Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 11

USING THE S950 - THE BASICS
There ere 8 basic modes on the S950 which are selected using the 8 buttons
that run underneath the display. These are PLAY, REC, EDIT SAMPLE, EDIT
PROGRAM, MIDI, UTILITY, DISK and MASTER TUNE. These are all fairly self
explanatory and their basic functions are as follows:
PLAY - This selects the program you wish to play. Different programs can be
viewed using the large grey CONTROL wheel and selected by typing in the
appropriate number
recalled via MIDI from the connected MIDI keyboard.
REC - This is where you do your sampling. There are a number of 'pages' in
this mode which you can scroll through using either the CONTROL wheel, the
keypad or the PAGE UP/DOWN buttons to the right of the blue keypad. In this
mode you can name a sample, set sampling time and bandwidth and set the key
onto which the sample is to be recorded.
EDIT SAMPLE - This also has a number of pages which are similarly selected
using the CONTROL wheel, the keypad or the page up/down buttons. This is the
mode where you can tune a sample, edit the start and end of a sample, reverse
the sample, loop a sample, splice two samples together and stretch or
compress samples. In this mode, also, you can copy, delete and rename
samples.
EDIT PROGRAM - This !s the mode-in which you can map out your samples across
the keyboard as well as add envelope shaping, filtering and fine tuning. You
can also add a special pitch sweep feature called WARP and, in this mode, you
can set things like LFO,. MIDI channels, individual output assignments, etc..
You can also copy, rename and delete programs. This mode, too, has a number
of pages which are selected as above.
MIDI - As you would imagine, this allows you to set the 'global' MIDI
parameters of the S950 such as its basic receive channel, pitch bend and
other MIDI related parameters.
UTILITY - This allows you to program an Akai ME35T audio/drum pad-MIDI
converter for triggering samples.
DISK - This allows you to select different disk drive operations such as
loading and saving.
MASTER TUNE - This allows you to fine tune the S950 to other instruments.
The other controls on the front panel of the S950 include the large grey
CONTROL knob. This is used for a variety of purposes depending what mode you
are in. It can be used to scroll through displayed programs or it can select
pages in the different modes. It can also be used for data entry and for
naming samples and programs.
There is also a large 0-9 keypad which can be used to input data whilst the 8
buttons to the right of .the keypad enable you to move the cursor around the
screen using the ARROW/CURSOR < and > buttons, to select pages using the PAGE
UP/DOWN buttons. There are two ON/OFF buttons which also double as +/- keys
for certain applications and there are two keys to allow you to name samples
and programs. Finally there the ENT button which 'is used to enter data and
the PB or 'playback' button which can be used to play back a sample without
the need to use a MIDI keyboard or controller.
on the blue keypad. Alternatively, programs can be