Since it is quite difficult to gather CORRECT information about this device I decided to try to make life of other users easier. I use the AKAI in a modern studio and I've managed to interface it in a quite productive way.
Basically I also hope to meet more enthusiasts to share whatever can be shared about my favorite sampler.
See you soon.
does the AKAI S900 come with spell check?
RispondiEliminaNO, and not even italians....;)
RispondiEliminaHere's a very first example of help needed...
http://xfader.com/akai
RispondiEliminahave fun!
is it possible to format a floppy w/ a prophet2002, and use these samples??
RispondiEliminaGreat! It's good to see that these older machines aren't getting lost in the attic. They still have so much potential.
RispondiEliminawow! such a great blog I LOVE IT!!!!
RispondiEliminaGreat initiative!! Strange that for a sampler that is discussed and used so much, so little is to be found on the net.
RispondiEliminaGood stuff. I just got one off of Craig's list for $50 and am pretty excited to put it to work.
RispondiEliminahi
RispondiEliminabless you for this blog!
...do you know if I can connect the s-950 with a serial zip drive by the rs 232 port?
hi, i just found this great blog and i was wondering if you could do a step by step guide to how to sample on the s900. that would really help me out!
RispondiEliminaGrande !
RispondiEliminacomplimenti per il blog, info chiare ed essenziali.
meenkia complimenti anche per lo studio, quel soundcraft deve suonare da panico.
ciao
Thanx all for your comments! One reply for everybody:
RispondiEliminaNo way for prophet floppies, only AKAI S900's are read.
I don't know if it's possible to connect a ZIP to the serial port but I see it quite difficult. Actually the port has near no employ exept for sample dump (which I never managed to have it working). But if you manage to, tell me! The blog would love to report such a nice information :)
Sorry but I'm not going to make a sample tutorial, this is the most basic operation and can be learned from the manual, which is easily found by googling a bit. Instead, I will in the future document and show some examples of the uses I do with it!
SI IL SOUNDCRAFT SUONA DA STRAPPARSI I CAPELLI! Grazie mille del commento :)
Ciao!
RispondiEliminaGrande! io ho un 900 e una linn 9000, violenza vintageeeee!!!!!
Raffa
Hey RAFFA, potremmo swapparci un po' di floppy!
RispondiEliminaHi, does anyone here own the OS 1.2 for the Akai S950 sampler? If so can you post it please! Thanks alot
RispondiEliminaGREAT BLOG! Can i go with it even i only owe a 950?) Just kidding - greates sampler ever!
RispondiEliminathought I'd add a link to the Akaizer blog...
RispondiEliminahttp://akaizer.blogspot.com/2009/05/v131.html
Keep up the good work!
just got the akia s900 on the weekend with a bit of teachin, i'll come back around when i have some hands on questions,
RispondiEliminacan the S900 only use the DS/DD floppies? if so, can it be fitted to use modern floppy drive and disks?
RispondiEliminaDS/DD floppies only, unless someone has created a new floppy controller I don't know about.
RispondiElimina-regend
http://xfader.com/akai
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RispondiEliminaHello, maybe this is the apropriate spot to ask this question. I bought an S900 recently and it has some serious problems: when sending it MIDI notes it basically adds notes, changes decay times, plays back notes completely differently. I know there is no problem with my MIDI set up which is why I am very baffled by this. Second, when I attempt to trim the sample (discard before start and after end point) a lot of noise gets imprinted onto the sample itself. Like the data is corrupted. It also happens when I perform a reverse of the sample. Has anyone at all had these issues on their S900. Any feedback is much appreciated.
RispondiElimina-matia
What OS is your s900 booting up with? I think the on board OS (eprom) boots up with 1.2 Anything below that and the S900 is pretty much an early version that needed an eprom upgrade. If you have ver. 1.2 you can boot from floppy OS 2.0 or OS 4.0 These are the only known OS's that I'm aware of.
RispondiEliminaHeya!
RispondiEliminaI just bought S950, and seller also give me some disks (i think its real akai floppys) with some cool sounds
Just in case somebody need some pianos/marimba/voices/basses stuff, is it possible to rip that floppy disks and share it with others? Maybe we`re all should do this?
Hey Boris!
RispondiEliminaYes there is a way to copy those sounds using. here's the current link. http://mda.smartelectronix.com/akai
if it is the Akai libray i think the Akai Sampler e-mail list may have links to the disk images for people to download but if you'd like to post up what you have i'm sure people will be grateful. here's my link of Akai resources.
http://xfader.com/akai
This is a great blog and it's really helped me know and <3 my Akai S900.
RispondiEliminaOnce I figured out the looping and resampling section, I am off to the races, and now that I figured out keygroups, I am ready to go!
Thanks for the wonderful samples and help getting me started. It's a good thing I have hundreds of ds/dd discs at my disposal. I have a lot of work to do! Here's my article about the S900 from my blog.
http://iloveanalogue.blogspot.com/2010/05/akai-s900-makes-me-love-samples-again.html
hurrah for this blog! Been incredibly helpful in my search to replace a duff drive.
RispondiEliminaAt the minute my s900 is a massive trigger to midi converter... need to get this thing saving!
Nice blog! I use the s900 in just about each tune I make:
RispondiEliminahttp://soundcloud.com/jason-os
I'm missing a floppy drive on my unit so I just end up using it for sound processing then sample the sampler :P
My unit now works only for processing too :(
RispondiEliminahttp://akaisampler.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-akai-s900.html
RispondiElimina...looking for feedback on the S900etc.
Would you recommend the S900 etc.
garcias
Do you know where to get spare parts for the S900? The tact switch for one of my number buttons are broken, I need to get a new one.
RispondiEliminaScusate ho instalalto l'os 4.0 sull' akai s900 ma dove lo trovo il timestretching???
RispondiEliminasalve a tutti e complimenti x il blog...
RispondiEliminaho provato il programma s900dump su 2 pc ma niente non parte...
consigli?
si vede un attimo nella schermata poi sparisce
RispondiEliminaCiao Nicola, ho installato un vecchio floppy disk drive dell'amiga 500 che avevo in giro per casa e FUNZIONA con l's900: permette di usare anche dischetti moderni tipo HD.
RispondiEliminaGiusto per tua referenza, ecc
Pensate che andra bene anche x il 950..
RispondiEliminaOTTIMA NOTIZIA, questo significa poter usare anke un GOTEK...
RispondiEliminaper il 950 dovrebbe funzionare tutto
Ho provato per prima cosa con un gotek, ma devi flasharlo col firmware di hxc. Siccome sono già flashato di mio, e sono allergico ai computer, son andato in archivio a prendermi un drive amiga e via, lo butti dentro e funziona. A merdaviglia tra l'altro.
EliminaA me basterebbe gia riuscire a caricare i sample che gia ho sui floppy
RispondiEliminaMagari e il tuo floppydrive ke ha problemi...
RispondiEliminaNo il lettore funziona bene..
RispondiEliminaNon mi sono spiegato..
Se li registro e li taglio dal sampler e salvo tutto ok vorrei riuscire a importarli direttamente da pc con il tuo metodo ce ne un altro sul tubo (sempre di un ragazzo italiano) che e molto piu laborioso e serve omniflop ed emxp
ah skusa, e' ke parlavi di karikare sample da floppy e pensavo intendessi questo :)
RispondiEliminaOmniflop teoricamente legge tutti i formati non più alla moda..
RispondiEliminaOttimo. Omniflop anke li skrive ma il problema e' kreare un immagine coi samples. Io ero riuscito a fare qualcosa con lo script PHP ke si trova in giro ma non mi rikordo nulla...
RispondiEliminaI anni passa anca par ti.. ;)
Eliminaki ti xe?? :)
RispondiEliminaAhahah tuo coetaneo, stesse scuole fino alle medie poi son andato in giù, son tornato ecc ma faccio musiche che tu definiresti soft. Anni fa ci siamo guardati male perchè avevamo tutti e due na maglietta con su scritto COMMODORE. ;)
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RispondiEliminauhm non mi viene proprio in mente :)
RispondiEliminaVabon, la prossima volta che ti vedo mi faró avanti io.. sentimi una cosa, ma il filtro che si ottiene con l'aggiornamento dell's900 è una sorta di easter egg dell'akai oppure è un add on di terze parti? Sto aggiornamento è ufficiale?
RispondiEliminaFinalmente sei tornato!
RispondiElimina