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“14 of 3 inch sized discs labelled AKAI: Sound Library

Discs with original printing Sound Library and no amendments so should have what is on the label: 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 56, 58

The following discs have pen writing on the labels over the original print – may have been recorded on? 11, 12, 60, 59, 55

There is also a smapler disc that looks to have been recorded over

As I cannot teat these discs, please bid on the basis I cannot guarantee they will work.” Link

“AKAI S-612 w/MD280 and 7 boxes of quick discs!!!!!

Awesome Lo-Fi sampler, great condition considering it’s age. Fully working and still kicking out some awesome sounds. Comes with 7 boxes of quick discs, very rare in my opinion….(very difficult to find these) these discs all have samples on them but can be used to save new samples. Comes with everything you see in the picture. ” Link

“Up for bid is an Akai s612 MIDI Digital Sampler with the Akai disk drive. This has been in my studio for
several years and has worked great for quick and dirty samples. The units are in great shape and includes
4 qwik disks with some sounds on them and them users manual can be googled on the web even though
its easy to use without a manual.” Link

“Vintage Akai S612 sampler with MD280 quick disk drive. Hard to find (20) QD disks included. Excellent condition. Tested, both units work perfectly. This is one of the most interesting sounding sampler ever made. Michael Brauer uses S612 as a bass distortion device.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov08/articles/itbrauer.htm

Note: I tested a few disks (read/write) and they are all fine, but I can’t guarantee all the disks are working. Disks are Akai factory Diskettes, except 2 disks contains non-original sound.” Link

“This Akai 612 sampler has that mysterious 80′s sound we love (think Depeche Mode, who I read somewhere used one of these). . . 12-Bit, Analog LPF filter with LFO, and best of all, sliders on the front for immediate manipulation of sample start and end points! This S612 also comes with the rare quickdisc drive and over 50 discs with pre-recorded samples . . . Ready for you to make your own. I used this briefly with my Minimoog to get polysynth sounds until I got a CS60 and now I’ve got all the poly I need (sorry I never bothered saving my mini samples to disc – mini samples not included). Everything works great and the machine is in nice cosmetic shape for it’s age with some minor blemishes. ” Link

“Suitable for Akai or Roland equipment fitted with 2.8″ Quick Disk drive such as the S10 or the PR-100

Went out of production aeons ago and now pretty much impossible to find

This listing is for a single disc in sleeve, I have a very limited supply available” Link

““For sale is my Akai S612 Midi Digital Sampler, Akai MD280 Disc Drive and 57 2.8″ ‘QD’ Quick Disks.

The S-612 was one of Akai’s first professional rack-mount samplers, released in 1985 and retailed for about £1200. Some of its features include 12-bit sampling from 4 to 32 kHz with loop and truncate functions, an overdub function and mic or line input jacks. Internal memory is 128KB which gives a maximum of 8 seconds sampling time at the lowest sampling rate available.

The MD280 disk drive is needed for permanent storage of samples on disk. One sample is stored to each side of the disk.

The S-612 features classic high and low pass filtering and an LFO for modulating and giving your sample an animated edge. It’s also simple and straight forward to operate, responds to external triggering and is still very well suited to many MIDI studio applications.
included is at least 30 discs a hard copy of manual. pick up only or you can arrange for collection” Link

“Akai S700 sampler. Excellent sampler from the Akai range – comes complete with 17 x discs and multi out lead. Full working order. Ex studio gear.” Link

“Produces some fabulously low tech, ‘dirty’ noises on account of the 12-bit architecture. It is very good at “Mellotron-esque” pads using the looping facilities (which were cutting edge at the time), and lends itself very well to drum/percussive sounds as they can be sampled at near CD quality for short durations and assigned to MIDI channels for triggering.

It is 6 note polyphonic (plays 6 notes at a time maximum) which is pretty low these days, however this particular machine is fitted with the internal memory upgrade (ASK-70?) which allows up to 16 separate samples to be loaded into it at any one time. Each sample can then be assigned to a range of notes on the keyboard and/or a separate MIDI channel, making it 16 part multi-timbral and allowing basic multisampling. It has an overdubbing facility which allows you to build sounds by re-sampling them, also an LFO and programmable low-pass filter and, if you’re lucky enough to own one of Akai’s synthesizers from the same period (VX90, AX73, AX70 etc.) you can connect them up and manipulate the sampled data using the synth’s parameters. It also has a good deal of MIDI functionality and a velocity (and I think single channel aftertouch (pressure))sensitive keyboard with a nice feel so doubles as a master keyboard/MIDI controller.

