Introduction
S1000PB
front panel
Though the S1000 is a highly sophisticated sampler, you may feel that there are surprisingly
few controls. However, each button on the front panel serves more than one function, and
together with the 40 character x 8-line LCD display (also used for graphic displays), allow
you to perform a wide variety of editing and other commands easily.
Disk drive
Since the S1000 is a sampler with 2Mbyte of RAM, sample data and programs will be lost
when the power is turned off. The cost of backing up so much memory with batteries
would make the S1000 a prohibitively expensive instrument. Using diskettes to store
sample, program and other data is a cost-effective way of overcoming this problem, as
well as providing an easily-transportable storage medium for commercial and
"home-grown" samples. An additional advantage is provided in the easy way you can
upgrade the operating system.
A complex hardware/software combination such as the S1000 is always capable of being
improved with new features. We have designed the hardware to be ready for such software
features, and these can be added simply by turning on the S1000 with a disk containing the
latest version of the operating system in the drive. Normally, the S1000 will "boot" the
operating system from its own internal ROM, but if a disk containing a later version is
inserted at power-on, this version will be loaded. This eliminates the need for troublesome
and time-consuming ROM changes.
At the left of the unit (near the POWER switch) is a slot for 3.5" diskettes. When inserting
a diskette, make sure the label is facing to the right, and the metal shutter is pointing
towards the back of the S1000.
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