Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 38

Note: A setting of 128 will only play the soft sample since 1t is not
possible to play a herd sample with a velocity value of more than 128.
Similarly, a velocity switch threshold of 000 will only play the hard sample
as it is not possible to play a soft sample softer then 000.
Now move to Page 05 which will display something like:
where # is the currently selected keygroup.
This is a very important page as it is here that you map your keygroups (and
hence individual samples) across the keyboard range and it is possible to
assign a keyboard range of as much as seven octaves or as little as one note.
To assign a sample to a keygroup, first select the appropriate keygroup by
moving the cursor one position to the right using the 'cursor >' button and
make your selection using either the CONTROL knob or the keypad. Now move the
cursor one more position to the right and use the CONTROL knob to scroll
through the samples in memory. When you have found the required sample, press
ENT and this will place the chosen sample in that keygroup. To assign the
samples lowest note, move the cursor to 'Low key' and use either the CONTROL
knob or a three digit number on the keypad to set the lowest note. To adjust
the highest note for the sample, move the cursor to 'Hi key' and enter your
note value using the CONTROL knob or a three digit number on the keypad.
You will notice that for every sample you select in any keygroup, this page
will also show you that samples base note or nominal pitch (i.e. the key it
was sampled onto) in the top right hand corner of the display. This is very
useful in setting up a program that uses extensive multisampling.
(Note: If you have set a velocity switch threshold of 000 on Page 04, this
page will display "No soft sample, vlcty thrsh = 0")
Having placed your sample and assigned its upper and lowest note ranges, you
can now move to the next page which will display:
where # is the currently selected keygroup.
This page allows you to effect the loudness, tone and tuning of the soft
sample. To do this, simply select the appropriate keygroup by moving the
cursor to the KG field and then move the cursor to the Loudness field and
make your data entry using the CONTROL knob or the keypad in conjunction with
the + or - buttons. You can then move the cursor one position to the right to
affect the filter settings (and hence the samples tone) and you can tune the
sample up or down 50 semitones using the Transpose field and you can fine
tune the sample using the Fine field.
This page is very important in a mufti-sample program as you can balance the
respective levels of every sample, adjust the tone so that timbre is uniform
from one keygroup to another and you can transpose and fine tune individual
keygroups using the transpose and fine tune parameters. Of course, if you
wish to affect all keygroups simultaneously with any of these parameters,
select ALL in the KG field and edit the data as you wish.
>05 fSoft sample TONE
*KG# Low key CO 24 #Hi key GS 127
>06 S Loudness iFilter *Transpose *Fine
#KG# +00
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