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Akai S950 with 2.25MB RAM

“Vintage Akai S950 Midi Digital Sampler 1989 owned by me since new. Fully expanded memory onboard 2.25meg. (2x 750kb chips) with original manual, box, rack arms, some original Akai sound disks that came with it (not checked yet but will update all in listing)

MINT excellent condition see pics. Even the original blue backlight is still running! I would advise that it will need changing though by the buyer because it’s been over 30 years. It will not last long as you can see i have to show in a darkened room for it to be prominent (see pics). Bright daylight you won’t see it. Plenty of cheap deals for backlight replacement though. Other then that yea the main buttons knobs have yellowed a little but that’s age. All plastics go this way eventually. The data wheel sometimes a little jumpy on selection but data can be keyed in with numbers alternatively.

This is an absolute classic and nothing samples like it due to its unique 12 bit AD converters. Gritty , dirty sound on tap like old vinyl or warm and powerful you decide by your bandwidth setting. Samples up to 48 kHz and fully selectable. It’s known for being a top beats sampler by producers, but sample what you like.

The first sampler to introduce time stretching without altering pitch. Many other functions read online. Pre trigger recording was always a fave of mine and NO ONE ever put that function in elsewhere even today!” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay