Akai S950 Operator's Manual page 46

RELEASE: This allows you to control release time using keyboard velocity. A
setting of +00 will have no effect whilst settings of +50 will give the
effect that releasing the keys quickly will give long release times. Values
of down to -50 will have the reverse effect and release time will be shorter
when you take your fingers off the keyboard quickly. (Note: Release times on
both envelope generators have to be set to at least 50 to hear this effect)
OFF: Not all keyboards have release velocity so this function allows you to
use attack velocity to control release times. Selection is made using the
ON(+> or OFF(-> buttons.
All data entry is made in the usual way. First, select the keygroup you want
to edit using the KG field and then move the cursor across the screen using
the 'cursor > and/or <' buttons. Data can be input using the CONTROL knob or
the keypad. The default settings have been sensibly chosen on this page and
it is often unecessary to have to change any of them. As a result, you can go
to the next page which displays:
This allows you to add a pitch sweep to a note's attack so that the sound
starter slightly sharp or flat depending on the settings of this page. This
can be used to create more realistic brass, sax and vocal and choir effects
as well as a whole variety of special effects. It can also be used to add
pitch bend to drums to add some 'zest' to a badly tuned kit.
Data is input in the usual way by selecting the required keygroup and moving
the coursor across the display using the 'cursor > and/or <' -buttons and
entering numeric values using the CONTROL knob or the keypad. The various
fields offer the following facilities.
VELOCITY: This field allows you to vary the effect of pitch warp using
keyboard attack velocity. 0 = no effect. Of course, this parameter will have
no effect regardless of its settings if the ATTACK OFFSET field described
below is set to 00.
TIME: This sets the length of time the pitch bend takes. 0 = short with pitch
bend times getting longer with higher settings.
ATTACK OFFSET: This sets the amount of pitch sweep. Negative going values
(i.e. -50> give an upwards rising pitch sweep whereby the pitch slides up to
the note and positive going effects (i.e. +50> have the opposite effect with
the pitch sliding down to the note.
The next page is also concerned with pitch sweep effects and is where you can
set the parameters for the Low Frequency oscillator or LFO. The page rends:
where # is the currently selected keygroup.
As usual, data can be input by selecting the appropriate keygroup and moving
the cursor to the required fields using the 'cursor < and/or >' buttons and
then setting parameters using the CONTROL wheel or the keypad. The functions
are fairly self-explanatory and are:
>12 WARP *Velocity 0
#KG# *Attack offset +00
>13 LFO (Depth #Rate *Delay +Desync
fKG# 0
40
Time 99
42 64 ON