While I have no desire to return to floppy disks, I do miss the character of three of my old samplers. The Mirage, S950 and my favourite, the Ensoniq ASR10. I still have some DAT tapes of songs made around the mid 90's entirely on the ASR and it had so much punch with eight outs going through a Mackie desk.

 

akai s 950

EDIT this must be pressed
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who is selling his floppy disks ?they are so old...you dont need it or....heh heh

 

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the mirage 8 bit sampler is stunning on low notes

 

install usb/sd card emulator

 

[QUOTE = "wasgedn, post: 351530, membro: 14958"] akai s 950
: Hillbilly :: metallo :: Altoparlante:
[MEDIA = youtube] kjGGkv3ZK9o [/ MEDIA]
chi sta vendendo i suoi floppy disk? : Hillbilly: sono così vecchi ... non ne hai bisogno o .... heh heh [/ QUOTE]
Me contact in pvt

 

I wouldn't touch an MPC/akai sampler unless it had Roger Linn's name on it. Apperently techdevil demonstrates great things can be done with it however, might just be his skills though.

 

[QUOTE = "KungPaoFist, post: 352178, membro: 35229"] Non vorrei toccare un campionatore MPC / akai a meno che non avesse il nome di Roger Linn su di esso. Con tutta la tecnologia dimostrata si possono fare grandi cose, tuttavia potrebbero essere solo le sue capacità. [/ QUOTE]
950 is linn

 

Holy crap!!!! You're right!! Its cheaper then the MPC Linn's too....

 

I have had a few samplers for years ago the s1000KB and a S6000 was the best

 

I had a Emu Emax 1, incredible sound, like a sp 1200, but a bit smoother. Its a keyboard sampler, but there must be a rack version too!
Not that expensive

 

the 950 is the one which need no comp and eq to be present as fck in a mix....
950 and 11oo are drum's and bass sample gods......
a 8 bit mirage is even more sick on low notes...no synth can get you that grit...
s6000 should have sort of clean hightech sound , many like it over the usual

 

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has someone akai os maker ? its down for good.....also when the rest of the akai info sites go down....thats it then for new guys...

e.g.
www need s1100 manual for latest OS
www need s3200 manual
www need all the service manuals
also all the akai OS's are needed online....eprom builders hide it under their beds...

so here should be some survival pack saving done..pls kpirat ....i might be an asshole but this is a matter of many people and the number rises , same as the prices

 

Last edited: Sep 22, 2018

how to emu floppys start point

http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3321

floppy images for akai

http://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_d...DiskImages.zip



1000 slips of s900 images

https://www.dropbox.com/s/17xlr0r9yie74n7/AKAI S900 IMAGES.zip?dl=0
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no need to buy expensive 50's packs of 720kb floppy disks...watch this how to format...note : usb floppy drives wont do the trick

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the big plus for sd card is you can create much bigger partitions...with usb you have to switch through disks while with sd you can have bigger projects without switching disks

 

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saving stuff and so yes..but when you have fineshed or og disks to use ...why not..
-------------curious how long some emu owner have needed to fillnup the usb stick...i will need liefetime maybe i dunno...you can create daily a whole disk for 1000days lol...and thats not at all the whole 4 gb stick or what ever..

 

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see....you cant go wrong with a s950 or s....thats the top of the akai samplers...from the sound point of view....

 

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I totally agree with what has been said here, the upfront / in your face presence , the tonal character is amazing, best i heard. I just winder if any1 can compare from personal experience the sound of the s950 to a EPS 16 +?
Its like comparing Preemo with Truemaster, both masters of their craft.

 

yea would be cool to hear...some guys here have them both...