Akai Z 8
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Akai Z 8 Product Details
The Akai Z8 is the world's first 24bit/96kHz hardware based sampler. Designed for professional audio production, the Z series samplers offer all the advantages of dedicated hardware plus the interface power of ak.Sys PC/Mac control and networking software. The Akai Z8 has been developed using the undisputed skills of Akai's worldwide engineering teams in tandem and the result is a super-sampler with the heritage of the "S" series but incorporating operational features from the unique "MPC" range and effects from the highly acclaimed DPS16.
- 24-bit/96kHz operation (*)
- Q-Link knobs for realtime performance control
- Automation of commonly performed sampling functions such as normalise and sample assignment
- 36/6-pole resonant filter types with special 'Triple' mode
- New 24bit/96kHz 4-channel effects processor
- Quick FX for rapid sound manipulation
- Capacity for up to 512Mb on board SDRAM using off-the-shelf memory
- USB host/slave connection - use off-the-shelf USB keyboards for easier naming and USB drives
- ak.Sys software for computer control over USB
- 64-voice polyphony
- Dual independent LFOs with internal and external modulation control and MIDI clock sync
- Balanced analogue I/Os providing full 24bit/96kHz A/D and D/A conversion
- Sample rate conversion
- Choice of analogue or digital assignable multiple outputs
- Sound Library compatibility with a wide range of Akai and other formats
- FAT32/DOS disk format and .wav implemented as native format
- .AIFF also supported using Mac ak.Sys
- Removable front panel
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Manufacturer: inMusic Brands, 200 Scenic View Drive Suite 201, 02864 Cumberland, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Contact: support@inmusicbrands.com
Responsible person: inMusic GmbH, Hans Günther Sohl Str. 4a, 47807 Krefeld, Deutschland, Contact: support@inmusicbrands.com, Phone number: 0210274020