In this YouTube video at 1:52, Todd Edwards shows his Akai S6000 sampler. According to him, the sampler is the main workforce in his home studio. He has produced many of his own tracks with the S6000.

The Akai S6000 is confirmed to be used by goreshit, as it is pictured at the bottom of the hardware rack in an Instagram post by the artist.

"Cubase for sequencing, and up to Timesplitters Future Perfect, I used an Akai S6000 sampler, Novation Supernova 2, Access Virus Rack XL and a Korg Trinity Keyboard. Pretty old school by today's standards."

In a photo shared by Maarten Vorwerk on Facebook, the Akai S6000 is visible, highlighting its role in his music production setup.

Samplers: Akai MPC3000, Akai S3000 (2), Akai S3000XL (2), Akai S6000, Akai X7000, Native Instruments Kontakt soft sampler;

When asked in a 2017 interview what outboard gear he's currently currently using using, he answered:

"Quite a lot of old stuff. The Yamaha FS1R and the TG77 rackmount modules, an old Akai S6000 sampler, which I was using recently until the scuzzy hard drive failed. Finding an old scuzzy hard drive nowadays is a nightmare."

The unit can also be seen in his racks in the article photos.

In this interview, Patrick O’Hearn mentions using an Akai S6000 sampler.

An Akai S6000 can be seen in this photo of Dan Forden's studio.

In a Reddit Q/A session, Frank Klepacki confirmed his use of the Akai S6000 when responding to a fan's question. This information was provided by his username rocktronic in a post captioned "I am Frank Klepacki - Audio Director, Composer and Sound Designer for Petroglyph. Known for my soundtracks in the Command & Conquer First Decade, and a certain track named 'Hell March.' Currently working on End OF Nations!"

An Akai S6000 sits on a desk next to a custom Apple keyboard

Eric Chevalier's gear list circa 2003:

Mixing Consoles: - Sony DMX-R100 - Yamaha 01V Monitors: - Genelec 1031.A - Genelec 1030.A Samplers: - Akai s6000 (x2) - Akai CD3000XL - Roland S760 (x4) - Roland SP 700 Synthesizers: - Roland JD800 - Roland JD990 - Roland MKS80 + PG - Roland MKS70 + PG (x2) - Roland XV3080 - Roland D550 - Roland A80 - E-MU Proteus 2000 - Yamaha TX802 - Kurzweil MicroPiano - Korg M1R EX - Korg Wavestation AD - Korg Triton - Alesis DM5 (drum machine) - Access Virus A - Access Virus C - The theremin - Nord Lead Computer (& Plugins): - PowerMac G4/733 - PowerBook Titanium - Monitors Plasma (x2) - Pro Tools Mix Plus (software) - Logic Audio Platinum (+ eMagic plugins) - Spectrasonics Athmosphere - Spectrasonics Stylus - Mac Five - DD 80 Go + 120 Go + 160 Go LaCie - DD 40 Go Ice - Synchro: "Time Machine" C Lab - Unitor MK2 (x3) Effects: - Lexicon 480L - PCM80 / LPX15 - Yamaha SPX90 / D1500 (x2) - Tube Tech Compressor LCA 2B - EQ Moog - TC Electronics M5000 - TC Electronic Finalizer 96K - DAT Panasonic SV-3800 - DAT Sony PCM R500

List of drum samplers at Paul Robb's studio:

Akai S1000 (x2). Akai CD3000 (x3). Akai S6000. "I'm replacing the older samplers with the new S6000 right now!" Casio FZ10. "It's an 8‑bit clunky old thing which I keep because I have a large library of bizarre old samples that I did before sampling was very popular. Some of them are so oddball that sometimes they're perfect for when I get stuck — I load a disk at random and it'll give me an idea."