Akai s2000 User Manual

S2000 Operator’s Manual - Version 1.30 v
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1
FEATURES ............................................................................................................... 2
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................. 5
FRONT PANEL ......................................................................................................... 6
THE DISK DRIVE ...................................................................................................... 7
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS ................................................................. 8
REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................ 9
SETTING UP THE S2000 ......................................................................................... 11
GETTING STARTED - CONNECTIONS ....................................................... 11
PLAYING THE DEMO SEQUENCE.............................................................. 12
MOUNTING THE S2000 ............................................................................... 14
GETTING AROUND THE S2000 .............................................................................. 15
OPERATING MODES ................................................................................... 15
THE PAGE AND GROUP KEYS ................................................................... 16
F1 AND F2 .................................................................................................... 16
THE DATA/SELECT WHEEL ........................................................................ 17
THE SELECT WHEEL IN EDIT PROGRAM ................................................. 18
THE SELECT WHEEL IN MULTI MODE ...................................................... 18
THE SELECT WHEEL IN EDIT SAMPLE ..................................................... 19
THE PLAY KEY ............................................................................................. 20
HOW THE S2000 WORKS........................................................................................ 21
S2000 FLOWCHARTS .............................................................................................. 22
LOAD MODE ......................................................................................................................... 25
USING FLOPPY DISKS ............................................................................................ 25
USING HARD DISKS ................................................................................................ 25
SCSI, SCSI ID, VOLUMES, PARTITIONS, ETC ....................................................... 26
SELECTING TO LOAD FROM FLOPPY DISK OR HARD DISK .............................. 28
LOADING THE ENTIRE VOLUME ............................................................................ 30
LOADING OTHER ITEMS FROM DISK .................................................................... 30
LOADING A MULTI ................................................................................................... 30
LOADING ONLY THE PROGRAMS AND THEIR SAMPLES ................................... 31
LOADING INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND THEIR SAMPLES ................................. 31
LOADING ONLY PROGRAMS.................................................................................. 31
LOADING ONLY SAMPLES...................................................................................... 32
LOADING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ................................................................................. 32
LOADING AN OPERATING SYSTEM ...................................................................... 33
LOADING FROM OTHER MANUFACTURER’S CD-ROMS..................................... 34
NOTES REGARDING LOADING OTHER MANUFACTURERS’ SOUND LIBRARY 35
LOAD MODE SCREENS........................................................................................... 36
SAVE MODE ......................................................................................................................... 37
SAVING THE ENTIRE MEMORY TO FLOPPY DISK OR HARD DISK .................... 37
NOTES ON SAVING DATA....................................................................................... 39
SAVING OTHER ITEMS TO DISK ............................................................................ 40
SAVING A MULTI ...................................................................................................... 40
SAVING ALL PROGRAMS AND THEIR SAMPLES ................................................. 40
SAVING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM AND ITS SAMPLES ..................................... 40
SAVING ALL PROGRAMS ONLY ............................................................................. 41
SAVING ALL SAMPLES ONLY ................................................................................. 41
SAVING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS .................................................................................... 41
SAVING OPERATING SYSTEMS............................................................................. 42
NOTES ON SAVING THE OPERATING SYSTEM TO DISK.................................... 42
NAMING DISK VOLUMES ........................................................................................ 42
DELETING ITEMS FROM DISK................................................................................ 43
SAVE MODE SCREENS ........................................................................................... 44

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