Yeah, the Akai's were pretty powerful samplers back then. Depeche Mode did everything on E-mu Emulators. For the rest of us it was the Ensoniqs... Think of it

Yeah, the Akai's were pretty powerful samplers back then. Depeche Mode did everything on E-mu Emulators. For the rest of us it was the Ensoniqs... Think of it as sound "hacking". Before samplers all we had were tape loops and synths. Samplers were a ton of fun because suddenly you could play any sound, including people's voices. It was a revolutionary new approach in the late 80s & early 90s... I'm an ooooold geri-raver...