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oliv73 Full Member
Joined: 10 Sep 2017 Posts: 143 Location: france
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:23 pm Post subject: Akai libraries |
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Hi
Some kronos owners wrote it's great that Kronos can read directly akai libraries .
Do you know where they can be find ?
Do you think it 's a great value for kronos or it 's just outdated ?
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soundspossible
Joined: 02 Jun 2013 Posts: 40 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: Akai libraries |
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oliv73 wrote: | Hi
Some kronos owners wrote it's great that Kronos can read directly akai libraries .
Do you know where they can be find ?
Do you think it 's a great value for kronos or it 's just outdated ?
Oliv |
Yes, the Kronos can read and convert Akai S1000 CDs just fine. I converted a few. "Outdated" is subjective. If you like how it sounds and you make music with it, does it matter how old the sample is? And the samples themselves are just raw materials anyway, so it depends on what you do with them.
I haven't searched for any Akai libraries, but if you're looking for free sounds, you'd probably have an easier time finding stuff in sf2 or Kronos formats. There have been some very generous contributions by members of this forum that I'm sure a search would reveal. |
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pete.m Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 484
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:25 am Post subject: |
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There are tons of .aiff sounds for sale on eBay too, mostly very cheap. |
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: |
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You will find tons of AKAI libraries in ebay. They are generally great value for money and by no means outdated. Just make good choices.
There are also still for sale new from countless online stores. Some of the best sound on my KRONOS are from AKAI Disks I've purchased over the years.
I still have my original AKAI S5000 sampler, and I've even just recently bought an AKAI S6000 samplers. There are a great source of good / cheap sounds.
The KRONOS directly reads AKAI S1000 disks extremely well. KORG did a super job on the conversion process. It's pretty darn close to what I hear my real AKAI Samplers produce.
Regards
Sharp. _________________
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SeedyLee Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 1371 Location: Perth, Australia
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Sharp wrote: | You will find tons of AKAI libraries in ebay. They are generally great value for money and by no means outdated. Just make good choices.
There are also still for sale new from countless online stores. Some of the best sound on my KRONOS are from AKAI Disks I've purchased over the years.
I still have my original AKAI S5000 sampler, and I've even just recently bought an AKAI S6000 samplers. There are a great source of good / cheap sounds.
The KRONOS directly reads AKAI S1000 disks extremely well. KORG did a super job on the conversion process. It's pretty darn close to what I hear my real AKAI Samplers produce.
Regards
Sharp. |
What should one search for in order to find some high-quality commercial libraries on sites such as eBay? My searches for AKAI sample libraries seem to turn up a lot of questionable crap _________________ Current Equipment:
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A
Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One |
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pete.m Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 484
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:48 am Post subject: |
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It's true, Seedy - much of it is crap. But it's no different to any other form of shopping - there is plenty of good stuff around, but you have to wade through the rest to find the thing you want. C'est la vie. |
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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oliv73 Full Member
Joined: 10 Sep 2017 Posts: 143 Location: france
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for these links
The demo from the "worldwind" samplelibrary sounds beautiful
@sharp :
I find an old thread where you tried to get a list about the best AKAI CD's for the KRONOS:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74143
It was a good idea but didn't get a lot of success . |
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Alexx_best
Joined: 02 Sep 2011 Posts: 18
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hello! Is it possible to load in Kronos something from Akai ISO image copied to a USB Flash drive?? |
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Alexx_best wrote: | Hello! Is it possible to load in Kronos something from Akai ISO image copied to a USB Flash drive?? |
Sorry no, the KRONOS won't read the raw ISO image. You would have to burn the ISO image to a disk to get it back into true AKAI format. Once you do that, the KRONOS will read it direct from an external CD drive.
Desktop software can help though. Extreme Sample Converter can read the ISO image directly and convert it to SF2 format that your KRONOS will read.
Awave Studio will probably do it too.
For the best quality conversion, your still better off to load the AKAI disks directly into the KRONOS and save it back to the SSD in KRONOS format. KORG's conversion process is pretty darn good.
Regards
Sharp. |
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