This is so much more than simply a piece of music technology curios; it’s a very versatile musical instrument in it’s own right with a huge amount of creative potential and old skool character. They’re getting very hard to find in good working order now because the disk drives are a known weak point and the Quick Disks are difficult to come by, but that really is their only achilles heel, the rest of it is bomb-proof. You can actually MIDI dump your saved sample data via SysEx so it’s not really the end of the world anyway. This one comes with 16 QDs, a mixture of Akai, Roland and Sharp branded disks, a few of which are brand new & unused but most contain either old samples or sequence data from an old Roland PR100 I used to have, all of which can be overwritten. The disks are double sided so there’s potential to store 32 whole samples!! (Wow!) these really are more rare than a very rare thing playing hard to get. Also comes with the power lead and a hardcopy of the operating manual which is essential. I can absolutely guarantee you will have hours of fun with this whether you’re just sample curious or a serious muso and I’ve got a horrible feeling I’ll regret selling it fairly soon after it’s gone but needs must, I just don’t really have the space. Relisted due to lack of interest at original asking price so here it is with a more sensible starting bid, lets see what happens.

I couldn’t guarantee this not getting damaged in the post, so collection only please, and cash upon collection would be ideal. If no interest at this price I’m happy to take enquiries re. selling the disks separately/breaking for parts but it seems a shame. ” Link

“I have finally decided, after a great deal of deliberation, to sell my much loved Akai X7000 keyboard sampler.

I guess if you’re even reading this listing, you know roughly what it is and what it does and there are plenty of places of reference on the internet with detailed information, but basically this was one of the first “affordable” musical samplers, launched in 1986, which brought digital sampling technology to the masses.

When compared with the latest hardware & software samplers, this unit looks quite primitive in terms of sampling time/sampling quality and editing features, but therein lies it’s strength – it is very easy to use & makes some fabulously low tech, ‘dirty’ noises on account of the 12-bit architecture. It is very good at “Mellotron-esque” pads using the looping facilities (which were cutting edge at the time), and lends itself very well to drum/percussive sounds as they can be sampled at near CD quality for short durations and assigned to MIDI channels for triggering.

It is 6 note polyphonic (plays 6 notes at a time maximum) which is pretty low these days, however this particular machine is fitted with the internal memory upgrade which allows up to 16 separate samples to be loaded into it at any one time. Each sample can then be assigned to a range of notes on the keyboard and/or a separate MIDI channel, making it 16 part multi-timbral and allowing basic multisampling. It has an overdubbing facility which allows you to build sounds by re-sampling them, also an LFO and programmable low-pass filter and, if you’re lucky enough to own one of Akai’s synthesizers from the same period (VX90, AX73, AX70 etc.) you can connect them up and manipulate the sampled data using the synth’s parameters. It also has a good deal of MIDI functionality and a velocity sensitive keyboard with a nice feel so doubles as a master keyboard/MIDI controller and despite (or possibly as a result of) it’s age, it is built like a brick outhouse.

This is so much more than simply a piece of music technology curios; it’s a very versatile musical instrument in it’s own right with a huge amount of creative potential and old skool character. They’re getting very hard to find in good working order now because the disk drives are a known weak point and the Quick Disks make rocking horse poo look like something you have to avoid stepping in every day, but that really is their only achilles heel, the rest of it is bomb-proof. You can actually MIDI dump your saved sample data via SysEx so it’s not really the end of the world anyway. This one has a working disk drive with a brand new drive belt and comes with 16 QDs, a mixture of Akai, Roland and Sharp branded disks, a few of which are brand new & unused but most contain either old samples or sequence data from an old Roland PR100 I used to have, all of which can be overwritten. The disks are double sided so there’s potential to store 32 whole samples!! (Steady on!) Also comes with the power lead (very handy) which I once misplaced for sometime after a house move but thankfully rediscovered, and a hardcopy of the operating manual which is essential. I can absolutely guarantee you will have hours of fun with this whether you’re just sample curious or a serious muso and I’ve got a horrible feeling I’ll regret selling it fairly soon after it’s gone but needs must, I just don’t really have the space.” Link

“Akai X 7000 Sound Library 801 Piano Split #1 / 802 Piano Split #2
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 803 Piano Split #3 / 804 Piano Split #4
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 805 Piano Split #5 / 806 Piano Split #6
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 807 Strings Split #1 / 808 String Split #2
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 809 Strings Split #3 / 810 Saxophone Split #1
Akai X 7000 Sound Libratry 811 Saxophone Split #2 / 812 Saxophone Split #3
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 813 Fat Brass / 814 Flute
Akai X 7000 Sound Library 815 Electric Piano / 816 Organ

