Akai S5000 User Manual

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WARNING s5000 / s6000
TEST TONE ....................................................................................................................... 235
SAVE O/S TO FLASHROM................................................................................................ 236
SAVE O/S TO FLOPPY DISK ............................................................................................ 238
LOADING OPERATING SYSTEMS ................................................................................... 239
VIRTUAL SAMPLES ..................................................................................................... 242
VIRTUAL SAMPLES .......................................................................................................... 242
TO PLAY BACKING TRACKS ................................................................................ 242
FOR ‘SPINNING IN’................................................................................................ 242
FOR MASTERING .................................................................................................. 242
HOW DOES IT WORK? ..................................................................................................... 243
RECORDING VIRTUAL SAMPLES ................................................................................... 245
LOADING VIRTUAL SAMPLES ......................................................................................... 247
CONVERTING SAMPLE TYPES ....................................................................................... 248
EDITING VIRTUAL SAMPLES .......................................................................................... 249
WORKING WITH VIRTUAL SAMPLES IN A PROGRAM .................................................. 249
SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 250
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................. 250
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A ................................................................................................................. 251
MIDI CONTROLLER LIST ................................................................................................. 251
S5000/S6000 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ............................................................... 252
APPENDIX B................................................................................................................. 253
NOTES ON USING HARD DISK DRIVES ......................................................................... 253
SCSI CABLES.................................................................................................................... 253
TERMINATION................................................................................................................... 253
SCSI IDs ............................................................................................................................ 254
SCSI CABLE LENGTH ...................................................................................................... 254
APPENDIX C................................................................................................................. 253
TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN THE S6000 AND A PC ............................................. 255
TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN THE S6000 AND A MAC .......................................... 257
USING WINDOWS 95 ON THE MAC ................................................................................ 260
SHARING DISKS BETWEEN AN S6000 AND A MAC/PC ................................................ 261
APPENDIX D................................................................................................................. 253
CONNECTING THE SAMPLER TO A MAC/PC VIA SCSI ................................................. 262
APPENDIX E ................................................................................................................. 265
SOUND LIBRARY COMPATIBILITY .................................................................................. 265
APPENDIX F ................................................................................................................. 265
INSTALLING EXTRA MEMORY (To Service Technicians)................................................. 268
NOTES ON BUYING MEMORY ........................................................................................ 269
APPENDIX G................................................................................................................. 271
WHAT IS SAMPLING? ....................................................................................................... 271
INDEX ............................................................................................................................ 277

Akai S5000 Specifications

General

Type	Sampler
Polyphony	64 voices
Sampling Rate	44.1kHz
Bit Depth	16-bit
MIDI	In/Out/Thru
Operating System	Akai OS
Memory	Up to 256 MB
Storage	Internal hard drive, SCSI
Outputs	8 individual outputs
Filters	Multi-mode resonant filters
Effects	Optional effects board
Formats	Akai S1000/S3000, WAV, AIFF
Inputs/Outputs	SCSI
Display	LCD