Transmit Test Page - Setting The Ent/Play Key - Akai S3000XL User Manual

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Here you will see a constantly changing display as notes are received. If any performance
controls are used such as mod wheel or pressure, these too will be shown.
If the information is not displayed on this monitor, the information is not reaching the
S3000XL. Check your connections or the output channel of the transmitting equipment. If
the information appears to be correct, but no sound or unexpected sounds are being
produced, then the fault may lie in the MIDI setting of the program(s). You may discover
that the piano track of the sequencer is playing the drum samples, for example.
You may select to view particular channels using the
(short for OMNI) so you can view all channels but you may select individual channels 1-16
if you only wish to monitor a specific channel.

TRANSMIT TEST PAGE - SETTING THE ENT/PLAY KEY

Pressing the
In the TRANS page, you can produce a test transmission of a MIDI note, and set the
channel, key and velocity of the note to be transmitted, using the
(F7 and F8). This key value and velocity will also be used by the key when testing samples
and programs using the ENT/PLAY key.
NOTE: When in EDIT SAMPLE mode, the raw sample is always played at its base pitch
(i.e. the pitch was sampled at) and not at the note value set here.
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soft key (F5) will display this screen.
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