The AKAI S700 is a professional 12-bit sampler and digital signal processor (DSP) released in 1987 by the Japanese company Akai. It was one of the first samplers to use 12-bit sampling, allowing for higher-quality sound reproduction than its 8-bit counterparts. It has a variety of features, including a built-in sequencer, MIDI interface, and a variety of digital effects. The AKAI S700 was widely used in the production of hip-hop, techno, and dance music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The Akai X7000 is a vintage analog synthesizer released by Akai in 1987. It was the first in the X series of synthesizers and featured 64 voices of polyphony and a variety of analog and digital sound generation capabilities. The X7000 was used by many...
The Roland S-220 is a digital sampling module released in 1987. It was one of the first accessible digital samplers on the market and was used by electronic musicians in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The S-220 was capable of sampling at 12-bit resolution and had a maximum sample rate of 30kHz.