Akai's great sampler of the late eighties! It actually still stacks up pretty well even today! A 16-bit, 22kHz to 44.1kHz sampler with 2MB to 32MB of RAM. Editing and programming the S-1000 is a very good precursor to the advanced S-3000 series. There are lots of advanced edit capabilities for looping, truncating, sample merging, time comp/exp, tuning and even analog-like parameters to control its filters and envelopes. Individual outputs for each of the 16 voices, stereo mix out, stereo input, MIDI, and trigger inputs round out this machine as a professional vintage-status sampler that still proves to be very useful even today!

Technical specifications

Polyphony - 16 voices Sampling - 16-bit linear sampling (44.1kHz, variable) 47.4 seconds MAX sample time at 22kHz VCA - ADSR Effects - None Arpeg/Seq - None Keyboard - None (S-1000KB: 61 notes with velocity + aftertouch) Storage - 2 MB expandable to 32 MB Control - MIDI


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