Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 104

ADDENDUM FOR S950 MANUAL
The 5950 is not capable of recognizing sounds that were defined as soft samples on
an 5950 (i.e. any samples that have the "j<" symbol after the sample name). What
happens is that the S950 places the start point at the end of a soft sample so
that it cannot be heard. This is not a fault of the 5950 and your 5950 or disk is
not defective in any way.
To rectify this, go to EDIT SAMPLE and select the soft sample (i.e. GTR DI X) and
go to the "EDIT START POINT" page. Now change the start point so that the display
reads 0000 - you will now hear the sample. Having done that, repeat the process
for other soft samples and save the edited sample(s) to an 5950 formatted disk.
You may also choose to rename the sampie(s) if you wish.
You can now select the velocity switch program(s) and hear both the loud and the
soft samples depending on how hard you strike the keyboard.