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From: hedger@ada-uts.UUCP
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Subject: Akai Sampler information
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 12:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 12:16:00 1985
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Nf-From: ada-uts!hedger    Aug 15 12:16:00 1985


has anyone seen the Akai sampler????? I heard it the other day so here's some
info. The sampler is rack mountable and sells in  Boston for 895.00. I think
it utilizes 8-bit sampling rate and sounded pretty good considering. There is
an lfo and filter on board and unlimited 'overdubbing' of samples is supported.
Now the bad news....If you want to store samples (under Akai's scheme of things
) you have to buy their rack mounted disk drive...this unit costs 265.00 and
uses small mini diskettes that I was told are very popular in Japan..(I think
these mini diskettes are also used in Yamaha's cx5m computer) but trying to
get an answer as to how much the blanks go for I was given the runaround..
(sounds like you only get them from Akai and you get gouged in the process)
The diskettes only hold 2 samples (one on each side). The sampler itself
only holds one sample at a time. All of this makes live performance a bit
precarious. The box is equipped with MIDI so obviously the disk drive could
be avoided and a p.c. used, but still since the box only holds one sample at
a time and since there's an 8-second load time,live performance would probably
be a little hairy... maybe if we all write letters, Akai will add 32      ts
memory locations for a couple hundred more bucks......
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