Akai X7000 Sampling Keyboard
Posted by admin | Under X7000 Tuesday May 25, 2010
” Akai X7000 sampling keyboard! Vintage, and works GREAT! I purchased this on eBay a few months ago, and have since run out of room for keyboards– rackmount samplers only for me. This is a wonderful, analog board that has MIDI in/out jacks, among many others: mic and line in jacks (for sampling), sampling tune knobs, sustain pedal, sample record trigger on/off and more. The front panel uses a large data wheel to edit parameters and sounds– record in 12 bit!
I purchased this from a great seller, who had a tech go over this entire synth– unfortunately, that tech did not have a chance to test or fix the Quick Disk drive. Using a 2.8″ Quickdisk, the motor spun eternally and the red light came on. Perhaps it’s a belt, or dirty heads. Regardless, it needs to be fixed; thus, you can’t save samples to the disk drive at present. There’s lots of discussion online about good replacement belts…
More specs and discussion here:
http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/x7000.php
As is, this board serves as a great ‘on-the-fly’ sampler, and/or as a FANTASTIC MIDI controller. Its buttons are arranged in such a way that allows changing programs quickly. Over some new plastic crappy studio controller, use this 1986 synth, made of hard plastic and metal. It plays great; I have the matched Akai AX73 synth, and I will always love its keys…
Sold as-is, but guaranteed against DOA– if you get it and it doesn’t turn on, I’ll issue you a refund and pay for return shipping. Buyer to pay shipping via USPS; I will ship internationally (and I pack WELL), but please know this is a large, 61-key synth (did I mention that, with no sample loaded, it emits a lovely mellow sine wave across the velocity-sensitive board?). Please email with questions, and thanks for looking!” Link