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AKAI Z8 DetailsZ4/8 PERFORMANCE SAMPLERSTired of inserting virtual samplers into your tracks only to see your Mac
or PC grind to a halt with CPU overload? If so, you'll love these feature rich
hardware alternatives. Capable of 24-bit/96kHz operation, the sonic quality
of these two samplers is second to none. Combine that with a powerful synth
engine that features no less than 36 different resonant filter types and a
comprehensive mod matrix and you can do some serious sound mangling. However,
unlike any other sampler (hard or soft), the freely assignable Q-Link controls
allow unprecedented real-time interaction and performance possibilities, especially
live. The Z4 and Z8 are the world's first 24bit/96kHz hardware based samplers. 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. These samplers have been developed using the undisputed skills of all our worldwide engineering teams in tandem and the result are a pair of super-samplers with the heritage of the "S" series but incorporating operational features from the unique "MPC" range and effects from the highly acclaimed DPS16 and DPS24 and our stomp boxes. To this extremely potent mixture we've added flexible realtime performance
control via the Q-Link knobs on the front panel making the Z4 and Z8 unique
in the hardware sampler market. At the heart of the new Z series is our new custom designed LSI sampling engine which, coupled with a high performance Intel™ Strong Arm CPU provides ultra fast audio processing. All these features put together make for an extraordinarily versatile instrument which is perfectly suited for both studio and live applications. A new breed of sampler from the company that set the standard in sampling
technology. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24-bit/96kHz operation (*) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the first time, a sampler now gives you immediate live hands on control. The Z4's four Q-Link knobs and the Z8's eight Q-Link knobs can be separately
assigned to allow flexible realtime performance control of a wide variety of
selectable parameters including level, pan, filter cut-off and resonance, start
offset, effect send, tuning and more. Control of an entire program or a sound
assigned to a single keygroup is possible. Each assignable Q-Link knob can generate MIDI controller data so that all performance information can be recorded and played back from a sequencer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Both the Z4 and Z8 offer 6-pole digital dynamic filters (3 x 2-pole filters per voice) which allow realtime control of the cut-off frequency and resonance from the Q-Link knobs or via MIDI control change messages. The new filter design not only supports all filter designs available in the
powerful S5000/S6000 but allows new variations such as the triple filter consisting
of three independent 2-pole filter blocks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A USB slave port allows direct connection to a PC or Apple Mac for use with our highly acclaimed ak.Sys software which has been developed to work with the new Z series. This graphically rich remote control and networking solution provides complete Program and Multi editing. ak.Sys also allows you to transfer files between your sampler(s) and your computer for efficient organisation of sound library, etc., and for speedy communication with your favourite computer music software. The intuitive nature of this computer based interface means the Z4 and Z8
are easy to manage and since all the DSP processing takes place in the sampler,
they relieve the strain on your computer allowing it to run efficiently while
simultaneously using other audio applications. In fact, such is the level of integration, you'd be forgiven for thinking
that you are using a software sampler... except you're not! And when you're
ready to take your show on the road, dedicated hardware travels much better
than a computer! If you already own an Akai S5000 and/or S6000, you'll be relieved - even amazed! - to know that these 'old' samplers integrate seamlessly into ak.Sys V2.00 allowing you to use both alongside each other - share drives and drag and drop multis, programs and samples between the two instruments. Similarly, the MPC4000 integrates smoothly into ak.Sys. More info -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The brand new 24bit/96kHz 4-channel multi effects processor offers over 40
effect types. Alongside the standard reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, auto
and touch wah, rotary speaker, pitch shift, delay and more including compressors,
noise gates, touch and auto wahs , you'll find some different and extremely
useful effects such as the Pitch Corrector (for keeping those wandering vocals
in tune). The effects in full.... REVERBS DELAYS CHORUSES MISCELLANEOUS | Search:Related Categories:MusiciansBuy |
AKAI Z8 SAMPLER
