If you're looking at ANY older 'S' series before the S2000, S3000XL & S3200XL, make sure the unit you buy s/h has enuff ram for your needs.

In the UK it's £399 retail for the 8mb upgrade ram board !!!.SO. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE S/H PURCHASER.You CAN still get the RAM Boards for this series & below. THIS WAS THE LAST SERIES TO USE THE OLD AKAI SAMPLE-RAM BOARDS. The Cd version S3000 - the CD3000 comes in 1993, and the MPC3000 in 1994 upgrading from the MPC-60 to 32mb and 8 poly outs etc. there were various guises.The budget S01 - 8 note poly mono-timbrel unit was released. very effective.ġ992 now and in came the first 3000 series with a basic structure of 32mb standard expanded, 8 poly outs & stereo in/out. We continue thru to the S1100 a further 2 years later in 1990, and sometime around that 2 years from the release of the S1000 the S950 came along, keeping the 12 bit for economy but adding stuff from the S1000 OS like timestretch. & a massive (at the time) 32mb maximum ram !!!.(actually 32mb is fuck of alot for doing a dance toon!!). These upgraded the series to 16 bit, 8 poly assignable-outs instead of mono ones. Next came the S900 & Mpc60 sampler/sequencer in 1986 along with the old EW wind-Instruments.Ģ years later in '88, The S1000 was released. There are 45 viewer comments posted to this page - Readįirst came the 12 bit Akai's starting in 1984 with the S612, a simple 6 sample in ram sampler using quick-disks which evolved into the more powerful S700 and X7000 Keyboard in '85. Post a question direct to our forums and get mailed when a reply is added!

Akai S1000 Samples