Original Message 1/19                 Date: 03-Dec-01  @  07:05 PM   -   Akai S500/S600 users please!

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I've got an Akai S6000 Studio on the way. While reading some of the online reviews of the S5k/S6k, one of them mentioned that they were unable to get the machine to read .wav samples of a CD-ROM. Does anyone know if this problem's been fixed? Not much sense in me buying a CD-ROM if not..

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-Craig

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Message 2/19                 Date: 03-Dec-01  @  10:14 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Doh! That should've been S5000 and S6000, not S500 and S600  

-Craig

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Message 3/19                 Date: 04-Dec-01  @  04:45 AM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Say I don't own one but have been really Investigating it. I don't know if this info will be of any use, but I was trying to see if I could use my PC's internal Ide CD-rom to transfer Akai, I got this back from Akai Loading samples from an AKAI CD-ROM (via your PC) to either the S6000 or
the Z series would not be possible because the computer would be unable
to recognize the AKAI format. If your soft sampler will read AKAI files,
it would be possible to load the files into the computer, then transfer
them to the sampler (as .wav files).

Best Regards,
Akai Product Support

Akai Musical Instrument Corp.

Phone: 817-831-9203
Fax: 817-222-1490
E-mail: akai_support_us@akaipro.com

anyway This software would let me do that
http://www.cdxtract.com/. In your case, at least the Usb way would work for wav., alot of people are editing in Sound Forge then dumping into the sampler via USb
regards Mahuska

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Message 4/19                 Date: 04-Dec-01  @  05:27 AM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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sposed to be able to read .wav from any source arent they?

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Message 5/19                 Date: 04-Dec-01  @  02:20 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Supposed to, yes. Like I said I saw a review (I think it was Sound On Sound) where the reveiwer was unable to load anything from CD-ROM except Akai-formatted sample CDs. I've got .wav format CDs which it should read. Just wondering if I should waste time dicking with a CD-ROM drive  

-Craig

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Message 6/19                 Date: 04-Dec-01  @  06:56 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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well...you can still open em in an editor and scsi over. not that problematic. that way you can edit the fk out of them first

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Message 7/19                 Date: 05-Dec-01  @  10:07 AM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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just expressing my amazement.. 6000 going for $1100 new now..

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Message 8/19                 Date: 05-Dec-01  @  02:04 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Yeah, Xoxos, that's why I jumped on it. And it's the studio model, with FX, extra voices, 32 MIDI channels, etc..

Influx - I'm playing with a band in a rehersal space (ok, it's a crakhouse, but) away from the rest of my studio. I'd love to be able to drage the sampler, a CD-ROM drive, and my CD library without having to have a PC around.

-Craig

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Message 9/19                 Date: 05-Dec-01  @  07:25 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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awww come on ya big sissy.

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Message 10/19                 Date: 06-Dec-01  @  03:04 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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What? Taking a 12-space rack with the Virus, Akai, an FX box, an RM1X, and a Nord Lead keys isn't dragging enough shit around?!?

The S6000 arrived yesterday. It's soooo much easier to get around on than the S2000, yet very familiar if you've had an Akai before. The large, detachable screen is the bomb - I can drag it anywhere in the studio and work. 16 outs standard is the bomb. The FX processor is OK - usable for sure. PC floppy/hard disk and .wav compatibility is the bomb. Adding the USB card will probably just make me shit myself with glee  

-Craig

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Message 11/19                 Date: 06-Dec-01  @  10:57 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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so does it work reading from CD?

I just thought of something...doesnt it take IDE hard drives? why not just drop like an 8 gig in there for $40?

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Message 12/19                 Date: 07-Dec-01  @  12:10 AM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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yeah, get the usb thing and use your puter hd as sampler storage, then just bung an 8 or 10 gig in the akai to use for your 'performance' stuff. Much neater and easier than lugging a cd rom drive around on top of all that other crap. No unexpected scsi gremlins to deal with at the gig either.

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Message 13/19                 Date: 07-Dec-01  @  02:52 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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IDE is an option board - about $100. I have a 4.5GB internal SCSI drive on the way for it. The bugger included two sample CDs, one in AKAI format (so the computer idea is out). Ebay's got external drives cheap so I'll probably pick one up at some point anyways.

Regardless, it's a fucking beast of a sampler  

-Craig

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Message 14/19                 Date: 07-Dec-01  @  10:51 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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oi mr. devils did you ever git any discs from nobody? he sent me some akai formats but i can't read 'em. my putie won't even admit there are files on there, so dunno if they even work?? it'd me my way of gettin geven with you for shit you done. shame, one of them is supposed to be pop, and i'm pop, sigh.

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Message 15/19                 Date: 07-Dec-01  @  11:00 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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If you go to the url I post earlier http://www.cdxtract.com/
You will see you can "see" Akai disks on your PC. It does the conversion and what I've gathered seems to be the one people use. With the usb card you could then transfer over to your Akais internal HD. The popular way now is to use software to edit and add FX especially if your are not happy with the Akai effects. Anyway you'll decide how you want to do it. I am thinking about jumping on the deal at MF myself and would probably approach the Sample handling and storage as I have described

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Message 16/19                 Date: 08-Dec-01  @  09:38 AM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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think i tried that a few years ago. me no mess w/ s/w but thanks for posting the link.

i hope that s6000 comes with a better version of mesa..

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Message 17/19                 Date: 10-Dec-01  @  03:45 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Yeah, Ak.Sys.. Basically the same thing but via USB. Supposed to be more reliable but I'm pretty much out of cash right now after the S6k and Sonar   I'll get the USB card eventually.

I never got any CDs from Nobody.

I don't really see how you can beat it.. 16 outs, 128 voices, s/pdif and aes/ebu i/o, SCSI, and that detachable panel all for $1200.. It's a steal fer sure. And anyone whose had an Akai before will find this thing easy as all hell to work with - even without Ak.Sys.

-Craig

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Message 18/19                 Date: 10-Dec-01  @  08:00 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Craig, I have some CDs for ya. Dont have a way to copy them right now but...

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Message 19/19                 Date: 10-Dec-01  @  08:10 PM   -   RE: Akai S500/S600 users please!

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Kewl   Looks like I'll be picking a CD-ROM drive up for this thing at some point regardless.. I've got some CDs that came with the box and SCSI external drives are going for under $5 at ebay  

-Craig

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