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AKAI Z8

Rackmount Sampler

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AKAI Z8
450.00 street price


The AKAI Z8 is a digital sampler and music production workstation released by Akai in 1998. It was one of the first samplers to feature both a sampler and a sequencer, allowing users to sample, sequence, and produce their own music. The Z8 was also the first sampler to feature an internal hard drive for storing samples, as well as a built-in CD-ROM drive.

Country of origin / production: Japan

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Usage Design/ Form Factor
Rackmount, 2U 
Archetype
Digital (D) 
Polyphony
Voices64
Multi Timbral Capacity128 part(s)
Filter
2-pole 
12dB 
Resonance 
Envelope Generator (EG)
Assignable3
Modulation
LFO: LFO Count2
Sampler
Sampler Format Linear
Maximum Sampling Time (44.1 kHz/ 16bit stereo)2880 sec.
Sample Memory512 Mb
Resolution 16 bit/ 44.1 kHz
Resolution 16 bit/ 96 kHz
Resolution 16 bit/ 48 kHz
Resolution 24 bit/ 44.1 kHz 1 , 1
Resolution 24 bit/ 96 kHz
Resolution 24 bit/ 48 kHz
MIDI in/ out
IN 
OUT/THRU 
IN count2
OUT count2
THRU count2
Display
Display type TFT
Color resolution Monochrome
Resolution: Horizontal248
Resolution: Vertical60
Built-in controllers
Encoder8
Potentiometer2
Jog dial 
Audio out
Stereo 
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm)2
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified1
Digital: coaxial1
Audio in
Analog 1/4"2
Digital: Coaxial1
DAC
DAC Frequency 96
Resolution24 bit
ADC
Resolution24 bit
ADC Frequency 96
Computer Interfaces
SCSI 
HDD: HDD size20
USB USB PC Link
USB USB Storage
USB MIDI through USB
External drives/ memory cards
USB 
Power
Voltage 100-230(250)V
Voltage 50-60Hz
Power Supply Built-in, internal
Power consumption25 W
Dimensions
Height91 mm
Width483 mm
Depth415 mm
Weight6.400 kg
Case/ body
Metal&plastic 
Color
Silver 
Blue 
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