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The AKAI MPK 88 (Music Production Keyboard) is a hammer-action, 88-key MIDI controller keyboard released by Akai in November 2009. [1] It is the only MIDI controller in the MPK series to feature hammer-weighted keys.
The first model, the MPC60 (MIDI Production Center), was released on December 8, 1988, [4] and retailed for $5,000. [1] It was followed by the MPC60 MkII and the MPC3000. [5] After Akai went out of business in 2006, [6] Linn left the company and its assets were purchased by Numark. [7] Akai has continued to produce MPC models without Linn. [2]
Akai (Japanese: 赤井, pronounced) is a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of consumer electronics. It was established as Akai Electric Company Ltd in Tokyo, Japan, in 1946. After the controversial collapse of the original business in 2000, [1] the Akai brand came under the ownership of Grande Holdings in Hong Kong.
As technology improved, cheaper standalone samplers with more memory emerged, such as the E-mu Emulator, Akai S950 and Akai MPC. Samples may be loaded or recorded by the user or by a manufacturer. The samples can be played back by means of the sampler program itself, a MIDI keyboard , sequencer or another triggering device (e.g., electronic ...
Early competing samplers included the E-mu Emulator in 1981 [19] and the Akai S-series in 1985. [20] The Yamaha DX7, released in 1983, was the first commercially successful digital synthesizer and was widely used in 1980s pop music. In 1983, Yamaha released the first commercially successful digital synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. [21]
Akai AX80 synthesizer. The AX80 is a polyphonic analogue keyboard synthesizer manufactured by Akai Professional in 1984. [2] It was Akai's first venture into the professional electronic musical instrument market. The AX80 used digitally controlled oscillators (DCO) [1] [3] [4] and filter circuitry based on the Curtis Electronics CEM 3372 ...
The Akai S1000 is a 16-bit, 44.1 kHz professional stereo digital sampler, released by Akai in 1988. The S1000 was among the first professional-quality 16-bit stereo samplers. [ 3 ] Its abilities to splice, crossfade, trim, and loop sound in 16-bit CD quality made it popular among producers in the late 80s through to the mid 90s.
Akai Ito (アカイイト, lit. "Red Thread") is a Japanese horror adventure game by Success Corporation , released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on October 21, 2004. A reduced price "popular edition", included in developer and publisher SUCCESS ' SuperLite 2000 Series , was released on October 27, 2005.