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 S612 is a 12-bit digital sampler released by Akai in 1985. It was one of the first samplers to feature a 12-bit sampling resolution and was capable of sampling up to 6.25kHz. The S612 was one of the first samplers to use a floppy disk drive for...
The AKAI S900 is a digital sampler and synthesizer released by Akai in 1987. It is an 8-bit sampler with a maximum sample rate of 33.8kHz and a maximum memory capacity of 32K. It was one of the first samplers to offer a user-friendly graphical interface...
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 AKAI S5000 is a professional digital sampler released in 1997 by the Japanese company Akai. It was one of the first samplers to use the new SCSI technology, allowing users to connect external hard drives to the sampler for storing large amounts of...