Playing Takes - Akai S3000XL User Manual

PLAYING TAKES

There are a number of ways you can play a take within the S3000XL's DD functions:
1 You can play a take in ANY page using the ENT/PLAY key
2 You can assign a series of takes to a SONG for sequential playback or for triggering
from MIDI
3 You can play 'raw' takes from within the PLAY page and this is accessed in any of the
DD pages by pressing F3 -
In the PLAY page, you may audition 'raw' takes using the START option selected during
the record process. The fields on this page are as follows:
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This shows the selected take. You can select other takes for playback by
scrolling through them using the DATA control.
This shows the sampling rate at which the selected take was recorded. If
the take is an analogue recording, this will always show 44100Hz. If the
take was recorded digitally it will show the rate at which it was recorded (i.e.
32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz). You may adjust this in the event that a take
recorded digitally was, for some reason, recorded at the wrong sampling
rate.
This allows you to set the playback rate for the selected take and may be
used like a tape machines varispeed control. Normally, this will be 00.00%
but, for special effects, you may wish to set a playback rate that is different
to the takes sampling rate. This parameter may be adjusted in real-time as
the take is playing.
This allows you to set a fade-in time for the take. The range is 0-9999
milliseconds (i.e. 0 to 10 seconds).
This allows you to set a fade-out time for the take. The range is 0-9999
milliseconds (i.e. 0-10 seconds).
This allows you to route the take to one of the four effects channels FX1,
FX2, RV3 or RV4 when the optional EB16 is installed.
This allows you to set the send level of the take to the effects channel
selected in the
Here, you can set the method by which a take will commence playback.
The options are:
- This will cause the take to commence playback as soon as
you press - F8.
- This will cause the take to playback when it receives the MIDI
note number set in the
. Pressing this soft key will give this screen display:
field.
field described below after
GLOBAL
is pressed.
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