ISLA Instruments S2400 - Introduction

ISLA Instruments S2400 User Manual
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The 1980s and 1990s were a groundbreaking time for electronic music. Samplers like the Emu
SP-1200 and Akai MPC60 revolutionized music and shaped new genres like hip hop, house, and
jungle. Thanks to their crunchy 12-bit sound and solid workflow, these samplers have become
sought-after classics. The S2400 retains the sound and soul of these machines whilst adding
current features like built-in USB soundcard, disk streaming, WAV import, and much more.
The S2400 is a 16-voice machine, meaning it can play 16 mono or stereo samples
simultaneously. Each of these samples can be assigned to a Track, and there are 32 sample
Tracks available. Each Track can be sent to one of the eight individual outputs and into your
audio interface or mixing desk. There are also 32 MIDI tracks that you can use to sequence
external synths, drum machines, and samplers.
As well as loading WAV samples from the SD card, you can record from a turntable (phono) or
line input. Then modify each sample with pitching, envelopes, filters, slicing, and sequence using
the sophisticated onboard sequencer. Because the S2400 can also stream samples from the SD
card, you can even playback very long samples like acapellas (the only limit to sample length is
the SD card itself).
Once you've created a set of patterns in the sequencer, you can put them together into a song,
bounce them down to WAV files or record them to your DAW using the analog outputs or USB
audio interface.
We have designed the S2400 to be the centrepiece in a modern studio. Create songs entirely in
the S2400, if that's your jam, or sync it up with your other sequencers, DAW, modular synths,
etc., using MIDI or analog clock. How ever you choose to use it, we hope you'll enjoy making
music with the S2400 as much as we have enjoyed creating it.