Akai S3000XL User Manual page 155

EDIT SAMPLE
played, but an instantaneous trigger signal or key press will play
the whole of the sample (the key does not have to be held down
for the whole length of the sample).
This allows you set a pitch shift of up to ±50 cents (one semitone)
for a HOLD loop. This function is useful when you have a small,
short, single cycle loop that has latched onto some strange,
discordant aspect of the sound and is slightly out of tune with the
rest of it.
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