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Akai S2000 (1995) MIDI Stereo Digital Sampler

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chrisNova777:

http://www.synthman.com/akai/300600.html
http://www.polynominal.com/akai-s2000/index.html
http://akai.mnx2010.nl
https://web.archive.org/web/20000229173749/http://www.akaipro.com:80/products/S2000.html


--- Quote ---The S2000 offers the same superb audio quality and programming power of the S3000 Series with a new streamlined, easy-to-use interface. But that's just the beginning. Despite its amazingly low price, the S2000 includes a SCSI interface as standard, so you can connect an external hard drive or CD ROM drive without having to buy an extra upgrade kit. The S2000 also includes Akai's MESA software, which allows graphic programming and library management from the screen of a Macintosh computer.

And unlike many other low-priced samplers, you won't easily outgrow your S2000. As your needs grow, your S2000 is designed to grow right along with them. If you need extra outputs, the optional IB-208P (Multi8/D in North America) board gives you no less than eight additional analog outputs along with S/PDIF digital I/O. Need more sound processing power? The IB-304F (ProFilter in North America) board adds an additional digital filter bank with lowpass, highpass and bandpass response as well as digital EQ and a third envelope generator.

And like the S3000XL and S3200XL, the S2000 accepts the EB16 (SampleVerb in North America) Multi Effects board, up to 16 Megabytes of non-volatile Flash Memory (V1.3~) and up to 32 Megabytes of SIMM RAM.

Of course, the S2000 is compatible with the world-renowned Akai sound library as well as Roland and E-mu Systems CD ROM libraries.

The S2000 Studio includes the Multi-8/D for 8 additional outputs and S/PDIF digital I/O, and the Sampleverb multi effects processor, which adds four effects with two multi-effects and two reverb channels.
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http://web.archive.org/web/19970215072550/http://akai.com/akaipro/S2000.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19990429140601/http://www.soundsonline.com/ew*TEMPLATE%3D/ew/htp/akai.htp

https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/what-of-ram-hte-akai-s2000/
default config (non-expanded)


expanded to 8 outputs + digital spdif

Creating OS disks:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990424123912/http://www.akai.com/akaipro/software-SAM.html

chronological list of akai "s series" samplers (excluding mpcs)
http://www.macos9lives.com/downloads/manuals/Osmaker.pdf
http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/installed-fmx008-flash-memory-board-s2000-os-loaded-fromthe-2/
http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/akaifaq_sampler_memory.htm
http://akai.mnx2010.nl/
http://www.synthzone.com/akai.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/nov97/scsiproblems.html
https://amazingdiy.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/akai-s2000-internal-scsi-mod/

editable with:
millenium http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?topic=1163.msg1228#msg1228


--- Quote ---EXPANSION OPTIONS

• EB16 MULTI-EFFECTS PROCESSOR
This is a 4-channel processor which can handle two channels of basic reverb and two channels of simultaneous multi-effects. The effects available include distortion, 3-band EQ, ring modulation, modulated delays effects (chorus, flange and so on), pitch-shifting, rotary speaker effects, stereo delay and reverb. Cost £399 inc VAT.

• IB208P S/PDIF AND ASSIGNABLE OUTPUTS
The existing stereo output can be supplemented by eight assignable outputs if you fit the IB208P expander option, which also includes digital I/O on phono connectors. Samples can be loaded directly from CD or DAT machines with S/PDIF compatibility, but working with sample rates of 48kHz is not recommended. Cost £399 inc VAT.

• IB304F FILTER BANK
The internal 12dB/octave, low-pass filters may be augmented by an optional second bank comprising high-pass, low-pass, band-pass and EQ filter modes. An additional envelope generator is included as part of this option. The price is not yet confirmed, but is expected to be under £500.

• MORE MEMORY
Memory is expandable using standard computer SIMM chips (2, 4 or 16Mb SIMMs only), to a maximum of 32Mb, which translates to almost six minutes of mono sampling time at 44.1kHz, or three minutes of stereo. There are two SIMM slots, and you aren't restricted to using two SIMMs at once or SIMMs of the same capacity. If the the full 32Mb is fitted, the 2Mb of on-board RAM cannot be used. SIMMs currently cost around £35 per Mb.

Akai kindly provided an extra memory SIMM, and this gave me an excuse to take the lid off the machine. Nearly everything is one large circuit board, and the SIMMs slots are easily accessible. SIMMs will only fit into their sockets the right way round, so there's no problem with accidentally reversing them, though you do have to take precautions against static electricity. Removing the lid is a simple matter of taking out five crosshead screws, and the whole procedure takes less than five minutes.


