Vintage sampler as used by Caribou, Four Tet, Panda Bear, Madlib, J Dilla & more. Selling for €200.
What’s your secret weapon in your studio?
The Boss Dr. Sample SP-303. As well as it being a sampler, it also has a line-in, a pre-amp, and a whole ton of effects on it. I don’t use any amps for guitar or bass or keyboards or any of that stuff; I just plug them straight into this thing and then I can put effects on it really easily. I tend to record effects and all of that kind of stuff on this thing rather than doing it later on. I put vocals, guitar–anything–through there... it’s a versatile little thing. The only thing that I’m really looking for is for everything to be really easy and intuitive to use so that I don’t spend all of my time fiddling with gear.
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2007/10/caribou-studio
Panda Bear on the SP-303::
"I've been using the Boss SP-303 almost exclusively (besides drums) for three years or so now. I think it's about time to move on, at least focus-wise. But it's been my favorite thing to use without a doubt. I started using two because I liked the idea of being able to mix (DJ) songs that I would do on each of them. Plus I could separate samples and singing and affect them differently (they have onboard effects and a mic input). "
http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/6544-panda-bear/
Four Tet discusses the SP-303 here:
- Compact phrase sampler with 44.1kHz sound quality and 8-note polyphony
- Onboard sampling time expandable via optional SmartMedia cards
- DJ-friendly operation via large, luminous sample pads and three knobs
- 26 groove effects including new Vinyl Simulation; internal resampling
- Realtime pattern sequencer with quantize function for easy song creation
- Selectable Gate, Loop and Reverse triggering of samples
- Accepts up to 64MB SmartMedia (optional) for sample/sequence storage
- Imports .WAV/AIFF files stored to SmartMedia cards
What’s your secret weapon in your studio?
The Boss Dr. Sample SP-303. As well as it being a sampler, it also has a line-in, a pre-amp, and a whole ton of effects on it. I don’t use any amps for guitar or bass or keyboards or any of that stuff; I just plug them straight into this thing and then I can put effects on it really easily. I tend to record effects and all of that kind of stuff on this thing rather than doing it later on. I put vocals, guitar–anything–through there... it’s a versatile little thing. The only thing that I’m really looking for is for everything to be really easy and intuitive to use so that I don’t spend all of my time fiddling with gear.
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2007/10/caribou-studio
Panda Bear on the SP-303::
"I've been using the Boss SP-303 almost exclusively (besides drums) for three years or so now. I think it's about time to move on, at least focus-wise. But it's been my favorite thing to use without a doubt. I started using two because I liked the idea of being able to mix (DJ) songs that I would do on each of them. Plus I could separate samples and singing and affect them differently (they have onboard effects and a mic input). "
http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/6544-panda-bear/
Four Tet discusses the SP-303 here:
