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Akai S900

1986 12-bit professional digital sampler

The Akai S900, released in 1986, is a rackmount 12-bit digital sampler that brought professional sampling to a wider market. Its characterful lo-fi sound and MIDI control made it a studio standard of the late 1980s.

Technical line drawing of Akai S900
Technical line drawing of Akai S900

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Category

  • Samplers

    Hardware samplers and production workstations centered on sample playback or sequencing.

Made by

  • Akai

    Akai is a Japanese electronics company founded in 1929 and historically known for consumer audio; its name is also carried by music-production gear such as samplers and tape machines.

Part of series

  • Akai S Series

    Japan

    The Akai S series is a long-running line of professional rackmount digital samplers that became studio standards from the late 1980s onward, including the 12-bit S900, the 16-bit S1000, and the S3000XL.

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