Akai CD3000XL

INTRODUCTION................................................................................ 1
FEATURES ......................................................................................................... 2
ABOUT THIS MANUAL........................................................................................... 5
FRONT PANEL..................................................................................................... 6
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS.............................................................................. 10
REAR PANEL ...................................................................................................... 11
SETTING UP THE CD3000XL.................................................................................. 13
CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................... 13
LOADING THE DEMO FLOPPY DISKS...................................................................... 14
MOUNTING THE CD3000XL.................................................................................... 15
GETTING AROUND THE CD3000XL ......................................................................... 16
OPERATING MODES................................................................................ 16
SOFT KEYS ............................................................................................ 17
SELECTING PARAMETERS AND ENTERING DATA......................................... 17
MARK AND JUMP KEYS ............................................................................ 18
NAMING FILES - THE NAME KEY ................................................................ 19
THE ENT/PLAY KEY ................................................................................. 19
LCD CONTRAST................................................................................................... 19
RECORD LEVEL, MAIN VOLUME, HEADPHONE OUTPUT............................................ 20
HOW THE CD3000XL WORKS................................................................................. 21
CD3000XL FLOWCHART........................................................................................ 22
SINGLE MODE.................................................................................. 25
SELECTING PROGRAMS ...................................................................................... 25
VIEWING PROGRAMS.......................................................................................... 26
SETTING UP THE CD-ROM..................................................................................... 26
MARKING FILES.................................................................................................. 28
SEARCHING FOR FILES ON THE CD-ROM................................................................ 29
LOADING SETUPS FROM FLOPPY.......................................................................... 29
SCROLLING THROUGH MARKED FILES................................................................... 30
USING SETUPS................................................................................................... 30
SETTING PROGRAM LEVELS, PAN, FX SENDS......................................................... 31
SETTING PROGRAMS’ MIDI PARAMETERS.............................................................. 32
SETTING PROGRAM LOUDNESS AND VELOCITY...................................................... 33
LOADING FROM FLOPPY DISK .............................................................................. 34
LOADING FROM HARD DISK.................................................................................. 35
DELETING PROGRAMS ........................................................................................ 36
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ................................................................................. 38
USING THE CD3000XL IN ‘OLD AKAI’ MODE! ............................................................ 39
USING SELECT PROG - PROGRAMS WITH THE SAME NUMBER ...................... 39
LAYERING PROGRAMS............................................................................ 39
CREATING KEYBOARD SPLITS.................................................................. 39
USING RENUMBERING TO CREATE MULTI-TIMBRAL SETUPS......................... 40
SINGLE VS MULTI.................................................................................... 41
MULTI MODE - COMBINING SEVERAL PROGRAMS...................................... 43
ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO PARTS ....................................................................... 44
SETTING A PART’S MIDI CHANNEL......................................................................... 44
MIXING THE PARTS ............................................................................................. 44
SENDING PARTS TO THE INTERNAL EFFECTS ......................................................... 44
ASSIGNING PARTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS................................................... 45
TUNING AND TRANSPOSING PARTS....................................................................... 45
SETTING A PART’S LOW AND HIGH KEYRANGES ..................................................... 45
SETTING A PART’S PRIORITY................................................................................ 46
INITIALISING A PART........................................................................................... 46
SETTING UP A MULTI ........................................................................................... 47
MODIFYING THE MULTI ........................................................................................ 48
NAMING A MULTI................................................................................................. 49
SAVING A MULTI ................................................................................................. 49
LOADING A MULTI ............................................................................................... 49
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ................................................................................. 50
USING MULTI MODE FOR LAYERING PROGRAMS..................................................... 53
USING MULTI MODE TO SET KEYBOARD SPLITS...................................................... 54