Can be seen under the desk in this picture of Tanaka's studio.

Mix engineer Tom Lord-Alge is listed as using the Akai S1000 audio sampler, as noted in Sound On Sound.

"Out of the studio and on to the stage, the emphasis falls on sampling. A fully-expanded Akai S1000 does most of the hard work (Dangers calls it "the brain") in conjunction with a pair of Octapads. Additionally there's a Korg M1, a Yamaha RX5 for certain drum duties, and a Roland MC500 MkII sequencer."

"Well I do a lot of sampling but because we've divulged a lot of our technical procedures in the past and had them copied, we've decided not to talk about our sampling tricks. I can talk about my preferences though. I have a good relationship with the Korg Wavestation which was developed by Dave Smith of Sequential Circuits. As a tone generator it's a very good concept which makes it possible to create sound as a part of the composition. It uses wave sequencing where the rhythm is controlled by a MIDI click tempo. I also like the Akai S1000 series — extensive, complex and reliable electronic devices which are very important at this stage for us. In fact all my experiences with Akai equipment have been good."

Alex Newport is confirmed to use the Akai S1000 as a live sampler during Nailbomb's performance at Dynamo 1995, as evidenced by footage at the 13:24 mark in the video "Nailbomb - Live At Dynamo 1995 Remastered HD Full Show" by Frost Media Prod on YouTube.

In a photo from Sonoloco, the Akai S1000 is visible beneath Simon Stockhausen's arm as he performs Karlheinz Stockhausen's composition "Synthi-Fou," indicating its use in the piece.

"On 'Blackwater' I decided I wasn't happy with the original brush part", says Jansen. "The studio time had finished, so I had time to go away and think about it and I really didn't like what I'd done. I had taken samples of the sounds at the time so I took a SMPTE mix of the track home to our E16 and started to duplicate what I'd played using an Akai S1000 and the Macintosh. I used a variety of samples and literally compiled them on top of the original - slowing down where it slowed down and so on. Hopefully it doesn't sound too bad. I was surprised at the quality of the Akai; it was the first time I'd used one."

Manuel Göttsching utilizes the Akai S1000 sampler in his Studio Roma, as detailed on the Ashra website.

An Akai S1000 can be seen in The 45 King's rack.

"I'm a big advocate of getting outside your computer, using as much hardware as possible. I made so many tracks with just a few pieces of gear, like my old Akai S1000, Waldorf Q and a Juno 106. Just having stuff like that and a cheap mixer sounds loads better than doing everything in the computer with soft synths."

I had the Atari and an Akai S1000. That was what most of the first album was done on.

“There’s a big trend of people using vinyl crackle in electronic production when they don’t even own a piece of vinyl. When you hear a vinyl crackle in my tune, it’s usually because it’s come from vinyl. It goes back to the Jungle era; people like LTJ Bukem, Photek and Source Direct, all those records come from other records, through an Akai S1000, 2000 or 950 sampler. I like paying homage to the original production techniques that got me into this game in the first place.”