Akai S900

TABLE
OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
1
: fNTRODUCTION
WELCOME!
SET IT UP
PLAYING
BACK SOUNDS
HOW TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE
S900
FUNCTIONS,
PAGES,
and BUTTONS
GETTING AROUND
THE
S900: A PRACTICAL
EXAMPLE
CHANGING PARAMETERS
ENTERING
TEXT AND
NAMES: MEET
THE
S900 WORD
PROCESSOR
DEFINITIONS
VELOCITY
KEYBOARD
SAMPLE
KEYGROUP
PROGRAM
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF SAVING
S900 MEMORY
DATA TO
DISK
ERROR
MESSAGES
HOW TO
USE THIS
MANUAL
CHAPTER
2: REFERENCE
SECTION
PART
1
:
INTRODUCTION,
SHORT FORM
FUNCTIONS,
PAGES,
and BUTTONS
SELECTING
A PAGE
ARROWS,
CURSORS, and
GADGETS
CHANGING
PARAMETERS
ENTERING
TEXT
AND NAMES
ERROR
MESSAGES
DEFINITIONS
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF SAVING MEMORY
DATA
TO
DISK
PART
2: THE PLAY
BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
PLAY
FUNCTIONS
PART
3: THE TUNE
BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
TUNE FUNCTIONS
PART
4: THE
MIDI BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
PAGE 01
:
MIDI
CHANNEL AND
MODE
SELECT
PAGE
02: MIDI
TEST SIGNAL
TRANSMIT
(CHANNEL,
NOTE,
VELOCITY,
TRIGGER)
PAGE
03: INCOMING
MIDI
SIGNAL
ANALYZER
PAGE 04: PITCH
WHEEL
RESPONSE
PAGE
05: RS-232 PORT
PARAMETERS
PART
5: THE
DISK BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
PAGE
PAGE
.01:
02:
LOAD SOUND
DATA
FROM
DISK TO
MEMORY
LOAD PROGRAM,
OR
PROGRAM
AND
SAMPLES, FROM
DISK
PAGE
03: LOAD SAMPLE FROM
DISK
PAGE
04:
ERASE
DISK,
THEN
SAVE
S900 MEMORY
TO
DISK
PAGE
05: PARAMETERS:
SAVE
PROGRAM,
OR
PROGRAM
& SAMPLES,
FROM
S900 TO
DISK
PAGE
06: SAVE SAMPLE TO
DISK
PAGE
07: PARAMETERS:
ERASE
SAMPLE
OR
PROGRAM FROM
DISK
PAGE
08: FORMAT
DISK
PART
6: THE EDIT
PROGRAM
BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
PAGE 01
:
PROGRAM
SELECT/COPY/RENAME/DELETE
PAGE
02: KEY/LOUDNESS
INTERACTION,
POSITIONAL
CROSSFADE
PAGE
03:
KEYGROUP
SELECT/COPY/DELETE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT PAGES 04
to
16
PAGE
04:
VELOCITY
CROSSFADE,
VELOCITY SWITCH
THRESHOLD
PAGE
05:
SOFT SAMPLE
RANGE
ASSIGNMENT
PAGE
06:
SOFT SAMPLE
LOUDNESS,
FILTER,
TRANSPOSE, AND FINE
PITCH
PAGE
07: HARD SAMPLE
RANGE
ASSIGNMENT
PAGE
08:
HARD SAMPLE
LOUDNESS,
FILTER,
TRANSPOSE, AND
FINE PITCH
PAGE
09:
KEYGROUP ENVELOPE
SETTINGS
PAGE 1
0:
KEYGROUP
VELOCITY
RESPONSE
PAGE 1 1
:
WARP
(automatic pitch
bend)
PAGE
1 2:
LFO
(low
frequency
oscillator for
modulation)
PAGE 1
3: LFO
DEPTH (via
aftertouch
or modulation
wheel)
PAGE 1
4: KEY FILTER (filter keyboard
tracking)
PAGE
1 5: KEYGROUP MIDI
ASSIGNMENT,
STATUS, AND
CHANNEL
PAGE
16: ASSIGNING KEYGROUP
AUDIO OUTPUT
PART 7: THE
EDIT SAMPLE BUTTON
FUNCTIONS
PAGE
01
PAGE
02
PAGE
03
PAGE
04:
PAGE
05:
PAGE
06
PAGE 07
PAGE
08
PAGE
09
PAGE
1 0:
PAGE
1
1
:
PAGE
1 2:
SELECT/COPY/RENAME/DELETE
SAMPLE
SELECT PROGRAM
MONITOR
SAMPLE LOUDNESS,
NOMINAL
PITCH,
AND
FINE PITCH
REPLAY MODE
SELECT
TIME DIRECTION
(NORMAL/REVERSE)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT
PAGES
06, 07,
and
08
START POINT
END
POINT
LOOP
LENGTH
RESAMPLE,
DISCARD (memory
saving
features) IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
ABOUT
PAGES
10, 11,
and 12
SPLICE
X-FADE (select
samples to
be
spliced,
name new sample)
SPLICE CROSS-FADE TIME
SPLICE ORDER
PART
8: THE
REC BUTTON (SAMPLING)
FUNCTIONS
STEP 1
STEP
2
STEP
3
STEP
4
STEPS
STEP
6
STEP 7
STEP
8
STEP
9
NAME SAMPLE
SELECT
PROGRAM FOR
MONITORING
SPECIFY SAMPLE TYPE
SPECIFY AUDIO BANDWIDTH
SPECIFY RECORDING TIME
ASSIGN
SAMPLE
PITCH
SELECT TRIGGER
SETTING LEVELS
SAMPLING