The official AKAI S series thread

Link to an in-depth Akai S-950 review/ article from Producer's Edge.

http://www.producersedgemagazine.com/ar ... ais950.htm

haha, here is the download link for the s900 video instruction manual from the mid 80's.

They had a budget for a 3D animated intro... plus cheesy visual effects.


http://www.zshare.net/download/562917677ccbf54e/


The video may be helpful, but also for a laugh it's not bad either.

clint246clint wrote:Link to an in-depth Akai S-950 review/ article from Producer's Edge.

http://www.producersedgemagazine.com/ar ... ais950.htm

Good article.

Everywhere states that the max sample rate is 48kHz, but that's only if you have the digital-in board. It's daft that articles never mention this fact.

just got my s5000 back. i sold it to a store, then had to have it back so now it is setup and ready to go. fun machine

so uh. does anybody know where to get some good sample libraries for these rack samplers
i have a 3000xl that doesn't see any play and i want to load it with instrument samples
so any have any experience with websites and libraries and all that?

boxcutter butta wrote:so uh. does anybody know where to get some good sample libraries for these rack samplers
i have a 3000xl that doesn't see any play and i want to load it with instrument samples
so any have any experience with websites and libraries and all that?

Ya. I know. You get on down to Sainsbury's to buy some nice food, then ya set about sampling your vinoleum collection. Boom! Then you have some dope samples.

Just posting up this helpful timeline of the Akai S series samplers.

http://www.dancetech.com/article.cfm?threadid=71&lang=0

That timeline states the MPC60 was released in 1986.
Everywhere else says 1988,

The timeline also states the s950 came out around 1990.
Everywhere else states 1988.

Another lame'ish Akai time line from Future Music magazine in 2000

Hi folks,
Just got an internal jaz 1gb scsi drive for floppy replacement,
I set different scsi IDs and the sampler recognize my scsi drive but when i try to format the jaz cartridge,the screen show me those words:
SCSI ERROR
What's wrong?any suggestions.

is there some kind of protect mode on those disks?

mr_debauch wrote:is there some kind of protect mode on those disks?

There's a sort of padlock icon under the drive icon,but when i try to format the jaz,it's appear "SCSI ERROR" not "WRITE PROTECTED" so i don't know!i cannot try to format through Iomega tools cause my pc doesn't have scsi.
I'll try with other cartridges and let you know.
Thanks for the answer.

leave the jaz alone.

notoriously unreliable

rogue scrunt wrote:leave the jaz alone.

notoriously unreliable

i know but i can backup my data from jaz with usb card and ak.sys to pc
i'll try to fix this problem before get another scsi HD.

truskullbeatz wrote:

rogue scrunt wrote:leave the jaz alone.

notoriously unreliable

i know but i can backup my data from jaz with usb card and ak.sys to pc
i'll try to fix this problem before get another scsi HD.

You can do the same with HD floppy, Zip Drive, or if your willing to go the EXTRA mile, Syquest EZ 135. The internal scsi is a bridge, and Jaz will just give you issues. I took out the Jaz from two other Akai machines. They dont play nicely.