Oh God, this noise sounds like a defective pin ball machine. Please excuse me. I thought I was going to hear actual drum sounds. Do you remember those things made out of wood, with Dupont Mylar heads by Remo, Evans etc...
Does this trim and crop samples? I love Zoom gear, and it's very underrated and hope this has the ability to trim and crop samples like the old Zoom Sampletrak. It's says it has a 3.5mm input jack for phrase sampling, but I haven't seen anything yet about trimming and stuff yet. If so, this is my next purchase. Also, does it have a setting to turn off one shots and make the pads gate or sample choking? I had to return the new Korg Electribe Sampler because it didnt have this basic feature thats been on samplers/drum machines for decades!
Anthony B. Be warned, I have found it difficult to learn and use, when compared to an Electribe. Haven’t used sampling features yet... I bought one because I specialize in unusual instruments! I still haven’t made patterns that I really like with it, so we will see… Will do a full review later, please subscribe. Note the new Mini Arq May have an easier control panel? But It does not operate wirelessly, there is a cable connecting the ring.
VJ FRANZ K Subbed, but I'd really like to know about the sampling before I make a decision like today on what Im buying to get my studio restarted. What I see in the Zoom ARQ-48 is the old Zoom Rythmtrak and hopefully Sampletrak too in the center, with a weird controller on the outside. Zoom is like to drum machines/samplers as Nintendo is to video games. They always come up with something you expect from them, but don't expect at the same time. My concerns are if it runs like the old gear with the phrase sampling, and does the machine allow for different tempos for different patterns. The weird controller doesn't bother me, and some of those functions I will rarely need to use. It can control Ableton Live Lite, so that's a bonus. I just need it to run somewhat like the machines I described. I got some of my questions answered yesterday when I called Zoom HQ. Yes, the pads gate and choke. Yes, phrase samples can be recorded and saved onto the SD card. I was also told that only 2 GB of sound can be on the machine at one time. That is a concern when it comes to sampling, because of the amount taken up by the onboard sounds. You can save your samples, but do they load up when you turn the machine on, and will they be there for your key projects? All data should automatically detect this and correct it, like most sampler/groove box workstations do. I'd like to see your video, but I might have made a purchase of something before you upload it, and it might unfortunately take me the software route I was trying to avoid with the Maschine Micro MK2, which doesn't have any inputs, and runs through a computer that wasn't made specifically to process music, like 99% of computers. I wasn't looking for the Electribe with this, since I have past experience with Zoom Groove Boxes, but I was looking for something that does what those did, but fixes their minor flaws and limitations. The Zoom Sampletrak would be awesome, if it was remade with an extra couple banks and an SD slot instead of the very old version of Smart Media cards. That's what I'm looking for with this, plus connectivity to the always free Ableton Live Lite if you know it's web address.
Very interesting, I'd not heard some of this before. You can find the ARQ manuals on their site, I just don't have time to research it at this moment. There are also two ARQ groups on Facebook. Honestly, I can't recommend buying an ARQ, I may have been mistaken in doing so. The ring itself is fascinating, but it's difficult to make it register consistently. Worth a look is the Synthstrom Deluge.
Be careful as the ARQ 96 ring uses Zoom BT-04 battery which nobody sells, not even Zoom. So when battery gives up you can't use the ring off the base station anymore. But ARQ 48 ring uses one AA battery that is easy to buy.
