stereo or mono. Samples are assigned to the pads. Looping, loop muting, slicing, filtering, distortion, effects and more are available on the fly. A ribbon controller will 'scratch' the samples like a record on a turntable. There are two real time control knobs assignable to the Loop Remix, Slice, Tech Mod (LFO), Distortion/Lo-Fi, Delay, and Filter effects. Loop Remix is a function that slices up a loop and allows you to effect the slices to create a whole new variation of that loop.

 

 

Despite its low cost, the SU200 comes with features found on Yamaha's more expensive samplers: automatic tempo matching for loop playback without altering pitch, an instant Reverse Playback button, time stretching, a Tap Tempo function, a Loop Remix function that rearranges pieces of a loop, and resampling (which also captures effects). The sampler's effects, which include Slice, Tech Mod, Dist/Lo-Fi, Delay, Filter, and Scratch, are adequate though not exactly awe-inspiring. Each of these effects (except Scratch) features two controllable parameters; you adjust these parameters with knobs and can control the second parameter and the Scratch effect through the ribbon controller. You can use only one effect at a time on a single sample or external audio. The effects sound pretty decent: the distortion is gritty, Tech Mod is appropriately whacked out, the delay syncs to a loop's bpm, and the filter covers a useful if mild-mannered range - no ear-splitting frequencies here.

 

 

Caution – If you want to use this sampler with an external sequencer, sending midi clock for BPM timing, and applying the realtime timestreching feature, “Loop Track Play;” you can only use jungle samples.  I know it sounds odd but sonicly this sampler doesn’t handle any other type of sample, but only when it comes to realtime timestreching “Loop Track Play;”.  It makes pops and clicks with any sample that is not sonicly close to jungle breaks, but only when using the “Loop Track Play” and assigning the BPM MIDI sync to “external.”  It does not pop or click any time while using jungle samples. So if your a junglest and produce or DJ mostly all jungle, this sampler is nice.

 

A nice feature is a Resampling function which allows you to re-sample your loops or performances with any effects you may have applied. Sampled loops are also beat-matched to the tempo automatically using the Loop-Track Play feature, so you can be sure your loops will play in time with each other. Sync the SU200 to a tempo via MIDI or use the Tap Tempo key (essential for live DJ use). The SU200 also features Line and Mic inputs, MIDI IN (supports bulk dump of SU10 samples) and SmartMedia Memory Card storage. It can be battery powered and it ships with a CD to get you started sampling drum loops and synth loops. More professional features can be found in the SU700. But for DJs, the SU200 provides an affordable loop and groove performance tool to liven' up your sets!

 

Polyphony - 6 voices

Sampler - 896 KB Memory; Sample Rates: 44.1kHz, 22.05kHz, 11.025kHz, 5.5125kHz (approx. 42, 84, 168, 333 seconds sample times in mono, respectively); Stereo or Mono modes

Filters - Low pass resonant filter in Effects section

Effects - Loop Remix, Slice, Low-pass filter with resonance, distortion/lo-fi (distortion with lo-pass filter), Delay, Tech Mod (LFO)

Keyboard - None (8 touch pads)

Memory - Holds up to 24 samples; Flash RAM and SmartMedia 3.3v offline storage

Control - MIDI IN only