| RAM | 154 Mo (256Mo Max) |
| Sampling specs | 18 bits Linear resolution ADC / 44.1khz khz or 48 khz sampling frequency 20 bits Linear resolution DAC |
| O.S. | Operating System On flash-Eprom. Version : 2.41 |
| Audio Inputs | (2) mono (Left/Right) unbalanced ¼" jack (1) Digital Input |
| Audio Outputs | (8) unbalanced ¼" Can be expanded to 16 individual output (1) Digital Out (1) ¼" stereo headphone |
| Keyboard | None (Rack) |
| Polyphony | (64) notes (extensible to 128 notes) |
| Multitimbral | (32) |
| Oscillators | (64) One per voices |
| Synthetis type | Subtractive / X-CrossModulation |
| filters | Resonant 12dB/24dB LPF filter, using 26 Modulation mode |
| Envelopes | (2) multi-stage. |
| LFOs | (2). 4 waveforms : Triangle - Sawthoot - Square - Random |
| Effects | (0). S5000 can be expanded with a digital board effects (Akai EB-20). |
| MIDI | 2x In, Out, Thru |
| Connecting | (1) Optionnal USB card (2) external SCSI Half-Pitsh 50pins (1) Internal 50pins SCSI for hard drive |