S-900
(1986)
Basic Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices
- Sampler - 12-bit linear, 7.5 - 40kHz sampling rates (63 seconds).
- Memory - 750 kB RAM (not expandable).
- VCA - ADSR
- Storage - DD Floppy.
- Control - MIDI (optional 8 trigger-inputs via ME35T-board)
Review
Realeased in 1986 (superseeding the S612) the S900 was Akai's second sampler and is known as the first truly affordable digital sampler.
Unlike its predecessor it, the S612, it offered a built-in floppy disk dirve for storing samples using double density disks.
The S900's only real companion/upgrade option, the ME35T which allows you to trigger sounds with Linn-style pads ...
It offers 12bit stereo sampling/playback with 8 individual outs in addition to the standard stereo mix outs and a number of editing processes (looping, truncating, velocity crossfading, tuning).
The sampling is donen between 7.4 and 40kHz as selected by the user.
The S900 is still a very usefull sampler and still in use in studios around the world today, it does exactly what it was designed for... With the little help from a sequencer.
Used by
A Guy Called Gerald, The Bomb Squad, Dr. Dre, Depeche Mode, Digable Planets,
Fatboy Slim, Moby, Future Sound of London, Sneaker Pimps, DJ Premiere, Prince Paul,
Vangelis,...
Detailed Specifications:
| Sampling System | 12 bit linear |
| Sampling Rates | 40.0 kHz -- 8.0 kHz |
| Memory | 750 kB |
| Polyphony | 8 voices |
| Maximum Samples | 32 |
| Maximum Programs | 32 |
| Recording Gain | HI = -58 dBm / MID = -38 dBm / LOW = -18 dBm |
| Filters | Digital moving low-pass filter (-12 dB/octave) (operating system v4.0 only) |
| Envelope Generators | 2 |
| LFOs | 1 |
| Hard Disk Recording | None |
| Effects | None |
| Display | Back-lit 40 x 2 characters (640 x 60 dots) |
| Help Pages | None |
| Storage Devices | 3.5-inch 2DD floppy disk |
| Standard Inputs | 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 1 |
| Optional Inputs | 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 8 (ASK-90 drum trigger board) |
| Standard Outputs | 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 3 |
| Assignable Outputs | 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 8 |
| Footswitch | None |
| Headphones | 1/4-inch phone jack x 1 |
| MIDI | DIN-5P IN x 1, OUT x 1, THRU x 1 |
| SCSI | None |
| AES/EBU Digital In/Out | None |
| SMPTE Reader/Generator | None |
| Power Requirements | 120VAC 60Hz ??W / 220-240VAC 50Hz ??W |
| Dimensions | 483mm x 133mm x 429mm (W x H x D) (EIA 3U size) |
| Weight | 10.9 kg |
Sample Dowloads
www.sonicstate.com/synth/akai_s900/http://akai-s900.blogspot.co.uk/ - A blog by an S900 user.
http://www.soundonsound.com/articles/25-milestone-products.htm - S900 ranks#2 (article)
S-900 Guides/Tutorials
???S-900 Manual Download
S-900.PDF
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