Akai S6000 Operator's Manual page 184

EDIT SAMPLE
Another example of where a LOG display is more useful is when looping a sound:
With LIN selected, the waveform display in the loop view box to the right of the waveform overview
is very small making precise looping difficult if not impossible. However, select LOG as the waveform
display and you would see this:
As you can see, even though the waveform display is not a true representation of the sound's
envelope, the loop view is greatly enhanced allowing far more detail when looping.
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