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Akai • S-2000

The S-2000 is a professional and user-expandable studio sampler. The base S-2000 model comes with 2MB sample memory which can be expanded to 32MB. Sampling specs are variable from 22kHz to 44.1kHz sample rates in stereo or mono and at 16- or 8-bit resolutions. All the necessary edit tools are here: time comp/exp, tune, pitch shift, truncate, looping, key placement, velocity effects and more. Up to 32 voices of polyphony, complete MIDI implementation, a built-in disk drive and a SCSI interface prepare this sampler for any situation.

Upgrade the S-2000 as your needs grow. Up to eight outputs, digital I/O, four effects processors, expanded filters, EQ, and alternate internal disk storage mediums can be added to the S-2000 making it more and more like an S-3200 series sampler. The S-2000's only fallback is its small LCD display screen, but that can be bypassed via an external editor. The S-2000 makes the perfect entry-level studio quality sampler that can grow with you into a very professional instrument. It is used by Moby and Underworld.

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anorak

Posted 37 days ago

dead easy to use, base unit $75 on ebay (plus ten for the full ram upgrade), scsi port standard. new to hardware samplers, don't want to [beep] about with an EPS, maybe toyed with one of those little desktop units before (SU10, S20, that one blue roland "dj phrase sampler")? get a dirt-cheap s2000, some kind of scsi storage, and d/l the manual. i had a proper 808/909 kit twenty minutes after i set it up, front panel controls only. Grab one for under a hundred and join the rest of us in laughing at the VSE price assessment.

cool burn

Posted 56 days ago

I own a S2000 and find it very easy to use. I have no problem with loading a disk to boot every time I start the machine up. I've learned to save the OS to my floppy or zip every time I format. save my samples, programs, etc... on the same floppy/zip so I'm good to go every time I insert a disk. Just make sure to re-save if you make changes to your sound etc... and don't wipe the disk before saving or you will remove the OS.

CarlosAGV

Posted 70 days ago

http://akais2000.blogspot.com/

disk images for akai s2000

WHI

Posted 107 days ago

12/09
Just bought an S2000 of the bay for <$100. Added 32M memory for $10 and an SCSI drive w/ disks for $16. I plan on triggering clean guitar samples from my Roland PK-5 floorpedals to a Marshall JTM-45. My only complaint is the size of this monster combined with the hassle of having to load samples at power up. If I had to do it again I might pay a little more money for something smaller and also eliminate the need for loading samples after power up.....

rob

Posted 223 days ago

I bought one & some cheap extra simm memory in 1998 for £600 & never really got round to using it seriously.
The pc with digital audio recording & cheap soundcards rendered it & my atari st obsolete .

The sound quality was great but the os has to be loaded from disk on powerup or its unusable .
I ended up giving it away to a music store for free in 2002

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