can be seen in this post from April 30, 2014

We nevertheless upgraded to the Akai S1000 sampler. This is still the core of the onstage Doktor."

The Akai S1000, an audio sampler, can be seen mounted beneath the Akai S900 in the setup of Michael Cretu, as evidenced by the provided image.

"What do you remember of the hardware setup you had in the early days?

Andy: We had an 808, 303, 202 and 101, a monophonic digital synth, Akai 950 sampler and a few other analogue keyboards. We hired in an Akai S1000 to record the first EP.

Ed: Also the Oberheim Matrix 12 and Matrix 1000, which were pretty important. Sequencing was initially an Alesis MMT-8 then Dr T’s on Commodore."

Per Reverb.com:

Geoff Barrow was working as an assistant at Coach House studio while Massive Attack was recording its own debut album, Blue Lines. Seeing a strong aptitude in the young assistant, the group gifted Barrow with an Akai S1000 and an Atari 1040 computer to start him off on his sampling journey.

As if this isn't enough, Jones' collection of sound sources is breathtaking. Inhale deeply for an (incomplete) overview: Fairlight Series III; Yamaha TX816 rack; Akai S1000; Roland Super JX, MKS50, D50, Jupiter 8, Juno 60, D550, and MKS20 digital piano; Korg Wavestation; Prophet T8; MiniMoog; Vocoder VP330; Yamaha KX88 and TG77; and somewhere in a corner his old 808 drum machine. Still there?

Atari Teenage Riot's 1995 album was produced by Alec Empire and lists the following instruments in the liner notes: "This album was recorded with an ATARI 1040, a CASIO FZ-1 sampler and a TR-909 drummachine… Sorry but we had to use the AKAI S-1000 sometimes for timestretching"

EQUIPMENT LIST

RECORDING Akai S1000 Sampler + Hard Drive Alesis HR16 Drum Machine Atari 1040ST Computer Casio CZ230S Synth E-mu Systems Proteus Sample Reader Korg M1 Workstation Oberheim Matrix 1000 Synth Module Roland D110 Synth Module Roland Super JX Synth Module Steinberg Pro24 v3 Sequencing Software Yamaha RX5 Drum Machine Yamaha TX81Z Synth Module

Mefjus uses the Akai S1000 for fun and beat-making, as shown in a photo posted on his Facebook timeline.

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

Although boasting a lush sound, the album was recorded largely at Paul's Rhythm Ranch studio on a single tascam 16-track with a Studiomaster desk. Synths used include: Roland D-50, Akai S1000 and S3000, Kork M1R, Waldorf Microwave, Roland Super Jupiter module, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Yamaha TX802, Minimoog, MIDIMoog, Oberheim Two-Voice, Roland Jupiter 8 and SH-101.

Akai S1000 is included in the list of equipment at Daniel Miller's home studio.