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Akai XE8 Vintage MIDI Drum Module Rack Mount. It is bundled with an SL801R Dry Set Expansion card. Condition is used: it comes with a manual and full set of MIDI SysEx instructions.
This is a fantastic vintage drum machine, the perfect addition for someone looking for authentic vintage drum hardware to add their studio setup. I’ve had years of use out of it, only selling because I no longer have time to commit to making music.
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The Akai XE8 was way ahead of its time offering a wide range of 16-bit drum samples in a 1U rack mount unit for triggering from a keyboard or a sequencer or by the Akai ME25T pad-MIDI converter.
Released around 1988, the Akai XE8 preceded other similar drum modules such as the Roland R8M, the Alesis D4 and D5 and the Emu Procussion modules by many years.
It came with 16 internal drum sounds which could be augmented using (optional) ROM cards. Up to two cards (Ext 1 and Ext 2) could be used simultaneously. Sounds (internal or external) could be extensively edited and modified. You could adjust pitch, pitch modulation, amplitude envelope, amplitude modulation and more. Sounds could be assigned to any note and the unit also had eight individual outputs to which any drum sound could be assigned for outboard processing and manipulation.
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Category: Musical Instruments:Pro Audio Equipment:Synthesisers and Sound Modules
Location: Whitley Bay