Akai Professional Sound Library 100 A Strings #1 / B Brass #1
Akai Professional Sound Library 101 A Flute / B Tenor Saxophone
Akai Professional Sound Library 102 A Girl’s Voice / B Marimba #1

Akai BL100 Sampler Disk – some have been used but 3 are new

I have no way to test any of these disks – SOLD AS IS” Link

“FOR SALE A COLLECTION OF 30 USED 2.8″ QUICK DISKS (RARE AS HENS TEETH)FOR USE WITH AKAI X7000/S612/EMULATOR KEYBOARD /ROLAND S10/ROLAND MKS100 SAMPLER/KORG SQD1/KORG SQD8/ROLAND S220/AKAI X3700/YAMAHA MDF1/ENSONIQ EPS PLUS OTHER VINTAGE MUSICAL EQUIPMENT.

THE SALE INCLUDES 10X ROLAND QUICK DISKS, 10X AKAI QUICK DISKS, 10X SHARP QUICK DISKS” Link

“YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB MY ULTRA RARE AKAI X7000 PROFESIONAL SAMPLING KEYBOARD (only one on EBAY). THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER SAMPLING KEYBOARDS FROM AKAI. IT IS IN FULLY WORKING CONDITION INCLUDING THE QUICK DISK DRIVE WHICH IS RARE IN ITSELF, I NO LONGER HAVE THE USER MANUAL FOR IT BUT IT IS QUITE EASY TO USE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL FOR IT FROM THE VINTAGESYNTH WEBSITE. YOU CAN HAVE ABSOLUTELY HOURS AND HOURS OF FUN WITH THIS KEYBOARD BY EITHER SAMPLING FROM ANY SOUNDSOURCE VIA THE LINE IN INPUT OR VIA A MICROPHONE PLUGGED INTO THE MIC INPUT BOTH LOCATED ON THE REAR OF THE KEYBOARD.I WILL SUPPLY THE KEYBOARD WITH 10 2.8″ QUICK DISKS FOR SAVING YOUR SAMPLES TOO(THESE DISKS ARE ALSO AS RARE AS HENS TEETH). A EXCELLENT FEATURE THAT I FOUND WITH THE X7000 IS THAT IT ENABLES YOU TO OVER DUB YOUR SAMPLES UPTO FOUR TIMES ENABLING YOU TO CREATE SOME FANTASTIC SOUNDING LAYERED SAMPLES.

THE DISKS SUPPLIED WITH THE X7000 HAVE MY SAMPLES ON THEM BUT CAN BE OVER WRITTEN BY COVERING THE TAB HOLES WITH TAPE FIRST.” Link

“Used Condition Akai SL702 Sampler cards

Hope thes may be of use to someone?

not to sure what the contents are?” Link

“27 Akai/Roland Quick Disks

All have been used within the last 12 months but I’ve now gotten rid of my sampler so can’t test them individually. Perfect for 80s samplers like the Roland S-10 and MKS-100, the Akai S612 and S7000. Grab them while you can as they’re becoming harder to get!

Please note: Although some of the disks are original Roland library disks they’ve probably been written over” Link

Impossible to find these days.

“This auction is for AKAI QuickDisks 6 (New In Box,SEALED).This item has never been sold since 1986.It just stayed at our warehouse.” Link

“Akai S612 Midi Digital Sampler & MD280 Drive & 24 disks.

The S-612 was one of Akai’s first professional rack-mount samplers, released back in 1985. Some of its features included 12-bit sampling from 4 to 32kHz with loop and truncate functions, an overdub function and mic or line input jacks. Internal memory is 128KB which gives a maximum of 8 seconds sampling time at the lowest sampling rate available. One sample is stored to each side of the disk.

Although its getting on a bit the S612 is still a useful bit of kit for triggering samples and has a great sounding filter for on the fly knob twiddling.

The unit is in good condition for its age and has a few scratches here and there but they only add to the vintage look of the old beast.

The tune knob is a little bit wobbly but works fine.

Supplied with mains lead and instrument cable.

No manual unfortunately but its available at various places on-line.

Included in the sale are 24 original disks from the Akai sound library pre-loaded with sounds for instant gratification. ” Link

“You are bidding on the -

Akai S612 Midi Digital Sampler & Akai MD280 Disc Drive + 7 used 2.8″ disks & mains lead.

The S-612 was one of Akai’s first professional rack-mount samplers, released in 1985 and retailed for about £1200. Some of its features include 12-bit sampling from 4 to 32 kHz with loop and truncate functions, an overdub function and mic or line input jacks. Internal memory is 128KB which gives a maximum of 8 seconds sampling time at the lowest sampling rate available.

The MD280 disk drive is needed for permanent storage of samples on disk. One sample is stored to each side of the disk.

The S-612 features classic high and low pass filtering and an LFO for modulating and giving your sample an animated edge. It’s also fairly simple and straight forward to operate, responds to external triggering and is still very well suited to many MIDI studio applications.

I haven’t used these for a while but I have checked them and they seem to be in good working order. Both items are in good condition for their age – a few light scratches, otherwise good.

The package comes with 7 used blank disks that will hold 1 sample per side (actually there are 8 disks but 1 appears to be faulty). I have checked them and they appear to be saving / loading OK. ” Link

“Lot de 37 Sampler disk/disque d’échantillonnage

Akai BL100 & Roland Quick disk

Il y en a 29 de marque Akai et 8 de marque Roland.

Je ne sais pas ce qu’il y a sur ces disques, à moins qu’ils soient vides. ” Link

Rare to see a lot that includes this many Quickdisks.

“AKAI S612 MIDI DIGITAL SAMPLER,AKAI MD280 DISK DRIVE.BOTH ITEMS IN GREAT CONDITION ,FULL WORKING ORDER.FEATURES ON THE S612 MIDI IN,OUT,THRU.LINE IN,OUT.TRANSPOSE,TUNE,ONE SHOT,LOOPING,ALTERNATING,SPLICING,REVERSE.LFO,SPEED,DEPTH,DELAY,FILTER,DECAY.THIS SAMPLER IS VERY EASY TO USE ,AS ALL CONTROLS ARE HANDS ON.THE MD280 IS THE DISK DRIVE FOR SAMPLER.BOTH COME WITH ORIGINAL MANUALS.ALSO 45 DISKS.PICK UP WOULD BE PREFERED,BUT WILL POST.THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.” Link

“Akai S612 sampler. If your are looking at this you probably know more about it that I do. Theres plently of info on this on the net so please have a look at it.

I got this as part of a packaged auction and dont think I will use it. being a guitarist I dont have alot of background in this type of gear. However, I did try to test it – I found that I was able to successfully record a sample via the mic and the line inputs, and I was able to trigger the sample from a keyboard. I was also successful in loading samples off the disks (I have included approximately 20 disks – some of them feature professional samples, some just riff raff from a previous owner) and then trigger and manipulate them. Thats about where the extent of my expertise got me, and to be honest, the results were mixed in terms of sound quality, with somtimes a good sound and sometimes what sounded to me like undesirable artifacts. It may be that the unit is dodgy, or that my operation was flawed, I didnt spend further time and I dont have the experience with this type of gear to know. Nonetheless, because of my doubt I wish to sell this item as is, with no guarantee of its performance. That is, I wont accept returns and ask you to bid accordingly.

The unit is in cosmetically poor condition. It has scratches and some of the knobs are a little bent, and some are not the original knobs. There is a hole in the steel in the back, not sure why. All the knobs change do seem to work.” Link

How often do you get the chance to buy so many QuickDisks at once?

“AKAI SAMPLER RACK

This Auction Includes:

AKAI Midi Digital Sampler S612

AKAI Sampler Disk Drive MD280

38 SL203 and BL100 Sample Disk

The Digital Sampler, Disk Drive And Disk Have Been Used And Are Still In Excellent Working Condition” Link

“Wow!
A pair of Akai Quick Disks!

We do not have any of the proper instruments to test these disks.
We cannot determine if they are working properly or not.
They are for auction as-is due to these facts.
Both are in good physical condition with a bit of wear and aging to the labels.
The factory-programmed disk has it’s cardboard cover, the other does not.
The magnetic disk surfaces appear to be fine.

If you own an S612 or S700, you may be in for a real treat!
The factory-programmed disk proudly reads: “Sounds of Japan / Shimedaiko”.
Find that on those crappy plastic samplers you can buy new!
The other user-programmed disk reads “Uranus Horns/ Orch Hit / Flute Flurry”.
Weird!” Link

Opening bid is well worth the value of these rare Quick Disks.

“This thing works great it’s just taking up too much room in my setup these days. Comes with 13 quick disks to record your samples. It’s worth it for the filters alone. But the ability to loop and splice is also quite nice. Alot of producers run samples through this machine then send it to their MPC, ASR or Korg to sequence with. Awesome sound, awesome deal.” Link

“This is a great polyphonic piano sampler. It plays fully across the keyboard with lots of flexibility in sample rates and times; I really enjoy getting lo-fi with it. You can do real-time tweaking of the tune of the sample filter or add to it. Another feature is the real time adjustment of the start/stop time of the sample.

