Akai S3000XL User Manual page 138

EDIT SAMPLE
course, now you can't see the end point so press the
start and end points for editing.
NOTE: To cut or not to cut, that is the question!!
Whether you trim your samples and loop them afterwards or loop your samples and trim
them afterwards is a matter for you to decide. Our programmers have found in their
experience, that it is best to record the sample, loop it and then trim it afterwards. Of
course, if there is 'dead space' either side of the sample, these should be removed before
looping but it is felt that looping first and trimming later is safest.
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