Akai S3000XL User Manual

NAMING TAGS ................................................................................................. 226
NOTES ON USING THE TAGGING SYSTEM .................................................... 227
HARD DISK CONTROL .................................................................................................. 228
IMPORTING SOUNDS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURER’S CD-ROMS........................... 229
GLOBAL MODE .......................................................................................................................... 231
TUNING THE S3000XL .................................................................................................. 231
SETTING THE MASTER OUTPUT LEVEL ...................................................................... 231
MIDI FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................... 232
MIDI FILTER ..................................................................................................... 232
PPM PAGE - MONITORING MIDI ..................................................................... 233
MIDI RECEIVE PAGE - ANALYSING MIDI........................................................ 233
TRANSMIT TEST PAGE - SETTING THE ENT/PLAY KEY ................................ 234
MIDI SAMPLE DUMPS..................................................................................... 235
PERFORMING A MIDI SAMPLE DUMP ............................................................ 236
MIDI VIA SCSI .................................................................................................. 237
ME35T DRUM SETTINGS .............................................................................................. 238
DAT BACK-UP AND RESTORE ...................................................................................... 240
PERFORMING A DAT BACK UP ....................................................................... 241
PERFORMING A DAT RESTORE...................................................................... 241
STANDARD MIDI FILE - MIDI SONG FILE PLAY............................................................ 242
LOADING STANDARD MIDI FILES ................................................................... 243
USING THE SMF FUNCTION ............................................................................ 244
HARD DISK RECORDING .............................................................................................. 245
APPLICATIONS................................................................................................ 245
FORMATTING THE HARD DISK FOR DISK RECORDING ................................. 246
CREATING NEW TAKES .................................................................................. 251
COPYING TAKES ............................................................................................. 251
RENAMING TAKES .......................................................................................... 251
DELETING TAKES FROM DISK ....................................................................... 251
RECORDING A TAKE ....................................................................................... 255
EDITING A RECORDING................................................................................... 258
PLAYING A TAKE IN THE EDIT PAGE ............................................................. 259
USING THE EDITING FUNCTIONS ................................................................... 259
PLAYING TAKES ............................................................................................. 261
USING THE PLAY PAGE.................................................................................. 263
EDITING A TAKE FOR SYNCHRONISED PLAYBACK ...................................... 264
NOTES ABOUT SYNCHRONISING TO EXTERNAL AUDIO ............................... 264
USING THE SONG MODE ................................................................................ 265
CREATING A SONG ......................................................................................... 265
TRIGGERING TAKES FROM MIDI .................................................................... 268
USING MIDI TRIGGERING................................................................................ 268
USING THE SONG MODE TO CHAIN TAKES ................................................... 271
USING THE NUMERIC KEYPAD IN THE SONG MODE..................................... 272
BLOCK EDITING IN SONG MODE .................................................................... 273
NAMING SONGS .............................................................................................. 275
SAVING A SONG ............................................................................................. 275
LOADING A SONG ........................................................................................... 275
BACKING UP TAKES TO DAT .......................................................................... 276
RESTORING TAKES BACK FROM DAT TO DISK ............................................. 277

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