There are 9 sampler disks included,

Disk 1. Side 1:Violins Side 2: Harmonica

Disk 2. Side 1:Male chorus Side 2: Female chorus

Disk 3. Side 1:Girls voice Side 2: Bass Flute

Disk 4. Side 1:Trumpet Side 2: Mallet

Disk 5. Side 1:Strings Side 2: Classical guitar

Disk 6. Side 1:Real Flutes Side 2: Kurzweil Kohler Piano

Disk 7. Side 1:Piano Side 2: Orchestra Bells

Disk 8. Side 1:Cellos Side 2: Strings

Disk 9. Side 1:Mallets Side 2: Synclovuior Bells

The set includes the MD-280 sampler disk drive and the S612 MIDI Sampler.” Link

Seller is in Germany, but when are you going to have the chance to buy 45 Quick Disks at once? Ships worldwide.

“AKAI S612

+ MD280 QuickDisk Drive

+ fette original Sound Library

erster AKAI Sampler, noch mit analogem Filter!

2x 19″ jeweils 2HE

6 fach polyphon!!!

Regler:

REC LEVEL, MONITOR

LFO SPEED, DEPTH, DELAY

OUTPUT FILTER, DECAY, LEVEL

(Filter Regler hat einen Wackler oder müsste mal gereinigt werden)

TUNE

und 2 Schieberegler für Sample Bearbeitung!! (Splitpunkt, Repeat Phase)

Tasten (Soft Keys):

REC MODE NEW, OVERDUB

MIDI MONO/POLY, CHANNEL DOWN / UP

DATA SAVE, VERIFY, LOAD

ABSPIELPARAMETER: ONE SHOT, LOOPING, ALTERNATING (!), KEY TRANSPOSE, MANUAL SPLICE

Anschlüsse:

KLINKE:

INPUT MIC, LINE

REC TRIGGER

LINE OUT vorne+hinten

5pol DIN MIDI IN OUT THRU

13pol VOICE OUT Buchse, direkter Zugriff auf alle 6 stimmen des Samplers. Dient zum Anschluß an die alten Analog Synthesizer von AKAI wie AX80. Dadurch kann man die Sounds die vom 612 kommen analog weiterverarbeiten über die Filterbänke des AX80.

9V Buchse, Masseklemme und Datenanschluß für das MD280 Diskettenlaufwerk

Abgesehen vom Wackler am Filter Poti funktioniert alles einwandfrei!

QUIKDISK Laufwerk

funktioniert einwandfrei! ohne das kann man gar keine Sounds abspeichern!

mehr als 45 doppelseitige QUIKDISK 2.8″ ORIGINALE SOUND LIBRARY

und ca 20 User Sample Disks

Die Sounds der Sound Library gehen quer durchs Orchester: Streicher, Piano, Orgel, Bläser, Chöre, Stimmen, Bässe, Gitarren, E-Gitarren, Rhythmus etc…” Link

Feet hopefully not included.

“hi im selling this akai x7000 sampling keybord with power lead and 5 quick disks, the sampler is in good working order however the disk drive is not working. i have been using it as a controller and sampling and saving the sample vai my software.

thanks 4 looking. pick up only as this item is to heavey to send.” Link

“This is an Akai S612 rackmount Midi sampler with a MD280 mini floppy disc drive and 10 discs and manuals for both the sampler and the disc drive. This sampler is pretty basic: It samples at 12 bits, it is controlled by a MIDI keyboard and saves samples to mini floppy discs. It is from 1985 and, I think, has a real analog filter on the output. It is in good condition overall with some scuffs and scratches and one of the control knobs is a bit loose due to part of it’s supporting post being broken. I’ve owned this sampler since way back when and it hasn’t been used in a number of years but I powered it up and it still works, and it reads samples from the disks with no problems.” Link

Starting bid is £12.99.

“Here we have an item which came with some other gear from a studio clearance and is offered as-is because it’s a dedicated unit for the S612 sampler and i am unable to test it.
Vintage piece of gear from the 80′s ideal for a replacement or to rob for spares.
As you can see in the picture it’s in pretty good condition and comes in it’s original box with instruction manual and 6x quick discs.” Link

Looks like it comes with 4 quick disks — easily worth the starting price of the auction.

“you are bidding on n AKAI S-612 digital midi sampler with MD-280-QD disc drive. unit is in nice shape and everything works!! has not seen the outside of my studio from way back. i know its an older unit but someone may have use for it.” Link