Getting Started - Akai S950 Operator's Manual

GETTING STARTED

You are probably impatient to hear your new sampler so let's connect it up.
Referring to Fig. 1, connect the MIDI OUT of a suitable keyboard to the MIDI
IN on the S950 using a standard 5 pin DIN cord. Preferably, to take full
advantage of the S950's expressive capabilities, the MIDI keyboard should
have pitch bend, modulation wheels and touch sensitivity but don't worry if
it hasn't. Naturally, we recommend the use of the Akai MX76 master keyboard
but any MIDI controller can be used including guitar-MIDI converters, wind
controllers such as the Akai EWI or EVI or a MIDI drum controller.
Now take a standard Jack-to-Jack lead from the MIX OUT socket on the rear of
the S950 to the LINE input of a mixer or amplifier. If you are using a
standard guitar amplifier, connect the lend to either the input on the front
of the amp marked 'HI' or, better still, have n look round the back of the
amp to see if there is an input marked 'AMP IN' which will bypass the
amplifiers preamp and so reduce the possibility of distortion. If you are
using a hi-fi amp, then you will probably need to use a hack-to-phono lead
and connect the S950 to the AUX input on the amp.
FIG. 1 Connecting the S950
Making sure that the amplifiers volume control is right down and the S950 is
switched off, insert one of the disks supplied with the S950 with the label
facing upwards. Push gently until the disk locks in place - the push tab will
pop out from below the disk drive when it has been properly inserted. Now
turn the S950's power on - the disk will automatically load. While that is
happening, you may like to adjust the contrast control to the left of the
display for the most legible display.
This should take around 40 seconds depending on how much data is on the disk
and the red light on the disk drive will be lit and you will hear some
clunking and whirring noises from the S950 as the disk contents are loaded.
This is normal so don't worry!!
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