--- Quote ---• EXTRA STORAGE
Though there is no provision for an internal hard drive, the standard SCSI interface means that any SCSI hard drive, Syquest, magneto-optical or similar drive system may be used to store sample, program and multi data. The architecture of the S2000 can only address 500Mb per hard drive, though more than one SCSI drive may be used.

Once formatted, a hard drive may be partitioned.
Each partition can contain up to 128 volumes,
and each volume (which can be thought of as being similar to an Atari ST/Mac folder), can hold up to 510 items, which may be programs, samples, multis or effects settings.
According to Akai, Iomega's new low-cost Zip drives have been checked out with the S2000 and work fine.
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Two internal Flash RAM card slots are provided so that frequently used programs can be held in memory, even when the power is off. This leaves the conventional RAM memory free to be used as normal

-- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/nov95/akais2000.html
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some suggestions for cdroms:
hp cd-writer 9600 series
yamaha crw3200sx

chrisNova777:
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/524068-harddrive-question-akai-s2000.html


--- Quote ---The hard drive can be larger than 510mb. When the S2000 formats it, it will use the first 510mb and ignore the rest. So a 1 GB drive formats to 510mb. I use a 550 IBM SCSI hard drive that is formated to 510mb, the maximum size the OS recognizes.

Get a 50 pin SCSI drive (I raided my old Mac parts bin for mine). You can copy the OS to it and it will boot from the hard drive. Make sure you set the SCSI ID to 5.
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chrisNova777:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/akai-mesa-ii
Modular Editing System for Akai




--- Quote ---Modular Editing System by Akai (MESA). The MESA program is supplied free with the S2000, S3000XL, S3200XL, CD3000XL and the DPS12i and DPS16 Digital Personal Studios.

At its most basic level, MESA allows graphic editing of every parameter in the new "S" Series samplers. The program comes with a variety of pre-configured control layouts so that you can be up and running immediately. MESA also includes a versatile Layout Editor that lets you design custom control layouts optimized for the exact way you work.

However, MESA is much more than just a graphic editor. With MESA you can create and edit programs and translate sounds from differnet audio file formats such as AIFF and SD2 (Mac version) and .WAV files (PC version).

MESA also includes a File Manager for saving, organizing and accessing sound data on a variety of external storage devices and a graphic Wave Editor for editing sound data as well as recording data from an audio CD in the Mac's internal CD ROM drive.

MESA's modular design makes it easy to update by simply adding a new product module to the appropriate folder. Newly supported products include the DPS12/DPS12i and DPS16 Digital Personal Studios.

MESA for the DPS12/DPS12i and DPS16 features complete control of all mixer parameters and transport controls. Also included is a MIDI dynamic automation recorder that allws you to graphically edit the automation data for each track independently, a MIX Scene manager, Beat Map manager and a Tempo manager. It's even possible to access the recorders basic setup properties such as timecode settings, sampler rate, etc.

Features:

Supplied free with the S2000, S3000XL, S3200XL, CD3000XL samplers and the DPS12i and DPS16 Digital Personal Studios
Allows graphic editing of every parameter of the new S-Series samplers
Comes with a variety of pre-configured control layouts so that you can be up and running immediately
Includes a versatile Layout Editor that lets you design custom control layouts optimized for the exact way you work
Includes a File Manager for saving, organizing and accessing sound data on a variety of external storage devices
Includes a graphic Wave Editor for editing sound data as well as recording data from an audio CD in the Mac's internal CD ROM drive (waveform editing not supported on the DPS12i/DPS16)
Compatible with AppleScripts for the automation of repetitive tasks. A large selection of pre-written scripts are included with MESA. Custom scripts can be created with any AppleScript editor.
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chrisNova777:
http://www.mpchunter.com/s3000xl/akai-ib304f-profilter-filter-board/


--- Quote ---This board allows an Akai owner to access a number of different digital filter modes that are not available in a stock Akai sampler, which only includes a resonant low pass filter. The IB304f filter operates at 24 dB/octave and includes low bass, high pass, band pass and EQ settings, and it also adds a third envelope to an Akai sampler’s filter structure. If you own an Akai sampler that is compatible with this chip, you simply cannot harness the full power of the machine without these filters installed. It is an essential option, full stop
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chrisNova777:
https://jimatwood.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/akai-s2000-sampler-connections/

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