Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 105

A feature of the S900 which is not covered in the owner's manual is its ability to
send and receive samples through MIDI. This will allow you to transfer sounds from one
sampler to another device (sampler, computer, etc.) directly through the MIDI interface,
instead of sampling the audio output.
Note: The S900 does not support the MIDI Sample Dump Standard (SDS). Instead, it uses a
version of sample dump protocol which was set up before SDS became an part of the
official MIDI specification. Therefore, the S900 cannot directly send or receive
samples to/from other samplers which do use SDS. The S900 can directly communicate with
the Akai S700, X7000, and S950 samplers, as they share the same sample dump
implementation.
If the S900 receives a dump request message from another unit, it will begin
sending the requested sample. Please refer to the MIDI System Exclusive documentation
for the S900 for details on the specific commands which are necessary (available from
IMC at the address below). However, if you should want to initiate the sending of a
sample .using the front panel controls of the S900, here's how to do it:
(1) Press "Edit Sample". Select the sample you wish
to send.
(2) Simultaneously press the "0", "On", and "Off"buttons in the keypad. When
you do this. the screen will still appear the same, but the light over the Edit
Sample button will no longer be flashing (it might be on or off, but not flashing
on and off).
(3) Press the "Page Down" button (the one on the right, pointing down). The
display will change to read "Sending Sample xxx Over MIDI", where xxx is the
selected sample's name. When the sample dump is complete the display will return to
the normal Sample Edit Page #1, but you need to do one more thing to return to
regular operation:
(4) Press the "ENT" button. Now you can select another sample to send, and
ADDENDUM TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL
AKAI S900 DIGITAL SAMPLER
INITIATING SAMPLE DUMP FROM THE FRONT PANEL OF
THE S900