Akai S3000XL User Manual

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
FEATURES .................................................................................................................... 2
ABOUT THIS MANUAL .................................................................................................. 5
FRONT PANEL .............................................................................................................. 6
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS ................................................................................... 8
REAR PANEL................................................................................................................. 9
SETTING UP THE S3000XL .......................................................................................... 11
CONNECTIONS.............................................................................................................. 11
LOADING THE DEMO FLOPPY DISKS .......................................................................... 12
MOUNTING THE S3000XL............................................................................................. 13
GETTING AROUND THE S3000XL ................................................................................ 14
OPERATING MODES ....................................................................................... 14
SOFT KEYS ..................................................................................................... 14
SELECTING PARAMETERS AND ENTERING DATA ........................................ 15
MARK AND JUMP KEYS .................................................................................. 16
NAMING FILES - THE NAME KEY .................................................................... 17
THE ENT/PLAY KEY ........................................................................................ 17
LCD CONTRAST ............................................................................................................ 17
RECORD LEVEL, MAIN VOLUME, HEADPHONE OUTPUT............................................ 18
HOW THE S3000XL WORKS ........................................................................................ 19
S3000XL FLOWCHART ................................................................................................. 20
SINGLE MODE ........................................................................................................................... 23
SELECTING PROGRAMS .............................................................................................. 23
VIEWING PROGRAMS .................................................................................................. 24
SETTING PROGRAM LEVELS, PAN, FX SENDS .......................................................... 24
SETTING PROGRAMS’ MIDI PARAMETERS ................................................................. 25
SETTING PROGRAM LOUDNESS AND VELOCITY ....................................................... 26
LOADING FROM FLOPPY DISK .................................................................................... 28
LOADING FROM HARD DISK ........................................................................................ 28
DELETING PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 30
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ........................................................................................ 32
USING THE S3000XL IN ‘OLD AKAI’ MODE! ................................................................. 33
USING SELECT PROG - PROGRAMS WITH THE SAME NUMBER .................. 33
LAYERING PROGRAMS................................................................................... 33
CREATING KEYBOARD SPLITS ...................................................................... 33
USING RENUMBERING TO CREATE MULTI-TIMBRAL SETUPS ..................... 34
SINGLE VS MULTI ........................................................................................... 35
MULTI MODE - COMBINING SEVERAL PROGRAMS ................................................................. 37
ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO PARTS ............................................................................ 38
SETTING A PART’S MIDI CHANNEL .............................................................................. 38
MIXING THE PARTS...................................................................................................... 38
SENDING PARTS TO THE INTERNAL EFFECTS ........................................................... 38
ASSIGNING PARTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS .................................................... 39
TUNING AND TRANSPOSING PARTS ........................................................................... 39
SETTING A PART’S LOW AND HIGH KEYRANGES ...................................................... 39
SETTING A PART’S PRIORITY ...................................................................................... 40
INITIALISING A PART .................................................................................................... 40
SETTING UP A MULTI ................................................................................................... 41
MODIFYING THE MULTI................................................................................................ 42
NAMING A MULTI .......................................................................................................... 43
SAVING A MULTI .......................................................................................................... 43
LOADING A MULTI ........................................................................................................ 43
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ........................................................................................ 44
USING MULTI MODE FOR LAYERING PROGRAMS...................................................... 47
USING MULTI MODE TO SET KEYBOARD SPLITS ...................................................... 48
PROGRAM EDITING ................................................................................................................... 50
WHAT IS A KEYGROUP? .............................................................................................. 51
KEYGROUP ZONES ...................................................................................................... 52
OVERLAPPING AND CROSSFADING KEYGROUPS ..................................................... 53
ASSIGNABLE PROGRAM MODULATION ...................................................................... 54

Akai S3000XL Specifications

General

Type	Sampler
Polyphony	32 voices
Sampling Rate	44.1 kHz
Memory	2 MB standard, expandable to 32 MB
Filter	Digital resonant low-pass filter
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Weight	6.5 kg
Display	Backlit LCD
Storage	Floppy disk drive, SCSI for external storage
Outputs	8 individual outputs
Inputs	Stereo input
Effects	Optional EB16 effects board
Dimensions	Standard 19" 2U rackmount