Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

That is very useful info, thanks. Well, I have 2 PA-decoder boards and 2 Akai 2MB boards, and that SCSI board with the hard drive bolted to it, so I will have to keep an eye on the heat. The PA decoder boards do look well built though, the boards are very thick and solid and the soldering is good.

Yes 8MB is good, I remember when I first bought a S950 with one extra memory board, I think there was 22 seconds of sampling at 48K, this 8MB will be more like 90 seconds I think.

The new backlight looks great too.

This is my first S1000, I have some other Akais, a S3200, S2800, S3200XL, S5000. It's so easy and fast to get the sampling work done on the Akai machines. I have other samplers - the Kurzweil K2000 for example is a great sampler with some excellent synth features, but if you just need to sample something it seems to be a lot more work. Good thing it reads Akai discs!

Thanks!
Matt 

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
>
> 
> At least,- I recommend replacing PA-Decoder memory cards for S-1000.
> 
> They work normal, but if you have several cards build in and the sampler 
> is in a rack between other units running hot too and w/o 1HU spacer 
> panels,- the PA-Decoder cards cause distorted samples because of heat 
> and after several hrs of continuous operation.
> 
> The original AKAI 2MB cards don´t introduce that issue,- so a 8MB S-1000 
> w/ 4x 2meg memory cards works more reliable than any S-1000 w/ a mix of 
> card brands and if a PA-Decoder card is in between.
> 
> There are also 8MB cards out there introducing bad behaviour when 
> running hot.
> 
> Some time ago, I changed back using S-1000 and S-1000PB w/ 2 meg AKAI 
> cards only, 4 of these in each sampler and it works like a charme and is 
> the original maxed out configuration, so it was also worth replacing the 
> backlights.
> With only 16 voices and the small footprint AKAI samples ave, you´re 
> pretty fine w/ 8MB in a S-1000 / S-1000PB.
> 
> In my 2 S-1100 samplers which were designed for usage of larger memory 
> from the beginning, I have 4 8meg cards in each.
> 1 sampler original AKAI only, the other fitted w/ Mu-Tec cards.
> http://www.masterbits.de/exp_e.htm#EXP
> 
> So, if you don´t find enough working original AKAI 8MB cards used, this 
> is what you want, because they also work fine in a mix of original AKAI 
> and Mu-Tec cards.
> 
> I also have lots of software stuff, sampler wise NI Kontakt 4 and Halion 
> 2 and some more.
> Once, I converted my complete AKAI library,- ~ 300 - 500 CDs and a 
> shitload of discs into several formats, mainly Halion 2, but also for 
> Reason NNXT or Kontakt and it doesn´t sound like the AKAI hardware really.
> You might come close by editing in the software sampler but what a 
> nitemare and time investment.
> Only the conversions ran within a timespan of a year here and the result 
> ist the very best.
> 
> The AKAIs sound really good and dealing w/ the smaller memory footprint 
> as well as the load times etc. is all and all much less time consuming 
> than converting all the stuff to put the AKAIs up at ebay for peanuts.
> 
> The AKAIs are ro gear and were studio standard since decades,- so if you 
> keep your´s alive as long as you can, you have gear which works.
> 
> P.
> 
> Am 09.05.2012 10:24, schrieb Jason Adkins:
> >
> > Hi PeWe,
> >
> >
> > Interesting,I have a S5000 myself but a friend has a S1000 and a S1100 
> > this has been forwarded,great information.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> > On 9 May 2012, at 00:20, PeWe wrote:
> >
> >> Make a pic from the PA Decoder board and PM.
> >> I have one too here and it is 2MB !
> >>
>