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Akai | S2800

Description

Although it starts with a 2, the S2800 belongs to the S3000 range. It is a cut-down cheaper 3000 series. These couldn't add h/d recording, lacked the XLR in/out's on the main in/outs, and only had an extra assignable stereo out as opposed to the others 8 extra poly outs....Also they only went up to 16mb ram max, but the same polyphony (32 note) - The 2800i added s/pdif as standard, and came with the fx added, but not reverb, just echo, chorus & pitch-shift delay.

BrandAkai
ModelS2800
DeviceSampler
TypeRack
Engine TypeDigital
EngineSample
Voices (max)32
Multitimbral16
Oscillators1
LFO2
Sampler16 Bit, 44.1 or 22.05 kHz, 2MB to 16MB, capacity up to 255 samples
Filter (VCF)Digital moving low-pass filter (-12 dB/octave with resonance);
Envelope (VCA)2 Digital Envelope Generators
FX50 effects (Echo, Delay, Chorus, Pitch Shift);
MemoryS2800: 3.5-inch 2HD/2DD floppy disk; SCSI (optional via) IB-301S SCSI board standard on the S2800i.
Keys0
Key typeN/A
VelocityN/A
AftertouchN/A
MidiI-O-T
Produced:1996 - 1996
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

Manuals, patches etc.

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