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Akai S3200XL Professional Stereo Digital Sampler
The Akai S3200XL is a 16 bit professional stereo digital sampler. It's an 32 voice polyphonic sampler, using 16 bits sampling technique and 44.1 kHz sampling frequency. It's equipped with a 3.5" HD floppy drive and can load samples from the Akai S1000, EMU and Roland sound library.
Used:
At the time in 1996 this sampler was seen on some studio photos and Liam's live rig. He had even 2 of them in live setup.
Standard S-Series features
- 32 voice polyphony
- Digital resonant filters
- Assignable Program Modulation (APM) for flexible sound control
- Powerful DSP features including Timestretch
- New MultiMode for easy multitimbral setup and layering
- MESA Remote Control/Librarian Software for Macintosh
- RAM expansion (up to 32MB) with standard SIMMs
- Standard MIDI File player
- Clear, easy-to-learn user interface
- Compatibility with E-mu and Roland sound libraries
Powerful expansion options
- Up to 16MB of non-volatile Flash Memory
- S/PDIF digital I/O
S3200XL features
- 16MB RAM standard
- AES/EBU digital I/O standard
- SMPTE reader/generator standard with QList sequencing capability
- EB16 (SampleVerb in the US) 4-channel, studio-quality, multi-effects board standard
- IB304F (ProFilter in the US) DSP board for expanded filtering + EQ standard
- Direct-to-disk recording
- Optional internal Magneto/Optical drive
Specifications
| Sampling System | 16 bit linear |
| Sampling Rates | 44.1 kHz / 22.05 kHz |
| Memory | 16 MB (standard) / 32 MB ROM + 16 MB ROM (expanded) |
| Polyphony | 32 voices |
| Maximum Samples | 255 |
| Maximum Programs | 254 |
| Recording Gain | HI = -58 dBm / MID = -38 dBm / LOW = -18 dBm |
| Filters | Digital moving low-pass filter (-12 dB/octave with resonance) |
| Envelope Generators | 2 (1 multi-stage) |
| LFOs | 2 |
| Hard Disk Recording | Provided |
| Effects | Echo/Chorus/Pitch Shift/Delay/Reverb |
| Display | Back-lit 40 x 8 characters (640 x 240 dots) |
| Help Pages | Provided |
| Storage Devices | 3.5-inch 2HD/2DD floppy disk |
| 3.5-inch hard disk (optional) internally mountable | |
| 3.5-inch MO disk drive (optional) internally mountable | |
| Standard Inputs | XLR (balanced) x 2, 1/4-inch phone jack (balanced) x 2 |
| Standard Outputs | XLR (balanced) x 2, 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 2 |
| Assignable Outputs | 1/4-inch phone jack (unbalanced) x 8 |
| Headphones | 1/4-inch stereo phone jack x 1 |
| Footswitch | 1/4-inch phone jack x 1 |
| MIDI | DIN-5P IN x 1, OUT x 1, THRU x 1 |
| SCSI | Provided |
| S/PDIF Digital In/Out | Provided |
| SMPTE Reader/Generator | Provided |
| Power Requirements | 120VAC 60Hz 45W / 220-240VAC 50Hz 45W |
| Dimensions | 483mm x 133mm x 429mm (W x H x D) (EIA 3U size) |
| Weight | 8.8 kg |
See other Akai products that has been in use
Akai CD3000XL MIDI Stereo CD-ROM Sampler, (10MB)Akai DR8 Digital Multi Track Recorder
Akai iMPC Music Production App for iPad
Akai S1100 sampler
Akai S2800 midi stereo digital sampler
Akai Z8 Digital sampler
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