Troubleshooting - Akai S950 Operator's Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING

There can be occasions where something you do on the S950 does not select
the required program. This can be for a number of reasons.
For example, it could be that you have ten or more programs in memory and
you only typed in a one digit number in which case the S950 will stay on the
last selected program.
It could be that you select a program correctly but there is no sound. This
can be for a number of reasons. Firstly, the S950 may be switched to MIDI
OMNI OFF and the program itself may be on a different MIDI channel to the
one you have selected on the keyboard. To get round this problem, you can
either press MIDI on the S950 and switch OMNI to ON so that the S950
responds to all channels (for more information refer to MIDI FUNCTIONS) or
you could change the transmitting channel on your keyboard. Alternatively,
you could edit
information see EDIT PROGRAM).
It may be that selecting a different program number on your keyboard has no
effect on the S950. This can be for two reasons. Firstly, your synths
ability to transmit
Alternatively, the S950 has been set not to respond to program changes in
the MIDI mode. In' either case, switch the program change facility on the
controlling keyboard or the S950 to ON (please refer to the section MIDI
FUNCTIONS to find out how to do this on the S950).
Another reason for this is that the program has been assigned a different
MIDI program number in EDIT PROGRAM (see above). To change this, please
refer to EDIT PROGRAM.
Finally, if everything has been set up correctly but you are still not
getting a sound, please check the following:
Is the audio lead from the S950 to the amplifier or mixer alright?
Is the amplifier volume turned up - is the amplifier actually turned on!! It
can happen, even to professionals!! Alternatively, if you are using a mixer,
is the mixer channel fader up or is the correct mixer channel fader up? Are
the master faders up?
Is the MIDI keyboard switched on and is the MIDI lead connected properly? Is
the MIDI lead broken? If the MIDI keyboard and the MIDI connections are
working properly, the little red MIDI monitor LED to the right of the main
display on the S950 will light whenever !t receives any MIDI.
Does your keyboard transmit MIDI volume controller number 07? If it does, it
could be that it has been inadvertently turned down which has remotely
turned the S950's volume down. If this is the case, you will have to turn
the keyboards MIDI volume control up (note: this is not to be confused with
the keyboards master volume control - MIDI volume will more then likely be
present on the controlling keyboards date entry slider). Once you have done
this, go to the MIDI function on the S950 and turn the function marked
VOLUME to OFF to
FUNCTIONS).
And if all this is beginning to sound difficult, don't worry as we shall
take you through all these other functions very soon. Besides, if you are
only using the disks supplied with the S950 and loading them as described in
GETTING STARTED, you shouldn't be experiencing any of these problems.
the programs MIDI
program change
prevent it happening
channel in EDIT
information has
again (please
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PROGRAM (for more
been switched off.
refer to MIDI