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Akai S1000 Series User Manual

Akai S1000 Series
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MIDI
3 MIDI
The MIDI mode allows you to setup various parameters relating to the S1000. Of course, MIDI
receive channels, etc, can be set up from the EDIT PROG mode, but this mode gives you control
over some more "global" parameters.
BASIC MIDI
When you first press the MIDI button, the BASIC MIDI CHANNEL CONTROL page is
entered. This selects a number of parameters which affect the MIDI response of the whole
instrument.
The first parameter is the "program select enable" parameter. This can be set ON or
OFF to enable or disable Program Change commands. Disabling Program Change commands
can be important when controlling the S1000 from an external sequencer, as it will stop
nonexistent programs being selected accidentally, with the resulting embarrassing periods of
silence.
However, if you decide to enable Program Change, the next parameter allows you to specify
the MIDI channel on which the S1000 will accept these messages. Note that S1000 starts
numbering its programs at 01, as opposed to some MIDI devices, whose programs start at 00.
You can override the Program Change channel by switching the Program Change OMNI to
ON. This does not mean that notes will be received and played on any channel, but only
Program Change messages.
The currently selected program number is displayed and may be changed underneath this.
Remember that a program number on the S1000 does not mean that a single program has
been selected - instead it means that all
programs with that number are selected.
Finally, the "
OMNI override for play input" does what its name implies -playing data
(Note On/Off, etc) will be accepted from any
MIDI channel, which means that when you are
testing and editing a program, you don't have to worry about setting the keyboard or any
MIDI source to the right channel number. Of course, when performing from a keyboard
and/or a sequencer (using a MIDI merge), you can turn this off to take full advantage of the
multi-timbral capability of the S1000.
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Akai S1000 Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
Polyphony16 voices
Bit Depth16-bit
FilterDigital low-pass filter
LFOYes
Sampling Rate44.1 kHz
Memory2 MB (expandable to 8 MB)
EffectsNo built-in effects
Outputs8 individual outputs, stereo output
MIDIIn, Out, Thru
DisplayLCD
TypeSampler

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