Akai S5000 User Manual

Version 1.21 v
s5000 / s6000 WARNING
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1
WELCOME ............................................................................................................................ 1
KEY FEATURES ....................................................................................................................1
USER INTERFACE ................................................................................................................ 3
ABOUT THIS MANUAL.......................................................................................................... 3
S6000 FRONT PANEL ........................................................................................................... 5
MAIN PANEL .............................................................................................................. 5
REMOVABLE PANEL (S6000 ONLY) ......................................................................... 5
REMOVING THE PANEL (S6000 ONLY) ................................................................... 7
REMOVABLE PANEL CABLE LENGTH ..................................................................... 7
S6000 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................. 8
S5000 FRONT PANEL ......................................................................................................... 10
S5000 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................11
CONNECTING THE S6000 ..................................................................................................11
MOUNTING THE S6000 ...................................................................................................... 12
SWITCHING THE S6000 ON............................................................................................... 13
KEY CONVENTIONS........................................................................................................... 15
POP-UP WINDOWS ............................................................................................................ 18
TOOLS MENUS ................................................................................................................... 20
NUMERIC KEYPAD ............................................................................................................. 21
CURSOR KEYS ................................................................................................................... 21
NAMING............................................................................................................................... 21
MARK/JUMP KEYS ............................................................................................................. 22
USER KEYS (S6000 ONLY) ................................................................................................ 22
STRUCTURE/TERMINOLOGY....................................................................................... 23
S6000 STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................... 23
VOICE ARCHITECTURE ..................................................................................................... 26
ASSIGNABLE PROGRAM MODULATION (APM) ............................................................... 27
LOAD............................................................................................................................... 29
LOAD FOLDER.................................................................................................................... 30
LOADING MULTIS ............................................................................................................... 31
LOADING PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................... 31
LOADING SAMPLES ........................................................................................................... 32
AUTOLOAD ......................................................................................................................... 33
GET INFO ............................................................................................................................ 33
OPEN/CLOSE FOLDER ...................................................................................................... 34
AUDITION SAMPLE ............................................................................................................ 34
SELECTING DISKS ............................................................................................................. 35
DISK TOOLS........................................................................................................................ 36
DISK INFO ................................................................................................................ 36
CLEAR MEMORY..................................................................................................... 36
VIEW ITEMS............................................................................................................. 36
MULTI .............................................................................................................................. 37
SELECTING PARTS ............................................................................................................ 40
CREATING A MULTI ............................................................................................................ 42
ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO PARTS................................................................................. 43
EDITING PARTS .................................................................................................................. 44
WINDOW FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 47
PART LEVEL WINDOW............................................................................................ 47
OUTPUT WINDOW .................................................................................................. 47
EFFECTS SEND WINDOW...................................................................................... 48
FINE TUNE WINDOW .............................................................................................. 49
EDIT PART........................................................................................................................... 50
MULTI TOOLS .....................................................................................................................51
GET INFO ................................................................................................................. 51
QUICKLOAD............................................................................................................. 52
QUICKSAVE ............................................................................................................. 53
MULTI LIST............................................................................................................... 55

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