Digital Audio - Akai S950 Operator's Manual

The default setting for this page is 1 - Analogue input (l. e. the MIC or LINE
input socket on the front panel of the S950). If you are using the IBI05 HARD
DISK/CD DAT INTERFACE board, you can select 2 or 3 which will allow you to sample
directly from the CD or RDAT's digital or fibre optic output (please refer to the
IB105 documentation for information on this).
Using the 'page down' button, go to the next page which will read:
where '#' is the current selection.
These parameters relate entirely to the IB105 option so please refer to the
interface's documentation for more information on using this page.
Now move to the next page using the page down button. The display will read:
AUDIO BANDWIDTH (3000Hz to 19,OOOHz)
where '##,###' is the selected bandwidth.
Here you can set the bandwidth for the sound you are about to sample. You can
enter a number directly from the keypad by typing a 5 digit number or you can use
the CONTROL knob although this is a lot slower. Higher bandwidth settings will
give the sound better high frequency response aid the sound will be brighter but
this also takes up more memory than lower bandwidth settings. To conserve memory,
use the minimum bandwidth necessary for an acceptable sound quality. You may like
to refer to the OPTIMUM BANDWIDTH 'KWIKREF' chart at the back of the manual for a
guide to particular instruments optimum bandwidth.
Having set the bandwidth to your requirements, press ENT to enter the data. Now
move to the next page where the display will read:
RECORDING TIME (250mS to ##,###mS) ^^,^^^mS
where ##,### is the maximum sampling time allowed by the remaining memory and
where ^^,^^^ is the currently selected amount.
Note: the maximum sampling time available (##,###) depends on the bandwidth
selected in the previous page end on how much memory has already been used for
other samples.
To set the sampling time, enter a 5 digit number using the keypad and press ENT.
You can also use the CONTROL knob but, again, this is a lot slower. Use the
minimum time possible to capture the whole of the sound you wish to sample.
Note: if you have the memory expansion board fitted, it is possible to enter e 6
digit number as the maximum sampling available is much larger.
Once you have entered your sampling time, you can move to the next page. This
will read:
where ## is the currently selected value (the default value is C3).

DIGITAL AUDIO

CD 44kHz (1), DAT 32kHz (2), 48kHz (3) #
PITCH OF SOUND BEING RECORDED:
##,###
##
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