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By JUKE 179r Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:07 am
Going to look at one tomorrow. Dude wants $100 but the disk drive doesn't work (has SCSI), a couple of buttons are missing and he doesn't know how many MB's it has. I'm gonna juke him down on the price when I get to check it out.
What else should I look out for? I've always wanted an Akai S950< rack sampler but I think this might be a great deal though its a keyboard version of an S1000 .
Thanks in advance for the info.
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By mr_debauch Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:05 am
sweet, if it has scsi then screw the disk drive... get a new one for 10 bucks.

get it as low as possible i guess... i mean depends also how many buttons are actually busted and how they are busted.
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:13 pm
If you don't like it you could always use them as quality weight lifts, you seen the size of them ahahah

The S-1000 is a nice sampler, great sound and easy to use if you are farmiliar with the Akai way of doing things
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:33 pm
The only thing that I'm aware of with them things is the backlight, looks like it's more of a pain to replace too than on the rack units. Also check that the SCSI works

Also worth mentioning is the memory expansion boards are quite rare and expensive, they are not normal ram but Akai's own type ish...this was the order of the day till the XL's like the S-3000XL
By Clint Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:45 pm
JUKE 179r wrote:Going to look at one tomorrow. Dude wants $100 but the disk drive doesn't work (has SCSI), a couple of buttons are missing and he doesn't know how many MB's it has.


Did you cop that Juke? Got pic's??

Akai S1000KB rare as hen's teeth.

Buy it as cheaply as possible, repair it, use it or sell it to a 'collector'.

Certainly a collectors item, great sampler, good investment.
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By JUKE 179r Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:57 pm
I haven't looked at it yet. Dude called me crying on the phone because he got fired from his job so he had to cancel. :shock:

I'm supposed to swing by his house on Saturday to look at it. It'll give me time to come up with a white lie to tell my wife about how I got it.
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By peterpiper Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:14 pm
JUKE 179r wrote:I haven't looked at it yet. Dude called me crying on the phone because he got fired from his job so he had to cancel. :shock:

I'm supposed to swing by his house on Saturday to look at it. It'll give me time to come up with a white lie to tell my wife about how I got it.


:roll: c'mon its your WIFE. I know the reactions a new sampler can cause on wifes first hand :) but lies (doesnt matter if its a "whitelie") aren't healthy for a relationship. Just my opinion.

peace
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By JUKE 179r Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:24 pm
i joke, i joke, i keed, i keed...
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By JUKE 179r Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:12 pm
I forgot to report back... ole boy sold it for $75 to someone else. :evil:
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By Metaphonetic Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:37 pm
Yeah, I got one.



(grub)



It is the FATTEST sounding Akai sampler I think I have ever heard... Thats too bad you lost it.


get the dude that bought its number and offer him 120.



its dope.
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By Clint Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:19 pm
Showoff Grub.

I WANT ONE!!!!

An S1000KB that is, nothing else...

Now can we get a better glimpse of that beast??
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:45 pm
I always loved how over the top the S-1000KB was...I mean there is no need for it to be that big and heavy lol
Mind all the Akai rack's are mega deep and heavy
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By Metaphonetic Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:46 pm
AntonPD wrote:damn.. i want one





to put all my other gear on



LMAO.

No shiet... it is waaay bigger and heavier than an ASR10



Thing is a beast for sounds... comes with 8 outs... you can see the waveform for editing and while it is sampling...


I guess the rack version would sound the same? who knows.


I just like being able to chop on keys or pads... Leaning over a tad instead of just squaring up to a rack

the cursor is mad easy as is naming.