Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 40

In this way, you could, for example, transpose the whole program up an
octave or any other interval or you could fine tune the program so that it
is in tune with other programs in memory. You could also turn the whole
program up or down in level to balance the program against other programs.
Note: The loudness parameter is a MIDI velocity based parameter. If it is
set to +50, keyboard velocity dynamics will have no effect on the keygroups
loudness. If this Is a problem when you wish to make a particular keygroup
louder, it Is suggested that you turn the other keygroups loudness down.
The next two pages, 07 and 08, are concerned with the hard sample if
velocity switching is used. These two pages are identical in their function
so please refer to the information given about Pages 05 and 06 above.
Page 09 is used to adjust the filters ADSR settings and the display reads:
where # is the current keygroup selection.
The filter in Pages 06 and 08 can be controlled by this envelope generator
which allows control over attack, decay and release time and also sustain
level. The amount of effect this ADSR generator has on the filter is governed
by the AMOUNT (Amnt) parameter which can have a positive or negative going
effect on the filter. This envelope generator has a number of uses. Firstly,
It is possible to treat the 5950 like a conventional analogue synthesizer
adding filter sweep effects to any samples. Alternatively, it can be used to
'shape out' any noise that may be present at the end of a decaying sample.
To adjust the parameters, first select the appropriate keygroup in the usual
way and then move the cursor across the screen using the 'cursor >' or left
buttons making your data entry using the CONTROL wheel or the keypad.
Note: The effect that these controls have on the filter is very dependent on
the filter settings in Pages 06 and 08. With the filter settings et 90 or
more, the envelope will be unable to sweep through the filters cutoff
frequency because it is already at maximum. Hence, the filter value on pages
06 end 08 will have to be reduced to have any effect. Having said that, this
only applies to positive values entered in the 'Amnt' field on Page 09 (i. e.
+01 or more). If you went an inverted filter sweep (i. e. an 'Amnt' value of
-0l or more), you will have to set the filter parameters in Pages 06 and 08
fairly high. Here ere some rules of thumb about filter sweeps.
1: For, a wide positive going sweep, set the FILTER parameters low and the
AMOUNT parameters high 0.e +50).
2: For a mild positive going filter sweep, set the FILTER parameters between
medium and three quarters and set a medium level of AMOUNT.
3: For a wide negative going filter sweep, set the FILTER parameters high and
the AMOUNT parameter to a high negative value (I.e. -50).
4: For a mild negative going sweep, set the FILTER parameters three quarters
to high and a medium level on negative going AMOUNT CI. e. -25)
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