Yamaha SU 10 Portable Sampler and Sequencer Unit ~ RARE

The Yamaha SU10 is a great little sampler! Compact, portable, and weighing less than a pound, the SU10 is ideal for the musician on the go, DJ's, cramped studios, and naturally is perfect for live gigs.

This sampler features 12 sample pads, to which you can freely assign samples. There are actually four internal banks so you can store up to 48 samples on them, but they will be short and in low-quality. Best to stick with just a few, selected samples but at the highest sampling rate. This devices works extremely well with short, drum machine style samples, but you can also load up some longer samples and standard full loops.

It has a maximum of 4 simultaneous samples polyphony, 11.64 to 44.1 sampling rates, 54 to 19 seconds of sampling time (respectively), stereo input/output (using one-eighth inch mini stereo plugs), 4 songs with up to 100 events in each and a maximum of 48 samples can be stored. The 12 key-pads are not only used for editing and programming, but also for triggering samples stored within any of the four banks (bank a, b, c or d).

Polyphony - 4 simultaneous samples max (in mono) Sampler - 11.64KHz to 44.1KHz (19 to 54 seconds) LFO - None Filter - Digital Hi / low / band pass resonant filter VCA - None Keyboard - 12 key-pads Memory - 48 samples max Control - MIDI Date Produced - 1996

Sampling and playback features

• Record up to 48 stereo samples within nonvolatile memory. Samples remain in memory even while power is off.
• Excellent sound quality: Can record at a maximum sampling rate of 44.1kHz, the same rate used by audio CDs.
• Reverse play reproduces samples in reverse.
• Scale play sets up a single sample at 12 different pitches along the pad console.
• Unique ribbon controller allows you to apply a dramatic filter or scratch effect to your samples, or to crossfade your samples with realtime sound from an external source.
• Impressive editing features.
  • Select any one of five loop patterns for each sample. Select arbitrary loop start point and end point.
  • Move or copy sample to a different location; split one sample into two; trim off the leading and trailing part of the sample.
  • Select any one of three triggering modes for each sample.
• Create up to four songs, each consisting of any arbitrary sequence of sample play.

Special "External" functions

• Use your SU10 as an effects box for applying a realtime scratch or filter effect to feed-through line input.

MIDI support

• Drive your SU10 from a remote sequencer, keyboard, or computer; or use your SU10 to drive a remote device.
• Load selected samples to a synthesizer or other remote device using the MIDI sample dump standard.
• Back up all SU10 data to an external storage device, then reload at any time.

CONDITION:  This unit is fully functioning with minor imperfections: There is a tiny piece out of the "shift" button, foam from the battery compartment closure is showing age, and a small impression/scratch on the LCD screen, all can be clearly seen in the photographs.