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INTRODUCTION
THE PAGE AND GROUP KEYS
Each of these modes have a number of 'pages' associated with and these pages are navigated
using the PAGE UP/DOWN keys found to the immediate right of the LCD.
In any of the modes, you use these keys to step through the pages. However, it has to be said
that a sampler has a lot of parameters which can be edited and therefore a lot of pages to wade
through so, to make things easier for you, the GROUP UP/DOWN keys move you through the
pages in logical sections. For example, in EDIT PROGRAM, using the PAGE DOWN key would
take 41 key presses to get to the ENV1 page! However, using the GROUP keys, you skip the
pages you are not interested in and go more directly through each 'module' or group of
parameters so that getting to the ENV1 page is reduced to a more managable 8 key presses.
Once you have arrived at the 'group' you are interested in, the PAGE UP/DOWN keys then
move you within that group's pages.
These keys work in every mode and allow you to get around the sampler very quickly indeed.
For example, to make a recording, simply press SAMPLE and the GROUP DOWN key twice
followed by pressing F1 - ARM. Three key presses to get a new sample in - the same as on any
Akai sampler with a large LCD. Granted, not all operations are so slick but we hope that the
compromises made to bring the S2000 to you at such a fabulous price do not hamper you
enjoying it to the full (and remember, if you have a Macintosh™ computer, you can use the
editing software supplied with the S2000 to get large screen editing).
F1 AND F2
Once you are in a page, you need some way to move around it to select parameters for editing
or for carrying out certain commands.
Beneath the screen are two keys, F1 and F2:
These either function as 'do it' keys for initiating a process (for example, GO, EXECUTE,
START sampling, DELETE, etc.), or act as cursor left/right keys in pages that have two or more
parameters for editing. The context of the screen should make the keys' function pretty clear.
For example, look at the screen shown below:
This is one of the timestretch pages. F1 (EXECUTE) is used to initiate the timestretch process
whilst F2 (PLAY) allows you to audition the results of the timestretch. This is a good example of
F1 and F2 as 'do it' keys. Here is another:
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PAGE
CURSOR
F1
GROUP
F2
S2000 Operator's Manual - Version 1.30
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