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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's portable studio, Akai MG-1214 unit The first product released by the new subsidiary was the MG1212, a 12-channel, 12-track recorder. [ 11 ] This innovative device used a specialized VHS-like cartridge (the MK-20) and could record 10 minutes of continuous 12-track audio at 19 cm per second or 20 minutes at half speed (9.5 cm per second).
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 ...
The Akai S3000XL [3] is a sampler with 32 polyphonic voices, and 2 MB of built-in RAM.. For adding sounds to the sampler, the S3000XL features a 3.5" floppy drive that reads Akai-formatted floppies, and a SCSI port which allows for connection to an external storage device (such as a zip drive or external hard disk), a CD reader, or a computer for editing samples via the MESA editor.
inMusic Brands, Inc. is an American enterprise that is the parent company for a family of brands of varying audio products used in the DJ, music production, live sound, musical instrument, pro audio, software, stage lighting, and consumer electronics industries.
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.
Early Minimoog by R.A. Moog Inc. (c. 1970). A synthesizer (also synthesiser [1] or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and frequency modulation synthesis.