Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 20

You can now change
appropriate note on the connected MIDI keyboard or controller. You can also use
the CONTROL knob but keypad entry is not possible.
When you have done this, go to the next page which will read:
where # indicates the current selection (default is 3).
Here you can use the keypad to enter a number as follows:
1 = sampling begins when you hit any key on the keypad.
2 = sampling begins when you press a footswitch connected to the S950's
REC/PB footswitch input on the front panel.
3 = sampling begins when the incoming signal exceeds a threshold level set
on the next page.
The most commonly used mode is 3 - Audio level and, as the default is set for
this, you do not normally need to change anything so you can go to the next
page which will read:
In this page, the lower half of the display now serves as a bar-graph input
level meter to indicate the incoming signal level. The 'T' Is the THRESHOLD
level and is set using the CONTROL knob. The idea is to set the threshold
relatively low so that, as soon the incoming signal exceeds the level set by
the 'T', sampling begins but be careful not to set it too low so that sampling
is falsely initiated by background noise or whatever. Similarly, do not set it
too high as you may miss part of the sounds attack, especially if the sound has
a slow attack.
You must now set the record level. To do this, play the sound you wish to
sample and adjust the REC LEVEL control on the front panel. You ideally want to
set it so that the bar-graph display is just touching the series of dots in the
bottom right of the display. These dots indicate overload and driving the
signal too far into this region of the display will cause distortion.
To hear the incoming signal, adjust the MONITOR LEVEL control on the front
panel. (NOTE: YOU WILL ONLY HEAR THE INCOMING SIGNAL THROUGH THE S950 IF THE
MONO MIX OUTPUT IS USED.)
Once you are satisfied with the incoming signal level, hit any key on the blue
keypad and play the sample. As soon as signal level exceeds the threshold,
sampling will begin. When you do this the display will change. The top half of
the display will be filled with arrows as sampling time elapses. Note that the
'T' also changes to a '#'. Once the sampling is completed, you will be returned
to the above display.
You can now play the sample by playing a note on the connected MIDI keyboard or
controller. If you don't have a keyboard or controller connected, you can go to
the next page which will display:
and pressing ENT will cause the sample to sound for its entire duration.
You have just successfully sampled a sound.
this parameter
START SAMPLING WITH - Any key (1)
Footswitch (2), Audio level (3)
KNOB SETS TRIG LEVEL. ANY KEY WHEN READY
HIT ENT TO PLAY
if you wish by
T
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simply pressing the
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