Anyone have the old AKAI S5000/S6000 samples that were free?

[Big Z]

There are lots of forums posts which allude to, or contain links to an AKAI hosted ftp from about 2000-2005 which stored some sample sets for the S5000 / S6000.

I was able to find a set of only the Splendid Grand Piano but it had been converted to SF2. I was hoping someone here might have it in Akai format.

If anyone has these old AKAI sound libraries kicking around still please let me know. I'd love to use and hear some of these. I'm interested in non AKAI libraries too.

[Tekhed66]

+1

I'd be really interested in this too.

[nuketifromorbit]

Same, my s5000 isn't currently getting much use.

[Yekuku]

Hey guys , I know this is an old thread, I was away for a long time, but I just settled back in a new home.
I am pretty sure that I have the 2cds that came with my S5000, I just have to do some digging in order to find them.
If you are still interested let me know!

[Tekhed66]

Hey guys , I know this is an old thread, I was away for a long time, but I just settled back in a new home.
I am pretty sure that I have the 2cds that came with my S5000, I just have to do some digging in order to find them.
If you are still interested let me know!

Wow!!
That would be fantastic if you could find them... can you please let us know how you go?
I'm still interested
Thankyou!!

[RuinBird]

I have a folder called Akai_ftp that has all I could get from there back in 2002.

It has a POP_PIANO.zip, which is a useable but very much 'of it's time' piano sound.

Also in the KEYBOARD.zip there's a 'D.piano C0.wav' etc that sounds more like a CP70 electric grand, and isn't too shabby used in a track.

The whole archive is under 220megs, I'm pretty sure I got everything there was at the time, but it was a while ago. Who knows what was added after that.

So here's what I have , one zip with the original 125 zips in it -

https://www52.zippyshare.com/v/WhgiHbT4/file.html

Each zip has a folder containing the wav files you can use anywhere and AKM and AKP file for the akai samplers.

[Yekuku]

From what I recall , both cds had Piano samples and one was called Pop , as Ruinbird mentioned.
I ll be able to dig it in the weekend, if I find anything missing from ruinbirds upload, I will share it too.

[RuinBird]

Here's the roll call of what's in the zip I posted.

15_18_INCH_AMB_CRASH.zip
18INCH_ZIL_RIDE.zip
18_22_INCH_CRASH.zip
22INCH_ZIL_RIDE.zip
AC_BASS.zip
AFRICAN_AGO_GO.zip
AFRICAN_DARBUKA.zip
AFRICAN_TAMBORA.zip
AGO_GO.zip
AMBIENCE_HI_HAT.zip
AMBIENCE_KIT1.zip
AMBIENCE_KIT2.zip
AMBIENCE_KIT3.zip
AMBIENCE_KIT_1.zip
AMBIENCE_SNARE.zip
AMB_SET.zip
ANA_STRINGS.zip
ANGELIC_STR.zip
BALAFON.zip
BATA.zip
BAWU.zip
BEADS.zip
BELL_TREE.zip
BIG_CHOIR.zip
C-BASS_SECT1.zip
CAXIXI.zip
CELLO_SECT1.zip
CHEKERE.zip
CHINESE_PER.zip
COMEDY_1.zip
CRASHER.zip
DJAMBE.zip
DRY_KIT1.zip
DRY_KIT2.zip
DRY_KIT3.zip
DRY_STANDARD_SNARE.zip
ETC_PERCUSSION.zip
ETHNIC_PERCUSION.zip
ETHNIC_PERCUSSION_2.zip
ETHNIC_PERCUSSION_3.zip
FILM_SCORE.zip
FINGER_CYMBAL.zip
FINGER_CYMBAL_2.zip
FLEXITONE.zip
FUNKSET1.zip
FUNKSET2.zip
FUNK_KICK.zip
GM_PERCUSSION_KIT_1.zip
GM_PERCUSSION_KIT_2.zip
GM_PERCUSSION_KIT_3.zip
GM_SET.zip
HANDY_PERCUSSION.zip
HI-FI_CYMBALS.zip
HIP_SET1.zip
HIP_SET2.zip
HOUSE_DRUM.zip
INDIAN_BELL.zip
JAPANESE_DRUM.zip
JAZZ_DRUM.zip
JAZZ_KICK.zip
JINGLE_BELL.zip
KALIMBA.zip
KEYBOARD.zip
KICK_SNARE.zip
KOKYU.zip
LOG_DRUM.zip
MALLETS.zip
MARACAS_2.zip
METAL_PER.zip
MIX_STRINGS.zip
MUSIC_BOX.zip
M_SET.zip
NATIVE_HI_HAT.zip
NYLON_GT.zip
OM_OFF.zip
ORCHESTRA_2.zip
ORCHESTRA_21.zip
ORCH_CHOIR.zip
ORCH_PERz.zip
POP_PIANO.zip
POP_STRINGS.zip
POWER_SECTION.zip
RAIN_STICK.zip
ROCKSET1.zip
ROCKSET2.zip
ROCK_KIT1.zip
ROCK_KIT2.zip
ROOMSET1.zip
ROOMSET2.zip
SAND_PAPER.zip
SANZA.zip
SHAKER_2.zip
SHEN.zip
STD_SET.zip
STEEL.zip
STEREO_BONGO_2.zip
STEREO_CONGA_2.zip
STER_SHAKE.zip
STICK.zip
STRINGS_2.zip
STRING_SECTION_1.zip
STRING_SECTION_2.zip
STR_SECT_1.zip
STR_SECT_2.zip
STUDIO_DRY_SNARE.zip
SURDO.zip
SUZU.zip
TALKING_DRUM.zip
TAMBOURINE.zip
TAMBOURINE2.zip
TEMPLE_PERC.zip
TIMBALES_2.zip
TOYS_PERCUSSION.zip
TOY_PIANO.zip
TREMOLO_STR_MIX.zip
UDU.zip
URBAN_SYN.zip
VIOLA_SECT1.zip
VIOLINS.zip
VIOLIN_SECT1.zip
V_M_PER.zip
WASH_BOARD.zip
WIND_CHIME.zip
WOOD_BLOCK.zip
WOOD_SHAKER.zip

[Yekuku]

Here is what I have :

Grand Piano CD1

Grand Piano off mic CD2

[Tekhed66]

RuinBird / Yekuku

many thanks for posting those Akai samples... they're fantstic and have givena bit of life to my old sampler.

I'm scrounging for any old sample that i might have (nothing to post so far) but I have planned to sample a big selection of chimes, bells and gongs that a friend's wife uses in her yoga classes... they sound amazing (especially the chimes... really deep and rich) ... I probably won't be able to sample them for another week or two but once I do, I'll be happy to share them either as a raw sample for you to play with or as an .akp file.

I'll post back here again when they're ready and we can work out the nuts and bolts of how to share them.

[RuinBird]

You can see how much memory and sampling came on in a few years between my circa 2002 downloads and what Yekuku posted.

Now I think about it, what I downloaded might just have been a sub directory for the MPC samplers on that ftp site. And took days to get it all, bit by bit.