Notes Regarding 'Old Akai' Method - Akai s2000 Owner's Manual

SINGLE MODE

NOTES REGARDING 'OLD AKAI' METHOD

The SINGLE mode on the S2000 is intended to play single programs in isolation. When you
wish to play several programs together (i.e. multi-timbrally or layers or keysplits), we
recommend you use the MULTI mode (see later for an explanation of this). However, the way
earlier Akai samplers allowed multi-timbral setups and layers, etc., to be created was to give
several programs the same program number and, in the case of multi-timbral sequencing, give
each program its own unique MIDI channel. We refer to this as the 'old Akai' method. Whilst this
offers certain advantages, there are disadvantages too and so, to bring the S2000 in line with
the way that most other modules operate, the MULTI mode has been introduced. This offers
many advantages over the 'old Akai' method as we shall see later.
However, the fact remains that, as the industry sampler the world over, a lot of sound library out
there still uses the 'old Akai' method for layering programs and sequencing programs multi-
timbrally. As a result, in order to maintain compatibility with sound library created on earlier Akai
samplers, this 'old Akai' method is retained in the S2000. Therefore, it is possible that you may
load some sounds into the S2000 and, although in the so-called 'single' mode, you may be
playing several programs simultaneously. If you are a long time Akai user, this will be
immediately beneficial to you as you can play sound library you may have created on your
S1000, S1100, S2800, S3000 or S32000 with absolutely no compatibility problems
whatsoever (if you wish to 'convert' them into the new S2000's MULTI, that's up to you but we
are sure you will appreciate the benefits once you start to use MULTI mode).
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