S1100

“I am considering selling my Akai S1100 sampler. It has 5 MWords memory and runs OS4.30 as shown in the photo.
I bought this many years ago and used it a few times. However, it has not been used now for a number of years. Although I am tempted to keep it as I remember it being an excellent sampler and it also seems to be increasing in value, it seems a shame to have it sitting unused if someone can make use of it.
When it was last used, it was working fine. However, I am unable to test this sampler properly now as I no longer have any discs to use with it. I have an external Syquest 44MB drive with one cartridge which I can include in the sale as shown in the photo. Unfortunately I cannot find a SCSI cable to connect the drive so this is untested also – it worked the last time it was used but, like the sampler, it was several years ago.
I tried to format a floppy disc and the drive did format it but then it said the disc format was incorrect so not sure about this. I think it would be best to assume that the floppy drive is not working correctly.
I tried sampling a sound and this all seemed fine but could not save the sample due to the issues mentioned above.
The screen still looks fine and the sampler is in decent condition with some marks as shown in the photos.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“I purchased this a while back in a lot of rack gear with the intentions of fixing it back up.

I believe it has a problem with the power board. When connected to power and powered on there are no lights on the front panel at all. But if you have headphones connected you can hear a little bit of scratchiness with the volume pot when turned. Also when powered up there is a red light on inside the machine on the PSU board.

I have changed nothing since purchasing. Quite possibly it could just need a recap.

Unsure if the backlight is functional but there is a good case that it isnt.

Also there is a crude modification to what looks like an old harddrive. Please see the photos for more info.

It also has a little sticky residue on the front and a little ding on the top. Everything else looks in tip top shape and nothing looks to have been removed from the unit.

I would love to fix this and keep, but i recently lost my job so I’m clearing out a lot of my old projects. ” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“Classic workhorse studio sampler in excellent clean, used condition. Just been refurbished and upgraded with a brand new high contrast LED display and an internal SCSI2SD drive, mounted on the rear panel for easy access to SD card and USB. The original floppy drive has been retained and I am also including a huge vintage library of floppy disks (around 200 in two boxes). These are a mix of original Akai factory sounds and custom samples. I’ve transferred a few of the floppies to the SD drive just to test everything and it is all working well (some of the floppies are a bit dodgy due to age, but most of the programs/samples load no problem). The included SD card is a 16GB Sandisk set up as 4 virtual SCSI drives (ID 2,3,4 and 5) formatted to the maximum capacity the S1100 can handle.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“I have had this in the attic for almost 20 years. I plugged the power in and the screen just goes black when i power it on.

As you can see the “Data” dial is missing and the right 1/4″ jack input socket seems to be missing/damaged.

Im sure this maybe a fairly easy project for someone to fix or be a great source for a lot of parts. ” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“kai s1100 sampler 1990’s classic 16 bit Rave, House, Drum & Bass, Hip Hop, jungle, Dance etc.

yes the s1100 !selevenhundred! tiiiiiimmmmmmmeeeeestreeeettcchhhhhh

rare and sought after simply beautiful machines/instruments.

Cannot explain how this sound so amazing. blow your head off.

One of the best sounding Akai machines. trifecta (S950, S1100, S1000) real deal units.

People have just woken up to how exceptionally outstanding these 3 machines are.

Absolutely fully working.

Working floppy drive.

Working SCSI.

Absolutely crisp button clicks.

Akai 5 mwords = 10mb ram (v-expensive!!!) more than enough for phenomenal sampling.

Built in classic FX awesome!!! (Awesome)

Sample any instrument, break, drum.

No issues at all.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“My much loved Akai S1100 Midi Stereo Digital Sampler with Iomega SCSI hard drive extension.. full working order, floppy drive tested as shown in photos. Comes with some sample diskettes and manual. Condition is “Used” there’s a little wear to the knobs (pictured) and marks to the outer casing from other rack mount units. Overall very clean and tidy and looked after. Needs to go to a good home, will be well packaged and is very heavy”
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“Vintage AKAI Sampler
S1100
With cards for:
SCSI
AES-EBU
Optical
SMPTE
Only one slot free
Floppy drive is missing
For spares or repairs
The cards may be of use to expand another unit…
…or could be a restoration project” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay