Diki's right. Akai was on top and still is sitting up there. Even those older disks are still being used by a lot of musicians today. Yamaha could really benefit from opening up to that format. It's actually a very common request from Motif users.., but Yamaha won't do it.

It was the norm to hear consumers asking "is that available in Akai format" in those days and they're asking it just as often if not more today. Akai has become an industry standard for a reason. When sample disks were coming out 99.99999999% of the time the first question out of a potential buyers mouth was "is it available in Akai format". No better example of "if it ain't broke.., don't fix it". A tried and true format that has become an industry standard.

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 05-18-2009).]