Start Point - Akai S950 Operator's Manual

To select the mode, move the cursor one position right using the 'cursor >'
button and make your selection using the CONTROL knob or the keypad.
Now go to the next page using the 'page down' button. This will display:
where # is the current setting (default is 1).
This page allows
backwards. Try setting it to '2' to hear the sound reversed. To do this,
press the 'cursor >' button once and then press 2 on the keypad.
Now go to the next page by pressing the 'page down' button. It will read:
where ##,### is the maximum position to which the start point can be
adjusted.
This page allows you to edit where the sample begins its playback.
Sometimes, it is desirable to remove part of the front of a sample. This can
be due to unwanted noises or too slow an attack or possibly a delay between
the time .when the sampling was initiated and the time the sound was sampled.
To change the start point, move the cursor one position to the right using
the 'cursor >' button. It should be flashing on the first character displayed
under 'Coarse'. By moving the CONTROL knob, adjust this value and, by playing
a repeated notes on the keyboard as you make your adjustment, listen to the
results - you will hear the attack being removed with higher settings. The
next field, 'Fine' which can be selected by moving the cursor one position to
the right using the 'cursor >' button is for fine adjustment of the start
time. In both coarse and fine fields, the data can be input using the CONTROL
knob or the keypad.
The AUTO field enables the S950 to automatically search for the start point
of a sample and the numeric value represents the signal level threshold of
the start point. To use the AUTO function, simply move the cursor to the AUTO
field, enter the start point level you wish the S950 to search for (01 is the
default and will find the lowest start point signal level whilst setting 99
will search for the highest start point signal level) and press the ENT
button.
>05 #TIME DIRECTION
Normal (1), Reverse (2) #
you to set whether
>06

START POINT

( 0 - ##,###)
the sound is
#Coarse #Fine
0,000
23
played normally or
#AUTO
01