Of their more recent models, the S01 with its sub-£700 price tag convincingly covers the budget end of the market, while the more expensive S2800/3000 and CD3000 models do the same for the high end. The company's S1000 sampler became the industry standard and a legend in studios around the world. It's fair to say that Akai have had a stranglehold on the sampler market for some while now. Whether they be ageing synth pioneers, raving sample teensters, cutting-edge trancers or chart-hitting megastars, cast a glance down their equipment list and chances are you'll to see two words: Akai sampler. Jam-packed: The S-760 with free CD-ROM, system and sound disks.īelieve it or not, nearly all the people MT has interviewed over the past few years have had one thing in common.
