Akai s2000 Operator's Manual

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SVVIQSZI8LIIRHVIWYPXSJXLMWMWXLEXSRSGGEWMSRWIWTIGMEPP][MXLWXVIXGLJEGXSVW
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TVSGIWWSVLEWMRWIVXIHEXVERWMIRX;LIRWLVMROMRKEVIGSVHMRK]SYQE]JMRHEXVERWMIRX
WSJXIRIHFIGEYWIXLITVSGIWWSVLEWHIGMHIHXSVIQSZIMX=SY[MPPJMRHXLMWXSFIXLIGEWI
QSVISVPIWWSREPPHIZMGIWXLEXJIEXYVIWSQIJSVQSJXMQIGSQTVIWWMSRSVI\TERWMSR
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WIXXMRKWXLEXTVSGIWWXLIWTSOIR[SVHTIVJIGXP]GSYPHQEOIEVMKLXQIWWSJETIVGYWWMZIHERGI
XVEGO8LIGSRZIVWIMWEPWSXVYI8LIFMKKIWXTVSFPIQMWMRQEXIVMEPXLEXLEWELIEPXL]FEPERGISJ
PS[ERHLMKLJVIUYIRGMIWFIGEYWIHMJJIVIRXXMQIWXVIXGLTEVEQIXIVWEVIVIUYMVIHXSTVSGIWW
HMJJIVIRXJVIUYIRG]VERKIWMREYHMSQEXIVMEPXLEXLEWE[MHIJVIUYIRG]GSQTSWMXMSRXLIVIMW
QYGLEHNYWXQIRXXSFIHSRIXSSFXEMRXLIGSVVIGXGSQTVSQMWIWSXLEXFSXLJVIUYIRG]VERKIW
EVIEHZIVWIP]EJJIGXIHEWPMXXPIEWTSWWMFPI4PIEWIFIE[EVIXLEXSRSGGEWMSRW]SYQE]RIZIV
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I\XVIQIWIXXMRKWSJWXVIXGLSJGSYVWIXLIWIWMHIIJJIGXWGERFITYXXSKSSHYWIJSVXLI
GVIEXMSRSJWTIGMEPIJJIGXW3ZIVWQEPPIVVERKIWLS[IZIV]SY[MPPJMRHXLIXMQIWXVIXGLSRXLI
7]MIPHWI\GIPPIRXVIWYPXWERH[MPPFIGSQIERMRZEPYEFPIXSSPMR]SYV[SVO[LEXIZIV
ETTPMGEXMSR]SYEVI[SVOMRKMR
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TMXGLMRSVHIVJSVMXXSJMXMR[MXLXLIVIWXSJXLIXVEGOSV]SYGSYPHYWIMXXSWTIIHYTSVWPS[HS[R
EXVEGOXSGLERKIXLI·KVSSZI¸SVJIIP=SYGSYPHIZIRYWIXLIXMQIWXVIXGLXSSZIVGSQIXMQMRK
HMWGVITERGMIWSJE·PMZI¸FERHSVYWIMXXSGVIEXIKVEHYEPXIQTSGLERKIWIXG-XGERFIYWIHXS
GLERKIXLIPIRKXLSJWE]EFEGOMRKZSGEPTEVXSVKYMXEVWSPSWSXLEXMXGERFITPE]IHFEGOEXE
HMJJIVIRXTMXGLERHWSEGGSQQSHEXIOI]GLERKIW=SYGSYPHYWIMXXSQEMRXEMRXLIWEQI
ZMFVEXSWTIIHJSVERYQFIVSJ·QYPXMWEQTPIW¸GVIEXIHJVSQSRISVMKMREPWEQTPI8LIVIEVIQER]
TSWWMFMPMXMIW[LMGL]SY[MPPRSHSYFXHMWGSZIVJSV]SYVWIPJ
8LIJMVWXSJXLIXMQIWXVIXGLTEKIWMWXLMW
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TVIWW2%1)=SY[MPPWIIWSQIXLMRKPMOIXLMWWGVIIR
8LIGYVWSV[MPPFITPEGIHYRHIVXLIJMVWXGLEVEGXIVMRXLIREQI9WIXLISYXIV7)0)'8[LIIP
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4VIWW*3/XSGSQTPIXIXLIREQMRK=SY[MPPFIXEOIRXSXLMWWGVIIR
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WLVYRO8LIVERKIMWXSEPXLSYKL[IEVIXLIJMVWXXSEHQMXXLEXWYGLI\XVIQIWEVI
SRP]KSMRKJMRHJEZSYV[MXLXLIXVYP]QEH
8LIVIEVIX[S[E]WMR[LMGL]SYGERWXVIXGLEWEQTPIERHXLIWIEVIWIPIGXIHMRXLI8=4)JMIPH
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Akai s2000 Specifications

General

Type	Sampler
Polyphony	32 voices
Sampling Frequency	44.1kHz
Filters	Digital low-pass filter
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Bit Depth	16-bit
Memory	2 MB, expandable to 32 MB
Outputs	8 individual outputs, stereo master output
LFO	1 LFO
Display	LCD
Storage	3.5" Floppy Disk
Inputs	Stereo input