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Introduction

Features

The AKAI S1000 is a high-quality digital sampler. With a sampling rate of 44.1kHz, and

16-bit resolution, the S1000 is capable of recording and replaying samples literally of CD

quality, and the basic unexpended unit has a total sample time of over 23 seconds (mono).

Memory may be added in 2Mbyte boards to a total of 8Mbytes to give over 90 seconds of

total sample time.

There are three models in the AKAI S1000 series: the basic S1000, with a diskette drive, the

51000HD, with an integral 40Mb hard disk, and the S1000PB, which has a diskette drive,

but none of the sample recording or editing facilities of the other models. The S1000PB is

especially useful for setups where more than 16-note polyphony is required (using a S1000

and S1000PB), or as a playback-only sampler for live work. A 51000 may be used for

recording and editing of samples, and they may then be transferred to a S1000PB using

diskette or MIDI Sample Dump, and replayed. Diskette and MIDI data is, naturally,

completely compatible between all models in the range, as well as with the S1000KB

sampling keyboard.

16-note polyphony allows complex passages to be played with the full sample time. The

samples may be edited with full trimming facilities (down to 1 sampling period), looped at

up to 8 loop points per sample (with tuning of the loop), spliced to other samples, filtered

and sent through two independent ADSR envelope generators. Full velocity, positional and

looping crossfading is possible. Basic synthesizer waveforms (sine, triangle, etc) are

available on disk for synthesizer/sampler sounds.

The S1000 is also capable of editing samples digitally - "stretching" or "squeezing" samples

without changing the pitch in order to fit them into a specific time slot. Resampling can be

done at any frequency (higher or lower than the original).

The stereo facility is ideal for sampling portions of prerecorded program material (making it

an ideal tool for "house", "hip-hop" etc productions), as well as for sampling ambient

acoustic sounds.

Naturally, a full MIDI implementation is built in - multi-timbral capabilities making the

S1000 perfect for use with a sequencer such as the AKAI MPC-60 or ASQ-10.

Special functions for remote operation of the AKAI ME-35T Audio/MIDI trigger unit (1 or

2 can be controlled), together with a single-trigger monophonic mode make the S1000 into a

real-time percussion tone generator.

In the studio, eight separate outputs allow maximum flexibility in mixing and adding effects.

However, stereo operation is possible from just two outputs, and a built-in stereo effects

send/return loop can save channels and space in live work.

The S1000 is capable of processing up to 200 samples, 100 programs, or a combination of

up to 400 samples + programs + keygroups. The internal 3.5" floppy disk drive provides a

quick easy method of storing and retrieving data (samples, programs and other settings).

Hard disks may be used by the S1000 when using the optional IB-103 interface board

(AKAI provide a 40Mbyte capacity drive which may be mounted internally), but any

SCSI-compatible drive may be used up to a capacity of 512Mbytes. The hard disk may be

divided into partitions and volumes, and individual volumes may be auto-

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