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Akai S3000XL User Manual

Akai S3000XL
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EDIT SINGLE ................................................................................................................. 58
NAMING PROGRAMS - COPYING AND RENAMING...................................................... 59
DELETING PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 60
MIDI PAGE .................................................................................................................... 64
OUTPUT LEVELS PAGE................................................................................................ 66
PAN PAGE .................................................................................................................... 69
THE TUNE PAGE ........................................................................................................... 71
MODULATION PAGES .................................................................................................. 72
PITCH BEND .................................................................................................... 72
LFO1 ................................................................................................................ 74
SETTING LFO1 MODULATION DEPTH ............................................................ 77
LFO2 ................................................................................................................ 78
SETTING UP THE SOFT PEDAL ...................................................................... 81
PORTAMENTO ................................................................................................. 82
KEYGROUP PARAMETERS - CREATING KEYGROUPS ............................................... 85
MAPPING OUT YOUR KEYGROUPS - SETTING KEYSPAN ............................ 88
ASSIGNING SAMPLES TO KEYGROUPS AND ZONES - SMP1.................................... 90
SMP2............................................................................................................... 93
SMP3............................................................................................................... 95
THE FILTERS................................................................................................................. 96
ENV1 - SHAPING AMPLITUDE ...................................................................................... 99
ENV2 - SHAPING THE FILTER....................................................................................... 101
USING THE FILTER AND ENVELOPE GENERATORS ..................................... 102
THE SECOND FILTERS ................................................................................................. 103
CREATING 24db/8ve 4-POLE LOWPASS FILTER............................................ 107
THE TONE PAGE ............................................................................................. 109
ENV3 ............................................................................................................................. 111
KEYGROUP PITCH/AMPLITUDE MODULATION............................................................ 112
EDIT MULTI................................................................................................................................. 114
SCREEN DIFFERENCES IN EDIT MULTI ....................................................................... 115
SAMPLE MODE.......................................................................................................................... 116
WHAT IS SAMPLING?................................................................................................... 116
RECORD MODE ............................................................................................................ 118
THE MAIN RECORD PAGE............................................................................................ 120
NAMING SAMPLES FOR RECORDING ......................................................................... 120
ADJUSTING THE RECORDING AND THRESHOLD LEVELS .......................................... 122
RECORDING ON THE S3000XL .................................................................................... 122
DIGITAL RECORDING.................................................................................................... 123
EDIT SAMPLE ............................................................................................................................ 125
NAMING SAMPLES - COPYING AND RENAMING ......................................................... 127
DELETING SAMPLES.................................................................................................... 128
TRIMMING SAMPLES ................................................................................................... 129
LOOPING....................................................................................................................... 133
LOOP AUTO FIND AND CROSSFADE LOOPING........................................................... 134
MAKING A GOOD LOOP.................................................................................. 136
LEVEL NORMALISATION .............................................................................................. 138
DSP FUNCTIONS - TIMESTRETCH, RE-SAMPLING AND EQ ........................................ 139
TIMESTRETCH ................................................................................................. 139
PERFORMING A TIMESTRETCH...................................................................... 142
RE-SAMPLING ................................................................................................. 143
PERFORMING A RE-SAMPLE ......................................................................... 144
EQ .................................................................................................................... 145
EQ’ING A SAMPLE .......................................................................................... 147
USING THE EQ ................................................................................................ 147
FURTHER EDITING FUNCTIONS ................................................................................... 148
THE PARAMETER PAGE ................................................................................. 148
REVERSING SAMPLES ................................................................................... 150
SECTIONAL EDITING ....................................................................................... 151
THE JOIN PAGE............................................................................................... 154
SPLICING SAMPLES ....................................................................................... 154

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Akai S3000XL Specifications

General IconGeneral
TypeSampler
Polyphony32 voices
Sampling Rate44.1 kHz
Memory2 MB standard, expandable to 32 MB
FilterDigital resonant low-pass filter
MIDIIn, Out, Thru
Weight6.5 kg
DisplayBacklit LCD
StorageFloppy disk drive, SCSI for external storage
Outputs8 individual outputs
InputsStereo input
EffectsOptional EB16 effects board
DimensionsStandard 19" 2U rackmount

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