Akai S900

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STEP 8
1
SETTING
LEVELS
In
this
step, the lower half of
the
LCD
serves
as a
bar-graph
meter
to indicate sample signal
level.
The six dots to the right
in-
dicate the
overload region.
The line
below the bar-graph is a
peak-hold indicator that momentarily
freezes the
highest level
attained.
If you
pressed
(1)
in the previous
step,
the
LCD
will
say
"Press
any key to
start recording." Play
the sample
and adjust the REC
LEVEL knob for the highest possible
signal level short of over-
load. Press any key
on the S900
or keyboard to
begin recording.
If
you
pressed
(2)
in the previous step,
the LCD will say "Hit foot-
switch
to start recording." Play the sample
and adjust the REC
LEVEL knob for the
highest possible
signal
level short of over-
load.
Hit
the footswitch to begin recording.
If you pressed
(3)
in
the previous
step,
the LCD will say
"knob
sets trig level. Any key when ready."
Play the
sample and adjust
the REC LEVEL knob for the highest possible signal
level short
of overioad. A T indicates the trigger
level
and
may
be
changed
by turning the control. As soon as you press any key on the
S900
or keyboard, and the signal to be sampled
exceeds the set
threshold,
sampling will begin.
STJEP9J
SAMPLING
Once
sampling has been initiated, an arrow
in the
upper
LCD
line will
move from left to right to indicate
how
much
sampling
time has elapsed.
When the arrow
reaches the right
side
of the
LCD,
the
selected sampling time
has
elapsed.
You will then be
returned to
step
7,
To replay the
sample,
advance
to
the next
"page"
(PAGE down
arrow)
and press ENT. The
sample
will play for its entire dura-
tion. You
may also play the sample by pressing the PLAY
parameter
button. In this case the sample will play only
as
long
as
you
hold
down PLAY.
To re-record
the sample, return
to
the
previous page
(PAGE
up
arrow)
and repeat steps
7—
9.
To re-record
the sample and change
some of
the previously set
parameters,
press
the
REC function button and
go
through
the
steps
again.
To keep the
sample you just recorded and record a different
sample, press the
REC
function button
and start
over.
To exit the
REC function, press another function button (general-
ly EDIT SAMPLE
if you want to alter the sound
you
just sampled).