In the twenty-five years since the first commercially available sampler
hit the market (namely the Fairlight, costing a cool £25,000), the increase in
the quality and length of sampling available has been matched by a decrease in
the amount of time required to process and create loops from this sampled
material.
In 1977, an 8kB 8-bit at 8kHz sample sounded dreadful, lasted about half
a second and took about half an hour to get a poor-quality loop with (on a
£25,000 machine). In 1987, a 256kB 12-bit sample at 32kHz sounded a fair bit
better, lasted 3 or 4 seconds and could be looped by an expert in about five
minutes (and only cost a couple of thousand pounds). By 1992, things were a lot
better; a 1MB16-bit stereo sample at 44.1kHz sounded pretty damn good, lasted 6
seconds and only took a couple of minutes to loop well (although the
machine to do it on was now three thousand pounds).
5 years ago, major price breakthroughs brought the cost of a similar machine
to around the thousand-pound mark and DJs & producers used them by the
thousands in studios to re-mix tracks in just a few hours.
Today however, because of your decision to purchase a RED SoundBITE
LITE, you are in a position to make 24-bit loop samples (at 96kHz) in real-time
at the touch of a button without missing a beat! What's more, you can
automatically sync together up to six loops with equal ease.
Asking just £300 or best offer.
Shipping via DPD for the UK @ £8, International via eBay's Global Shipping Program.
Please see my other auctions for more interesting gear,
Thanks for looking, Andy.