The Akai S900 is a 12-bit sampler, with a variable sample rate from 7.5 kHz through to 40 kHz. It was common in recording studios until it was superseded two years later by the S1000 .
5-647: An expanded version, the Akai S950 , was released in 1988 alongside the higher end S1000. The S950 imported some of the S1000's improvements, including timestretching (allowing the user to change a sample's length and pitch independently of one another), and it increased the maximum sample rate to 48 kHz. Unlike the S1000 series, the S900 series allows a sample to loop alternating forwards and backwards. Notable users include The 45 King (who named his hit "The 900 Number" after
10-570: A production deal that he signed with Warner Bros. Records . In July 1990, Manchester-born DJ Chad Jackson sampled "The 900 Number" on his single " Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) ", which reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart . In 1996, Washington, D.C.–based go-go artist DJ Kool had a hit with the song " Let Me Clear My Throat ". It was call-and-response vocals over a chopped half of the "900 Number" beat. DJ Kool did not just sample
15-428: The 45 King , was an American hip hop producer and DJ from The Bronx , New York. He began DJing in the mid-1980s. His pseudonym, the 45 King, came from his ability to make beats using obscure 45 RPM records . In November 1989, the re-release of "The King is Here" / "The 900 Number" peaked at #60 in the UK Singles Chart , his only appearance in a UK chart . In the early 1990s, drug addiction caused him to lose
20-482: The sampler), Juan Atkins , Beatmasters , Black Box , Ian Boddy , Enya , Fatboy Slim (who nearly exclusively uses a pair of S950s), Front 242 , KLF , The Bomb Squad , Prince Paul , Renegade Soundwave , and Tangerine Dream . This sound technology article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The 45 King Mark Howard James (October 16, 1961 – October 19, 2023), professionally known as The 45 King and also known as DJ Mark
25-474: The track: he also acknowledged James as the song's originator. In 1998, James produced " Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) " for Jay-Z . The song was a hit and featured a looped chorus from the original cast album of the Broadway musical Annie . In an interview, Jay-Z spoke on James' importance to hip hop and called him a true pioneer of the business. Following the success of Hard Knock Life, James heard
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