The AKAI S950 is a vintage 12-bit sampler/synthesizer from the 1980s. It was one of the first samplers to offer digital sampling and sequencing capabilities. The S950 was used by many popular musicians in the 1980s and 1990s, including the Beastie Boys,...
The AKAI S1000 is a 16-bit digital sampler released by the Japanese company Akai in 1988. It was one of the first samplers to offer a large amount of onboard memory, allowing users to store up to 128 seconds of audio. The S1000 also featured a number of...
The AKAI S1100 is a professional-level 16-bit digital sampler, released by Akai in 1988. It was one of the first samplers to feature a 16-bit sampling rate and was very popular with producers and musicians in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It featured...
The instrument is a successfully modified ARP Odyssey with MIDI in and USB MIDI introduced, separate headphone and balanced XLR outputs added, and a drive option devised for VCA distortion. The 37-note keyboard reproduces ARP Odysseys original synthesis...
The Roland D-5 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1988. It was the first in the D-series of synthesizers and was designed to provide an affordable alternative to the more expensive and complex synthesizers of the time. It featured a wide...