The official AKAI S series thread

jambo wrote:Alright. Hope I'll find one.

Seems the backlight is the same, but MPC3000 needs a longer cable.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REPLACEMENT-B ... 4ae36d1290

yup, I found the right one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REPLACEMENT-B ... 1659555919

I heard backlights have a shorter life than actual bright displays (like that for the 950), but it seems the only solution.

peace

jambo wrote:yup, I found the right one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REPLACEMENT-B ... 1659555919

I heard backlights have a shorter life than actual bright displays (like that for the 950), but it seems the only solution.

peace

thats the one I've been using; i don't think you can get a new display, so that's what you gotta get.

jambo wrote:Does the s3000i got built in fx?? Without eb16

Bathmutz wrote:No, it only has effects when card is installed. You can fake delays and chorus effect with some extra trouble is you like, but that's it. And digital distortion of course.

Yes it does.

The non-XL S2800, S3000, S3200 and variations thereof have Echo, Chorus, Pitch Shift and Delay FX built in as standard.

Hello i got an s1000 for my birthday, just got it today. i used an mpc1000 like 4 years ago but never really dove into it.

The main question is I record and save onto the floppy but my sounds arent like playing after when I load onto the disk memory it just plays the sin file nothing else. do i have to do keygrouping?

sorry for the newb question :$ ive been keen on these old samplers for awhile couldnt get a 950 so got this for now

have also just found this http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/akaifaq ... _media.htm

my akai has a SCSI card so it would need a SCSI DB25 to CENTRONICS 50pin cable to get a zip drive going?

It seems like a good fit for it

Make sure you save everything, not just the samples themselves.

As for the Zip drive, I recommend saving up for one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CF-RaizinMons ... 3cf52b79b9

Replace your floppy drive with this and you're good to go - easy backup and you can transfer sounds to it from your computer using Chickensys translator.

Zip drives are a waste of money and time, highly unreliable. Another option is an MO (magneto-optical) drive, they are very reliable. So I'd use floppies for now while you get to grips with everything and then get one of those CF to SCSI cards.

atasco wrote:Make sure you save everything, not just the samples themselves.

As for the Zip drive, I recommend saving up for one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CF-RaizinMons ... 3cf52b79b9
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thanks for the reply, could you explain alittle more about this? or the setup seems interesting

HiddenConcept wrote:

atasco wrote:Make sure you save everything, not just the samples themselves.

As for the Zip drive, I recommend saving up for one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CF-RaizinMons ... 3cf52b79b9
.

thanks for the reply, could you explain alittle more about this? or the setup seems interesting

It's basically a SCSI to Compact Flash adapter (there is also a SCSI to SD card model that's out of stock atm). So instead of messing about with obsolete media such as floppies or zip disks you can save to CF/SD. The sampler will treat it like a hard drive and I believe you can even hot swap. You can easily back up to your computer and even transfer sounds to it with the right software.

With regards to installing it, I'm not sure what the S1000 is like inside but with the S3200XL which I have, it's as simple as taking out the floppy drive and putting the adapter in. You will also need a SCSI 50 pin ribbon but those are easy to get.

It's quite expensive but it works and in the long run flash storage is very cheap and reliable.

A sampling tip for those who want crusty beats but who don't want to pay tons for it: buy an Akai s3200XL (non-XL models work, too, I bet). Sample in a beat that you have transposed by +12 in your DAW. Make sure to sample at 10 KHz, not 20 K. Transpose the sample down in Akai by 12 semitones...tell me that don't sound dope as heck!
Also, resampling breaks internally in Akai at Sample Edit > DSP > Rate works wonders in terms of lo-fi when you go for quality setting of 1 and set new sample rate to around 4–5 K and then resample...proper lo-fi right there.
Get one off eBay for peanuts and get crackin'...great for that crusty-ass hip hop sound! After all, that machine is from the MPC 3000 era.

(source: my instagram at https://instagram.com/p/2V5KImi8q_)

Fanu wrote:Sample in a beat that you have transposed by +12 in your DAW.

if you have a scratch turntable like a vestax or numark ttx. you can pitch up the vinyl by 50% directly when sampling. then pitch down in the sampler by 12 semitones. 50% pitch is 12 semitones.

this is an old trick that people started using in the old days when samplers really had limited memory. sp1200 etc. the traditional way was to play a 33rpm record at 45rpm when sampling, you have to pitch down by 5.19 semitones.